NFL Top 100 Players of 2019

#91 to #100

91. Jared Goff

92. Mitchell Schwartz

93. Alex Mack

94. Kyle Fuller

95. Joe Mixon

96. Shaq Mason

97. Ryan Ramczyk

98. Stefon Diggs

99. Adam Thielen

100. Matthew Stafford

I am sorry, but I can’t put Goff any higher than this after what I’ve seen from him against some of the top defenses in the league. Sean McVay is a genius play-caller and takes a lot of pressure of his QB by giving him easy completions off bootlegs and screen passes, but when Goff needed to adjust versus defenses like the Bears or Patriots, he turned the ball over and could not put up any points.

Outside of Lane Johnson, I think Mitchell Schwartz is the best right tackle in the league today. He has gone over 1000 offensive snaps in all seven years of his NFL career and always been a consistent performer. However, these last two years he has taken his game to another level, allowing just five combined sacks despite facing the likes of Von Miller, Khalil Mack, Joey Bosa and others in the AFC West.

While I do believe Jason Kelce is clearly the top center in the game today, Alex Mack is probably the obvious choice for number two. Since he arrived in Atlanta, the Falcons have had one of the top zone-rushing attacks in the league when they have been healthy and the offensive line has seen a major upgrade during that stretch.

One of the best gambling cornerbacks in the league, Kyle Fuller was tied with Xavien Howard for the lead-league in interceptions with seven of those. He also broke up an additional 21 passes throughout the year due to his ability to plant and drive on the ball. However, as I mentioned before, having Eddie Jackson cleaning up behind him is what allows Fuller to be that aggressive.

When I first evaluated Mixon coming out of Oklahoma I thought his talent was worthy a top 20 selection, but that incident he had punching a woman obviously took him off the board for several teams. The Bengals might have taken some heat for selecting the person, but the player was outstanding in year two. In 14 games he went for 1464 scrimmage yards and nine touchdowns.

Let’s give another interior offensive lineman some love here. While I think the tackles in that Patriots offense have been overrated due to the quick-rhythm passing game and other teams ended up overpaying for them, Belichick had no problem paying Mason big money dollars last offseason. For anybody who watches them upfront, he is extremely important moving defenders off the ball in New England’s power run game that they punished people with last season and PFF actually had him as the number one overall guard in the league.

I know his name might be hard to spell, but people need to start getting to know who Ryan Ramczyk is. With a banged-up Terron Armstead, he was the best offensive linemen on the Saints last season, keeping MVP candidate Drew Brees clean and cranking up one of the league’s best rushing attacks. According to PFF, he allowed pressures on just 3.3 percent of his pass sets.

Up next I have the duo of Vikings receivers, who I think are much closer to each other than people think. I actually have Diggs slightly ahead of his teammate, because he is more of a big-play threat as well as a smoother pass-catcher. He has only dropped six passes in his career and went for over 1000 yards despite missing a couple of games in 2018.

However, as much as I like Diggs, I will not disrespect the production Thielen has brought to the table. Over the last two years, he has amassed a combined 2649 yards through the air despite a change at quarterback from Case Keenum to Kirk Cousins. Thielen had that crazy nine-game stretch of 100+ receiving yards to start last season, but he only eclipsed that mark once from that point on.

It definitely was a down-year for Matthew Stafford under the new regime in Detroit, but I think a lot of that has to with the shift in mentality. The Lions QB was used to getting in the shotgun 35-40 times a game and pulling a rabbit out of his hat at the end of fourth quarters to win games, but with the arrival of Matt Patricia, they went to more of a run-oriented, multiple personnel offensive approaches. Let’s see if he can adjust to that because he definitely has the talent.