Top 5 skill position players in NFL

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QB's

 

5: Trent Green (Had a pretty good year, even with Holmes injury, and has been pretty consistnat the past year)

4: Donnovan McNabb (T.O helped him step his game up)

3: Peyton Manning ( Give Joey Harrington or Shaun King his O-Line/RB's & WR and they could put up huge numbers too)

2: Daunte Culpepper (In any other year would have been MVP an he did it without Moss for an extended period of time)

1:Tom Brady (2 SB victories in 3 years means more than any other stat)

 

RB's

 

5: Tiki Barber (Led NFC in yards from scrimmage even with Manning running the offence)

4: Edgerrin James (The catylast for Indy's offensive success, Manning threw 22 INT's when he was out in 2001)

3:Priest Holmes (16 TD's in 8 games)

2: Curtis Martin (Oldest player for 30 odd years to lead the leauge in rushing, in a year some people thought would show a decline, also a class act)

1: LT (The best runner in football period. Chargers got the better deal out of the 2001 draft trade

 

WR's

 

5: Andre Johnson (Size, Speed and Hands, a perfect combonation)

4: Hines Ward (Doesn't get as much praise as he should, Tough as nails and probably the best blocking WR for the past couple of years)

3: Marvin Harrison (His presence allowed for Wayne & Stokley to get to 1,000 yrds)

2: Randy Moss (If he wasn't injured this year he would have been No.1)

1: Terrel Owens (Gave the Eagles a danger at WR they have not had in many years, He should have recived more attention in MVP voting, because without him, the Eagles would not have had the season they had this year)

 

TE's

 

5: Eric Johnson (If the 49'ers had any other threat, he would have had much more of an impact)

4: Jason Whitten (Came up big in his second year in the leauge, a tremendous asset to the Cowboys)

3: Alge Crumpler (Vick's most reliable target)

1: Tied between Antonio Gates & Tony Gonzalez: Both on teams with average recivers, they are extraordinary talents, they both desrve to be number 1

 

O-Line:

 

5: Green Bay Packers (Stability has helped make them soild group, which has in turn led to good rushing numbers over the years)

4: Baltimore Ravens (Home grown unit, with one of the best tackles in the leauge, and the rest are quite solid. Better run blockers than pass, but that is just because they run more than pass)

3: Kansas City Chiefs (One of the best units for the past few years, maintained their excellence, even with the departure of John Tait)

2: Indianapolis Colts (Horribly Underrated, gives Peyton time and Edge running lanes)

1: Pittsburgh Steelers (Protected Big Ben, and gave Staley and Bettis ample running lanes. they lso had excellent health. Before they started taking the starters out of the Bills game, the line had been on the field for every play except 2, when RT Oliver Ross lost his shoe)

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12 lists, 11 #1's and a #2 for a guy who averaged 3.92 yards a carry this year. I know one year evaluations are unfair and all but I'm starting to think Tomlinson may at least be a tad overrated. I also realize he played hurt this year but if we are to completely ignore injuries I think a healthy Priest Holmes is better than a healthy Tomlinson.

You do realize that LT doesn't even NEARLY the line that Priest Holmes has, right?

Not just that but LT's pass catching abilities out of the backfield and his blitz pick-up is very, very good.

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That's pretty much why I ranked LT as #1. He's caught 79, 100, and 53 balls the last 3 years with a career best 8.3 YPC this season. He also had a 4.5 and 5.3 YPC prior to this season.

 

One could also argue that Priest, as great as he is, is a product of the offensive line or system. Just look at the success of guys like Derrick Blaylock and Larry Johnson while Priest was out. Combined, they had 1,120 yards rushing in Holmes' place and 522 yards receiving. They also had a combined 4.7 YPC(Johnson had 4.8, Blaylock 4.6).

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I can only think of Tony Gonzalez and Antonio Gates as being key TEs for their offenses....

Alge Crumpler.

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One could also say that Jason Witten was a key TE for the Cowboys(980 yards receiving IIRC) and of course, Jeremy Shockey with the Giants.

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Bubba Franks too, even though he doesn't normally do shit outside of the red zone.

 

Another thing on Priest Holmes: Doesn't anyone remember that he was one of the least coveted backs in free agency due to his play in Baltimore before the Chiefs picked him up and made him a star? I'd say that's a good argument for him being a "system" back. LT, I think, could play on any team and get the same (if not even better) stats.

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At this point I would grumble about how the Eagles could have had Holmes if they would have given him a shot to compete for the starting job with Staley, but then I would get depressed again.

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QB -

 

1.) Tom Brady

 

2.) Peyton Manning

 

3.) Daunte Culpepper

 

4.) Mike Vick

 

5.) Trent Green

 

Will move into this list in 2005 - Carson Palmer

 

 

RB -

 

1.) Edgerrin James

 

2.) Curtis Martin

 

3.) Ladainian Tomlinson

 

4.) Shaun Alexander

 

5.) Tiki Barber

 

Will move into this list in 2005 - Julius Jones

 

 

WR -

 

1.) Randy Moss

 

2.) Marvin Harrison

 

3.) Terrell Owens

 

4.) Chad Johnson

 

5.) Mushin Muhammed

 

Will make this list in 2005 - Roy Williams

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I can only think of Tony Gonzalez and Antonio Gates as being key TEs for their offenses....

Alge Crumpler.

That may be so, but when I think of Atlanta I don't think "Alge Crumpler". However when I think of San Diego and Kansas City, I do think of their TEs.. that's the only reason I'd rate Gates and Gonzalez ahead of Crumpler.

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Todd Heap has been left off the list of TEs mentioned thus far.

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5 spots is pretty tough. I think a lot of these guys left off the top 5 lists would ordinarily make top 10 lists, but picking just 5 players in the whole league represents the best of the best.

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I would put Heap third for TEs, but he is suffering from out of sight, out of mind right now being injured while other TEs lit it up.

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I would put Heap third for TEs, but he is suffering from out of sight, out of mind right now being injured while other TEs lit it up.

Exactly. Heap would probably be 3 or 4 if he was there the whole year.