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Welcome to ranks 50-41 for the r/NFL Top 100 Players of the 2023 Season!
Players whose average rank landed them in places 50-41 are on this portion of the list revealed today. Players are associated with the team they finished playing for at the end of the 2023 season
Below you will see some write-ups from the community summarizing the players’ 2023 season and why they were among the best in 2023. Stats for each player are included below. Additionally, their ranks from previous years are available for y’all to see
METHODOLOGY
Link to more detailed writeup on our methodology
- Step 1: A Call to Rankers right after the Conference Championship games
- Step 2: Rankers from each team nominated players to rank, with a 11 game minimum threshold. Players are associated with the team they played for in 2023
- Step 3: The Grind. We instructed users to tier positions groups into T25, T50, etc based on 2023 regular season play only. This took several weeks as the rankers tiered each position group and discussed them. There were no individual player threads and no arbitrary position caps. Just questions and rankings.
- Step 4: Users submitted their own personal Top 125 lists.
- Step 5: User lists were reviewed by myself, u/MikeTysonChicken and u/mattkud. The rankers were expected to answer questions about their lists. They were allowed to make any changes to their list, and were not forced to make any changes
- Step 6: The Reveal… where we are now!
And without further ado, here are the players ranked 50-41 in the r/NFL Top 100 Players of the 2023 Season!
#50 - Justin Madubuike - Baltimore Ravens - Interior Defensive Lineman
Previous Ranks
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
Written by: u/Yedic
“ Justin Madubuike has been looking good in camp this year.”
“He plays like Aaron Donald-lite”.
“This’ll definitely be the year Madubuike breaks out”.
Ravens fans should be familiar with the above, as it feels like we’ve been hearing those kinds of sentiments in the preseason for three years now. The 2020 3rd-round pick has long flashed his potential, including at the start of the 2022 season when we thought maybe the breakout was finally here, but he was never able to put a full season of high level play together. Until this year. Justin Madubuike burst onto the scene in a big way this year, racking up 13 sacks to lead all Interior Defensive Linemen in the 2023 regular season, and playing his way into a four-year extension worth just shy of $100 million.
Madubuike figures to be an important piece of the young Ravens defense for years to come. This past season, he brought consistent pressure, finishing 6th in IDL pressures per PFF. This consistency is best represented by an 11-game stretch in the middle of the season where he recorded at least a half-sack in every single game. That stretch included this play where Madubuike shoves right through Joel Bitonio in order to get Deshaun Watson for the sack, as well as this one where Madubuike shows off some versatility that has come to be expected of premier interior pass rushers by lining up out wide and beating the LT for a sack on Tannehill.
Make no mistake, the pass rush is Justin Madubuike’s calling card. But he still showed his talent defending the run this year as well. Here we see him beat Trent Williams to the inside, and then show off his motor by racing to the sideline to meet Christian McCaffrey before he can turn it upfield. On this play Madubuike holds off Wyatt Teller and meets the RB in the hole to shut down the run.
Ravens fans are hoping that Madubuike will be able to continue the momentum from this past season into the next as we look forward to another year with Madubuike next to Michael Pierce on the interior with Roquan Smith patrolling behind them.
h/t Huddle It Up Films on Youtube for the highlights
#49 - Ja’Marr Chase - Cincinnati Bengals - Wide Receiver
Previous Ranks
| 2022 | 2021 |
|---|---|
| 40 | 23 |
Written by: u/MattyT7
In his third NFL season, Ja’Marr Chase continues to showcase why he is one of the best receivers in football. Despite playing a handful of games without his beloved Joe Sheisty, Ja’marr had another stellar season, catching the most passes in a season of his career thus far (100). The Bengals may not have had a tremendous 2023 season, but Ja’Marr Chase did not slow down.
When you watch the Bengals offense, it is impossible not to have your attention drawn to Ja’Marr. He is an incredibly polished route runner that fiercely attacks each play. He is able to sell you hard before cutting another direction and making defenses look foolish. But it’s not just his routes. Ja’Marr Chase is elite at so many things that wide receivers must possess to succeed. Something that makes Ja’Marr look so good on the field is his release at the snap. If you press him, he’ll smoke you, and if you give him space… he’ll still smoke you. Don’t wanna give the defender any help ove the top? You guessed it; smoked. Defending Ja’Marr is a next-to-impossible task. While he’s known for his speed and incredibly dynamic play with the ball in his hands, he is also fully capable of going up and over opposing defenders. The Bengals know Ja’Marr is their most explosive offensive threat and they find a variety of cool ways to get him open and the ball in his hands. Against the 49ers, they ran a screen n go having Ja’Marr play as though he’s going to block before breaking to the end zone for an easy score. And he plays the back shoulder as unstoppably as anyone for an easy 15 yards. Joe Burrow also knows that when plays break down, look for Ja’Marr. He is often improvising and providing Burrow an excellent safety net. He legitimately does it all.
Something that separates Ja’Marr Chase is his ability to completely and utterly take over games. In the 2023 season, he had games with the following statlines:
- 12 receptions, 141 yards against the Rams
- 15 receptions, 192 yards, and 3 touchdowns against the Cardinals.
- 5 receptions, 124 yard, and 1 touchdown against the Texans
- 11 receptions, 149 yards, and 1 touchdown against the Jaguars.
In 2022, a season in which he missed 5 games, Ja’Marr still had 4 games where he accounted for 125 yards or more. His rookie year was insane; another 4 games accounting for over 125 yards, but in 2 of those 4 games, Ja’Marr went over 200 yards. Few players in the NFL can dominate a game the way Ja’Marr Chase can.
Although he has yet to match the gaudy numbers from his rookie season, Ja’Marr continues to show growth and improvement each year in the league. He has grown into somebody the Bengals rely on; somebody that Joe Burrow trusts more than possibly even his own father. There are no holes in his game. Ja’Marr Chase is an elite wide receiver.
#48 - Tristan Wirfs - Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Offensive Tackle
Previous Ranks
| 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| 46 | 26 | 61 |
Written by: u/MysticTyph00n
After selecting Tristan Wirfs 13th overall in the 2020 draft, he’s been nothing short of one of the best right tackles in football, even during his rookie year.
In the 2023 offseason, there was a big question mark at left tackle after the departure of Donovan Smith. Were the Bucs going to draft a replacement for him? Were they going to go after a LT in FA to replace him? Would they stay in house and just shuffle pieces around to make a good enough OL to protect their QB in 2023?
They decided that the right move was to take their all-world RT and shift him to LT , while also moving Luke Goedeke from RG to RT. Needless to say, this ended up being the best possible decision they could have made (For more than just Wirfs).
Wirfs only allowed 5 sacks on the entire year as Baker Mayfield’s blindside protector, which is incredibly impressive considering it’s essentially like needing …
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