With the NFL Network already having presented numbers 100 to 81 and Terrell Suggs making an early appearance at the 84^th spot, I decided to make my own list to stop the madness. If T-Sizzle is ranked this low I already fear what is lying ahead of us. The rankings come from their fellow players, which is somewhat understandable, but if you consider how much work they need to do during the season, I’m not sure how they can really evaluate all the players in the league. Sure, they know the game and have to study their opponents prior to the respective matchups, but I don’t know how much time they have to just watch different games and tell who the top 100 are.

To explain what this list is about – A number of players around the league get to list their top players in the NFL heading into this upcoming season and the result is the list, who is revealed in ten or eleven blocks of ten (depending on if they split the top ten this year again). So this is not about last year and it’s kind of about projecting as well, but since the voting process happened before some players were suspended for a couple of games, I didn’t take that fact into consideration either.

Full the already revealed players and the other 80 still coming up check in right here.

Here’s my list:

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1. Aaron Rodgers, QB, Packers: Rodgers clearly is the best signal caller in the game today and as we all know the NFL is a quarterback-league, so this choice wasn’t that hard for me.
   
2. J.J. Watt, DE, Texans: The only one who would have earned the top spot on the list other than A-Rod is Watt, whose dominance at his position is crazy. There’s nobody who’s anywhere as disruptive as him.
3. Andrew Luck, QB, Colts: The only one I see being able to grab the title for best quarterback from Rodgers is Luck, because his team always has a chance no matter what the scoreboard says as long as he takes the snaps (maybe with the exception of the AFC Championship game).
4. Le’Veon Bell, RB, Steelers: Bell is an offensive weapon, who can do it all. He has the ability to lead the league in yards from scrimmage every single season from now as he can take the load for his team.
5. Calvin Johnson, WR, Lions: Megatron missed three games and was hurt large parts of the season, but still managed to crack the 1000 yard receiving mark. He is never completely covered and defensive backs fear him.
6. Tom Brady, QB, Patriots: The man who just won his fourth Super Bowl checks in at number six. At the start of last season some people doubted if he still was the guy, but over the rest of season he pretty much proved everybody that he still is.
7. Marshawn Lynch, RB, Seahawks: It doesn’t matter one bit if he talks or not – he is carrying this team and if he would have gotten the ball when they were at the one yard line, he probably would have ranked in the top three on most people’s lists. He’s just ’bout that action!
8. Julio Jones, WR, Falcons: Talk about putting fear into defensive backs’ hearts. Jones has the size and highpoint-the-catch ability of Megatron, but also the speed to take the top off of any defense.
9. Darrelle Revis, CB, Jets: Right behind him is one of the few guys who’s not afraid to match up either with Johnson or Jones. Revis the prototype man-to-man corner, who can shut down pretty much anybody trying to catch the ball.
10. Luke Kuechly, MLB, Panthers: As a defensive coordinator what you want in the middle of your defense if Kuechly. He makes sure everbody knows what they have to do, is a tackling machine and makes big plays.
    

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11. Von Miller, OLB, Broncos
    
12. Antonio Brown, WR, Steelers
13. Justin Houston, OLB, Chiefs
14. Marcell Dareus, DT, Bills
15. Rob Gronkowski, TE, Patriots
16. Richard Sherman, CB, Seahawks
17. Dez Bryant, WR, Cowboys
18. Earl Thomas, FS, Seahawks
19. Ben Roethlisberger, QB, Steelers
20. Ndamukong Suh, DT, Dolphins
    

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21. Drew Brees, QB, Saints
22. Adrian Peterson, RB, Vikings
    
23. Peyton Manning, QB, Broncos
24. Arian Foster, RB, Texans
25. Russell Wilson, QB, Seahawks
26. LeSean McCoy, RB, Bills
27. Jamaal Charles, RB, Chiefs
28. Jordy Nelson, WR, Packers
29. DeAndre Levy, LB, Lions
30. Jimmy Graham, TE, Seahawks
    

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31. Terrell Suggs, OLB, Ravens
32. Eddie Lacy, RB, Packers
33. Vontae Davis, CB, Colts
34. Mario Williams, DE, Bills
35. DeMarco Murray, RB, Eagles
36. Robert Quinn, DE, Rams
37. Demaryius Thomas, WR, Broncos
38. Joe Haden, CB, Browns
39. A.J. Green, WR, Bengals
40. Patrick Peterson, CB, Cardinals
    

