Best Rosters: Patriots 1st, Packers 2nd

[HarveyWallbangers]

Kind of interesting to see which players are ranked in NFL.com's various Top 100 lists. There is the list of Top 100 players ranked by the players, but four contributors are also providing their lists. So far, they've done #31-#100.

WR Jordy Nelson (NR, #49, #55, NR, NR)
OG T.J. Lang (NR, NR, NR, #83, NR)
OG Josh Sitton (NR, #78, NR, NR, NR)
DL Mike Daniels (#95, #74, #73, NR, NR)
OLB Clay Matthews (#51, #37, #40, #61, NR)
OLB Julius Peppers (NR, NR, NR, #72, #86)
S Ha Ha Clinton Dix (NR, NR, NR, NR, #83)

Some of these guys will be ranked in the top 30. Looks like Aaron Rodgers will be in everybody's top 30.

With 32 teams and 100 players, each team should have ~3 players on average on each list, so the Packers are fairly well represented.

[3irty1]

I buy 2nd best roster. We rarely lose because we played our best and it wasn't good enough.

[Upnorth]

3irty1, I agree with your analysis. Do we have holes? Yes, but so does every team in the league.

[Smidgeon]

Is HaHa that good? At first blush, I didn't think so... But safeties rarely make impacts like Nick the Pick did. So maybe...?

[Pugger]

Kind of interesting to see which players are ranked in NFL.com's various Top 100 lists. There is the list of Top 100 players ranked by the players, but four contributors are also providing their lists. So far, they've done #31-#100.

WR Jordy Nelson (NR, #49, #55, NR, NR)
OG T.J. Lang (NR, NR, NR, #83, NR)
OG Josh Sitton (NR, #78, NR, NR, NR)
DL Mike Daniels (#95, #74, #73, NR, NR)
OLB Clay Matthews (#51, #37, #40, #61, NR)
OLB Julius Peppers (NR, NR, NR, #72, #86)
S Ha Ha Clinton Dix (NR, NR, NR, NR, #83)

Some of these guys will be ranked in the top 30. Looks like Aaron Rodgers will be in everybody's top 30.

With 32 teams and 100 players, each team should have ~3 players on average on each list, so the Packers are fairly well represented.

We may not have as many "stars" as some other teams but perhaps “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”?

[Smidgeon]

I'm wondering more and more how much the offensive players' rankings lead wide are because of Rodgers and how much are because of them.

If Jordy Nelson had Andy Dalton or Matt Ryan, would people still think he was a Top 7 WR?
If the OLine had Blake Bortles, would Lang and Sitton still be considered the best pass-blocking guard duo in the league?
Would Bahk still be looking at Top 10 LT money next year?
If Cobb had Bridgewater throwing to him, would he still be known as a WR who can fix a broken play?

I don't know the answer to these. Best guess is that it's a little of column A, a little of column B.

[theeaterofshades]

Well, you dolt (isn't it fun calling people names?) last season's results mean very little, not just for the Packers but for the NFL in general Stuff happens. No need to rehash all the WR and OL injuries in addition to Nelson, or Lacy's situation. You know all of that, but it doesn't support your troll-like objective in making this post.

Do you think the PFF people weren't aware of what happened last year? Do you think they have a Packer bias? I give much more credibility to their analysis than yours, since you are one of the least objective posters on here, in my opinion.

Quoted for TRUTH

[Pugger]

Check out Bucky Brooks over on nfl.com. He omits us and NE as far as the most talented roster and includes the cowgirls and NYG instead.

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000664439/article/seahawks-steelers-panthers-headline-10-most-talented-teams