PFF Top 20 for Jonathan Taylor Not Quite
Pro Football Focus (PFF) is
James Shields Jersey in the proce s of revealing their rankings for the Top 50 Players in the NFL. Tuesday they revealed players 31-50 who came in at No. 43.As PFF counted down their rankings, it wasn't a question of if running back Jonathan Taylor would be ranked in the top 30 players... but where? on Wednesday, and Taylor checked in at No. 21, just mi sing out on the top 20. Taylor led the league in rushing in 2021 and was a perfect example of how much running backs can still matter in the NFL. The Colts' offensive line blocked well for him, but he also led the league in rushing yards above expectation, maximizing
Reynaldo Lopez Jersey that blocking for bigger gains better than his peers. Taylor averaged 3.8 yards after contact and posted a league-leading 23 runs of 15 or more yards. -- Taylor checks in ahead of No. 37 Dalvin Cook and No. 44 Nick Chubb to be the highest ranked running back so far, but Derrick Henry has yet to make an appearance on the Top 50.Henry on ESPN's NFL personnel poll of the top players at each position
Avisail Garcia Jersey , but considering this is a PFF list, Henry isn't likely to crack the Top 50, let alone finish ahead of Taylor.Scroll to ContinueTaylor was . He finished ahead of No. 2 Damien Harris of the Patriots with an 87.0 to 86.6 grade.If you scroll way down the list to No. 17, you'll find Henry with a PFF grade of 77.3, behind the likes of Seattle's Rashaad Penny, Chicago's Khalil Herbert and Denver's Melvin Gordon.That Henry is graded as the No. 17 running back in the NFL speaks more to the 'grain
Leury Garcia Jersey of salt' nature of PFF grades than Henry's ability, but they're unlikely to blatantly undermine their own grades with their Top 50 list.Subjective player rankings make for good offseason fodder, but Taylor earned the No. 1 position where it mattered in 2021... on the field. He nearly lapped the field finishing more than 500 yards beyond Nick Chubb who finished second in rushing.New quarterback Matt Ryan should be able to take some of the pre sure off of Taylor and the Colts running game in 2022, but that could make Taylor even more effective when his number is called.The question right now isn't if Taylor
Bill Melton Jersey is the top running back in the league... he is.. but if No. 21 in the NFL is actually too low?