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Welcome to ranks 50-41 for the r/NFL Top 100 Players of the 2024 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 2024 season
Below you will see some write-ups from the community summarizing the players’ 2024 season and why they were among the best in 2024. 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 2024
- Step 3: The Grind. We instructed users to tier positions groups into T25, T50, etc based on 2024 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 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 2024 Season!
#50 - Brian Branch - Detroit Lions - Safety
Previous Ranks
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Written by: u/mattkud
It is no secret that the Detroit Lions have been one of the best drafting teams over the past few years. They find gems later in the draft like Amon Ra St. Brown, Alim McNeil and Kerby Joseph. They also take advantage of players falling in the draft, which they did when they selected Brian Branch. He made sure his presence was known as soon as he stepped foot onto the field in his first career game taking back a pick six against Patrick Mahomes and co. Branch has provided a much needed punch in their secondary. To pair with their all pro safety Kerby Joseph, Branch has been one of, if not the most reliable starters on their defense.
He’s a chess piece, lining up in the slot with 272 snaps, 328 snaps at free safety, and even had 10 pressures. Any defensive coordinator would love to have a player like Branch that can lockdown in the slot, while being able to lay the wood on run stops and create multiple turnovers, pass breakups (4 INTs 1 Forced Fumbles, 16 PBUs). Branch still feels underrated at this point. He graded very highly in run defense for safeties per PFF with a 90 grade 1st in the NFL. Sometimes PFFs grade can be a bit harsh, but this play highlights what kind of ability he brings. He splits the block, puts himself in the best position pre snap to do so, and covers ground quickly to make the tackle. Branch is the first player in 100 years to record 100+ tackles, +15 PBUs and +5 TFLs (which he had 8). During the year, he had multiple games where he just took over. Cowboys fans should know how good of a season he had with a massive performance with 6 tackles, 1 forced fumble and 2 INTs. His instincts are so absurdly good, he makes up for a lack of athletic ability, with just such quick processing skills. Pairing with his elite run defense and instincts, he is no slouch in coverage. Look at this INT, he’s in off coverage, sees Arnold trailing Addison, sees Darnold eyeing Addison, makes a quick break and jumps in front of Addison with a sweet INT.
Branch is a complete package at the slot corner/safety position, while he struggles with penalties sometimes. There’s not many more impactful players in the secondary in the league.
#49 - Frank Ragnow - Detroit Lions - Center
Previous Ranks
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 |
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| 34 | 71 | N/A | 60 | N/A | N/A |
Written by: u/ExpirjTec
Yeah, that hurts. Frank Ragnow, the stud center for the Lions, retired after only seven years in the NFL, playing his last snaps at the tender age of 28. It’s an extremely impactful loss for Motor City, as he was one of the best centers in the league and put together another excellent season.
Ragnow was the third-best center last year per pff, thanks largely due to his masterful run blocking. Detroit’s run heavy scheme owes itself to the big boy mauling of their offensive line, and Ragnow as the literal and figurative center is one of the best situations for Jahmyr Gibbs and David Montgomery. Ragnow is excellent in space, swiftly moving to his man and physically overpowering them; even if he had to cover much more ground to get there in the first place. Oh, and he would also do all of that after delivering a perfectly accurate snap to Jared Goff in the backfield. Here is one of my favorite reps from him last year, where he’s able to meet Harrison Phillips in space despite Phillips being lined up against Zeitler, and seal him off to allow Gibbs to break off a monster touchdown.
Frank was the embodiment; nay, the Demon King of grit, and his most impressive performance came against my Texans. (💔) Even when they were down by 16, even as he played through a pectoral muscle he tore in week 3, he still continued dominating Houston’s D-line, playing a key part in opening up the run game and giving them a chance to come back and win it. And although it isn’t what he’s known for, Ragnow was also a gifted pass protector, allowing only 2 sacks in his final year, as well as formulating with Goff the pass protection schemes that kept the QB’s jersey clean for much of the year.
The loss of Ragnow is hard to understate. It is true the Lions were planning for it; he fractured his throat in 2020, suffered turf toe across 2022 and 2023, and the aforementioned torn pectoral last year, and Tate Ratledge was drafted as a potential replacement center. But it also may be one too many punches to the gut for the Lions to recover from; he left in the prime of his career, the injury bug catching him mid-suavemente. But one should not look away from his swan song campaign, for we witnessed a king mid-suavemente.
#48 - Terry McLaurin - Washington Commanders - Wide Receiver
Previous Ranks
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 |
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| N/A | 80 | N/A | 71 | N/A |
Written by: u/Man_0n_F1re
You can forget the most famous words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, because with Scary Terry taking command of the nation’s capital, we all have something to fear. With a new franchise quarterback to feed him the ball, McLaurin has asserted himself as Washington’s go-to playmaker and a WR1 that will leave DBs shaking in their cleats.
McLaurin finished with 1,000 receiving yards for the fifth year in a row, with a career-high and franchise record-breaking 13 touchdowns to boot. Only the Bengals’ Ja’Marr Chase finished the season with more receiving TDs. While rookie QB Jayden Daniels captured the attention of the nation and the imagination of the Burgundy and Gold, the Commanders certainly couldn’t have pulled off their NFC-Championship-run season without the stellar production of their most dangerous receiving weapon.
McLaurin’s 2024 season highlights included a 27-yard corner end-zone grab to knock out the Bengals with 2 minutes left in Week 3, a 125-yard performance against the Bears in Week 8 that ended with the famous Hail Maryland, and perhaps most thrilling of all, an 86-yard touchdown catch and run against Dallas to (almost) tie up the game at the very end of the fourth quarter.
After all of this success in 2024, McLaurin is currently sitting out OTAs as he seeks a new contract commensurate with his production. As long as Washington’s top ball hawk can stay healthy (he hasn’t missed a game in four seasons) and the two sides can work out a deal, the legend of Scary Terry, the boogeyman of the DMV, will only grow.
#47 - Danielle Hunter - Houston Texans - EDGE Rusher
Previous Ranks
| 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | | — | — | —…
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