6 Cowboys in Prisco's Top 100 Players in the NFL

[Nation]

Lists like this are about driving page views for the purpose of creating discussion. You've got 32 teams with 22 starters so it's an impossible task to do this sort of exercise without major issues, and those issues are bound to get people fired up. He's got Rodgers, Brady and Luck in the 99th percentile of NFL starters. Luck and Peyton in the 98th percentile. Brees and Romo in the 95th percentile. But if you just write an article that says "yeah all those guys are pretty close and are all great" you aren't going to get many page clicks.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

Romo was 7th in the QB rankings

2. Aaron Rodgers
3. Tom Brady
6. Andrew Luck
12. Peyton Manning
15. Ben Roethlisberger
36. Drew Brees
38. Tony Romo

IMO Ben is too high and Brees and Romo are too low

Luck at number 6 is an absolute joke.

 

[perrykemp]

Good grief I had no idea! Do you know how long he has been in the NFL, and that includes the injury seasons off the top of your head?

Gronk and Dez both joined the league in 2010 and have played 5 seasons each.

Dez has 56 career TDs (.74 TDs per game) in 75 games
Gronk has 52 career TDs (.80 TDs per game) in 65 games

The point here isn't to denigrate Dez, it's to point out how freaking productive Gronk is when he is healthy enough to play.

 

[perrykemp]

Luck at number 6 is an absolute joke.

I'm torn on Luck. His QB rating doesn't merit the #6 spot, however, his overall productivity is off the charts. Last season he passed for 40 TDs, ran for 3 more (43 TDs in total), vs 16 interceptions.

Also hard to argue with a guy who has been in the playoffs all 3 years of his career and advanced his team to the AFC Championship game last season.

In otherwords, in many ways he is right on schedule and his trajectory is fabulous.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

I'm torn on Luck. His QB rating doesn't merit the #6 spot, however, his overall productivity is off the charts. Last season he passed for 40 TDs, ran for 3 more (43 TDs in total), vs 16 interceptions.

Also hard to argue with a guy who has been in the playoffs all 3 years of his career and advanced his team to the AFC Championship game last season.

In otherwords, in many ways he is right on schedule and his trajectory is fabulous.

Luck is not close to being the 6th best player in football. Him leading the league in tds last year was the first truly great thing he has done and his efficiency numbers are not there.

He's benefited greatly from playing in the weakest division in football for his entire career.

 

[perrykemp]

Luck is not close to being the 6th best player in football. Him leading the league in tds last year was the first truly great thing he has done and his efficiency numbers are not there.

He's benefited greatly from playing in the weakest division in football for his entire career.

I'll split the difference and agree he shouldn't be in the Top 10 players.

He reminds me a bit of Peyton Manning who didn't average a 90 QB rating over his first 5 years but every year you could see him getting better and better and fulfilling his potential.

 

[JDSmith]

He's benefited greatly from playing in the weakest division in football for his entire career.

6 games every year against the JV sure is nice for the Colts.

 

[JDSmith]

I'll split the difference and agree he shouldn't be in the Top 10 players.

He reminds me a bit of Peyton Manning who didn't average a 90 QB rating over his first 5 years but every year you could see him getting better and better and fulfilling his potential.

Projections are great, but the list is supposed to be 'right now' not '2 years from now.' Based on the past, not predictions of the future, Luck is ridiculously high.

 

[Toruk_Makto]

I'll split the difference and agree he shouldn't be in the Top 10 players.

He reminds me a bit of Peyton Manning who didn't average a 90 QB rating over his first 5 years but every year you could see him getting better and better and fulfilling his potential.

He has great potential. Every tool you'd want. But this is a list about where players are today.

I'll split the difference with you.... He can be anywhere on the list as long as he appears after Tony Romo.

 

[JDSmith]

Last year's stats.

Andrew Luck vs his own division: 65% completions, 8.4 ypa, 16 TDs, 3 Ints 111.2 rating.

Andrew Luck vs everyone else: 60% completions, 7.4 ypa, 24 TDs, 13 Ints, 89.2 rating.

6th best player?

 

[Manwiththeplan]

Romo at 38 is laughable. Dude should have won MVP last year and he's 38th.

If all the teams broke up right now and there was a redraft tomorrow, Romo would be long gone by 38.

While I think 38 is laughable, most QBs would go higher than the rankings they have.

 

[DFWJC]

I owner where these will end up in that annual fiasco called the NFLNW Top 100?
I guess it continues tomorrow night

 

[mldardy]

Romo was 7th in the QB rankings

2. Aaron Rodgers
3. Tom Brady
6. Andrew Luck
12. Peyton Manning
15. Ben Roethlisberger
36. Drew Brees
38. Tony Romo

IMO Ben is too high and Brees and Romo are too low

Agree on this except Brees. Brees wasn't very good last year. He's too high.

 

[burmafrd]

the media has annointed luck as the next great QB and facts do not matter. They guy is right now looking like Favre Jr with the way he throws picks.

 

[tyke1doe]

This also brings up the old debate. Yes I know we need a stud LT and Tyron is that, but do you trade the #46 ranked player with the #1?

I do. Left tackles can be found.

Let ... it ... go.

 

[tyke1doe]

the media has annointed luck as the next great QB and facts do not matter. They guy is right now looking like Favre Jr with the way he throws picks.

He also led an Indy team with no running game and an sub-pat defense to the AFC Championship Game.

And, yes, he is the next great quarterback. That is a fact.

 

[tyke1doe]

6 games every year against the JV sure is nice for the Colts.

There are really no JV teams in the NFL.

 

[jrumann59]

Wouldn't the 0-16 Lions be considered the JV team.

 

[Aven8]

Let ... it ... go.

Oh I have. Just weird how things turned out. Had Donald been on the board when we selected Martin we could be having that same old debate. It will be fun however in about 10 years to compare all of there great careers.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

Last year's stats.

Andrew Luck vs his own division: 65% completions, 8.4 ypa, 16 TDs, 3 Ints 111.2 rating.

Andrew Luck vs everyone else: 60% completions, 7.4 ypa, 24 TDs, 13 Ints, 89.2 rating.

6th best player?

Truth be told, Aaron Rodgers vs. his own division is probably equally silly.