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41. Brent Grimes, CB, Dolphins
42. Fletcher Cox, DE, Eagles
43. Bobby Wagner, MLB, Seahawks
44. Tony Romo, QB, Cowboys
45. Kyle Williams, DT, Bills
46. Lavonte David, OLB, Buccaneers
47. Cameron Wake, DE, Dolphins
48. Philip Rivers, QB, Chargers
49. Joe Flacco, QB, Ravens
50. Eric Weddle, FS, Chargers
    

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51. Odell Beckham Jr., WR, Giants
52. Clay Matthews, OLB, Packers
53. Sheldon Richardson, DE, Jets
54. Kam Chancellor, SS, Seahawks
55. Matt Ryan, QB, Falcons
56. Gerald McCoy, DT, Buccaneers
57. Brandon Marshall, WR, Jets
58. DeMarcus Ware, DE, Broncos
59. Antoine Bethea, SS, 49ers
60. Aldon Smith, OLB, 49ers
    

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61. Matt Forte, RB, Bears
62. Tyron Smith, OT, Cowboys
63. Joe Thomas, OT, Browns
    
64. Muhammad Wilkerson, DE, Jets
65. C.J. Mosley, ILB, Ravens
    
66. Jerry Hughes, DE, Bills
67. Calais Campbell, DE, Cardinals
68. Haloti Ngata, DT, Lions
69. Elvis Dumervil, OLB, Ravens
70. Marshal Yanda, OG, Ravens
    

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71. Dontari Poe, NT, Chiefs
72. Connor Barwin, OLB, Eagles
73. Ryan Kerrigan, OLB, Redskins
74. Steve Smith Sr., WR, Ravens
75. Frank Gore, RB, Colts
76. Tamba Hali, OLB, Chiefs
77. Antrel Rolle, SS, Bears
78. Mychal Kendricks, ILB, Eagles
79. Golden Tate, WR, Lions
80. Michael Bennett, DE, Seahawks
    

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81. Greg Olsen, TE, Panthers
82. Alshon Jeffery, WR, Bears
    
83. NaVorro Bowman, ILB, 49ers
84. Aaron Donald, DT, Rams
85. Harrison Smith, FS, Vikings
    
86. Antonio Cromartie, CB, Jets
87. Jamie Collins, LB, Patriots
88. Emmanuel Sanders, WR, Broncos
89. Thomas Davis, OLB, Panthers
90. Maurkice Pouncey, C, Steelers
    

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91. Sen’Derrick Marks, DT, Jaguars
92. Jurrell Casey, DT, Titans
    
93. Julius Peppers, OLB, Packers
94. Khalil Mack, OLB, Raiders
95. Josh Sitton, OG, Packers
96. Geno Atkins, DT, Bengals
97. Aquib Talib, CB, Broncos
98. Trent Williams, OT, Redskins
99. Randall Cobb, WR, Packers
100. T.Y. Hilton, WR, Colts

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Just missed out:

Andre Johnson, WR, Colts

Martellus Bennett, TE, Bears

Colin Kaepernick, QB, San Francisco 49ers

Nick Mangold, C, Jets

Devin McCourty, FS, Patriots

Zack Martin, OG, Cowboys

Sammy Watkins, WR, Bills

Charles Woodson, FS, Raiders

Vincent Jackson, WR, Buccaneers

Mark Ingram, RB, Saints

Larry Fitzgerald, WR, Cardinals

Robert Mathis, OLB, Colts

Jeremy Maclin, WR, Chiefs

Jason Witten, TE, Cowboys

Chris Harris, Jr., CB, Broncos

Delanie Walker, TE, Titans

Travis Frederick, C, Cowboys

Glover Quin, Jr., FS, Lions

Justin Forsett, RB, Ravens

Antonio Gates, TE, Chargers

Brian Cushing, ILB, Texans

Cam Newton, QB, Panthers

T.J. Ward, SS, Broncos

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I don’t want anybody telling me I’m disrespecting offensive linemen, in fact I think the play up front is the most important of any team’s success, but what I’ve come to understand from personal experiences – they have to do it as a unit. This is the reason I don’t have more O-linemen on my list. And no, there certainly is no kicker in my top 100.

Nobody will be completely happy with it, including me since I wanted to rank some guys who just didn’t have a great 2014 season a little higher, so let me hear it!