After all, he is playing some of the best football of his career he ranked fourth at the position with an 88.2 PFF grade in 2019. One thing Bailey did well was flip the field. During the 2021 season, Way averaged a booming 48.3 yards per punt, which ranked fifth in the NFL. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. Jack is a good candidate to bounce back next season with Schobert coming in to take middle linebacker duties next to him. If you're expecting Littleton to come down and make a difference in the run game, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. He rushes the passer with violence unrivaled in this class and has the highest pass-rushing grade of any returning edge. When a punter is pinning teams deep, he'll sometimes have to give up some of his strength for finesse, but not Dickson, who was regularly booming punts in Seattle. If you've ever wondered what it's like to be a punter, the Chiefs gave us an inside look this season when they mic'd up their punter for a game. Coverage teams love when they see a fair catch, because it means less work for them. If there's one knock on Cole, it's that he regularly outkicked his coverage last season, which allowed opposing teams to average 12.2 yards per return against the Raiders, which was the second-worst number in the NFL. Bojorquez also had a net punting average of 44.0 yards, which ranked fifth in the NFL. Brown has prodigious strength that is his calling card. Although his stats were slightly down in 2021, his track record suggests that he should bounce back big time in 2022. Enjoy! Hes already one of the best pass protectors in college football. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL and NCAA player performance data. In 2020, the Colts . Jack Fox (Detroit Lions) Lions rookie Jack Fox is PFF's top-ranked punter in 2020, with a grade of 92.2 (five higher than any other punter). A large part of that grade was that Greenlaw simply didn't allow big plays on his watch. Arjun Menon and Brad Spielberger (PFF) Landing spots for PFF's top 50 free agents . He doesnt have the high-end athleticism of the top of the linebacker class, but hes no slouch himself. Just a casual career-long 70-yard punt for @MrJackFox#CHIvsDET | FOX pic.twitter.com/I0qGNLrwbU. During the 2020 season, Way averaged a booming 48.0 yards per punt, which ranked fifth in the NFL and this came just one year after a 2019 season where he finished with the 10th-highest single-season average in NFL history (49.6). Despite ranking 12th in the NFL in punts with 29 . He offers nothing as a runner, though, or outside the pocket. Hes more slot receiver, though, than an actual tight end in Stanfords offense. Fulton graded better than his teammate Greedy Williams on the LSU defense last season. Mutis redshirt freshman season at guard was a pleasure to watch as he tossed around defenders left and right. Covering receivers who are that talented one-on-one is a tough ask for any linebacker. The 2020 first-team All-Big Ten selection had 20 punts inside the 20-yard line, ranking second in the Big Ten punters in 2020. Now, if he can just fix his drop problem that saw him muff 10 a season ago. His stiffness likely limits him scheme and versatility wise, though. It's not easy punting in New England and it's not easy punting for a perfectionist like Bill Belichick, but Bailey has managed to make things work for three seasons. Here you'll find everything from our NFL quarterback rankings to our position rankings to our all-32 team roster rankings, making it easy for you to enter the 2020 NFL season armed with everything you need to know. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Subscribe to PFF+ to unlock Sign Up NFL NFL Home Tools NFL Scores NFL Premium Stats Gay can absolutely fly sideline to sideline. Shenault is a weapon in the open field. Little had a bit of a hitch in his pass sets that was worrisome, but there were few better tackles in the country down the stretch last season. Bailey also managed to put a total of 31 punts inside his opponents' 20-yard, which was the second-highest number in the NFL. Not only did Koo make more field goals (37) than any other kicker in 2020, but he also finished with the sixth-highest accuracy rate (94.9%). At least, I think that's why we saved this one for last. His 17 catches through two seasons with five drops is his biggest concern now. #ChiefsKingdom #KCvsLAC pic.twitter.com/7y4KmCEEiA. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. During his time with the Bills last season, Bojorquez had a 72-yard punt, which was tied for the longest in the NFL. Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Demarcus Robinson (11) celebrates after a touchdown catch against the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth quarter of a NFL game at Arrowhead Stadium. Onwuzurike is arguably the most athletic defensive tackle in the class. If you watched Washington play last season, you may have noticed that they had one of the worst offenses in the NFL and because of that, Tress Way ended up punting the ball 73 times in 2020, which was the most of any punter in the league. Wishnowsky is the first of two Australians that landed on the top-10 list this year. Hes as sticky in man coverage as any defensive back in the country and is a complete corner. His 47 run stops in 2019 were nine more than the second-place Kuechly at linebacker, driving a career-high run-defense grade of 84.8. section: | slug: ranking-the-nfls-top-10-punters-entering-2022-cowboys-and-raiders-punters-both-crack-the-list | sport: football | route: article_single.us | The Jags punter ranked sixth in the league in both yards per punt (47.7) and net yards per punt (43.2). 9:24 am ET, signed Cole to a four-year, $12.4 million extension, more balls inside the 10-yard line than Dickson, Agent's Take: Rodgers' trade value, logistics, best fit, McCarthy discusses taking over Cowboys' play-calling, Brett Favre welfare funds scandal explained, Reich says Carr 'checks a lot of boxes' after meeting, Mock: Carter falls amid warrant, Ravens take QB, Rodgers' trade value, logistics and best fit, Best team fits for top FAs at each position, Ex-NFL GM on ramifications of Carter's legal issue, NFLPA issues team report cards: Commanders fail, 49ers GM says he contacted Brady as team seeks QB help, Jalen Carter issues statement amid charges. Kinlaw has a great combination of size (6-foot-6, 305 pounds) and athleticism when projecting to the NFL. Anger was so good in 2021 that he ended up being voted a second-team All-Pro. After only playing eight games with the Falcons in 2019, Koo returned in 2020 and made his case to be the team's long-term kicker and he made a pretty solid case. 2020 NFL roster rankings for all 32 teams, Ranking all 32 starting quarterbacks Monson, Ranking all 32 starting quarterbacks Palazzolo, The NFL's top 25 interior offensive linemen, The NFL's top 25 interior defensive linemen, NFL offensive line rankings: All 32 units, NFL defensive line rankings: All 32 units. Over the course of the season, he averaged 49.6 yards per punt, which ranked second in the NFL and 10th all-time in NFL history. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. Back in 2018, nearly everyone in Pittsburgh wanted to see the Steelers release Boswell after a disastrous season where he hit just 65% of his kicks. During a Week 7 win over the Bears, Hekker put five punts inside of Chicago's 10-yard line. If you watched the Texans play last season, you may have noticed that they had one of the worst offenses in the NFL and because of that, Johnston saw A LOT of action. Thanks to his booming leg, his punts also led to 28 fair-catches, which. His 80.4 coverage grade across those the 2017 and 2018 campaigns ranked ninth among 59 linebackers who saw 500 or more coverage snaps, coming alongside solid play against the run. 1 seed for San Francisco in the playoffs, but Greenlaw made plays like that in coverage throughout the year. Okwuegbunam has speed to get up the seams and body control to be a red-zone threat. Subscribe to PFF+ to unlock Sign Up PFF Grade Combine Draft Rank Name Team # Punt Koff Age RS Ht Wt Sp College Year R# P# Sorry, there are no rows here Prev Page Select.. of 0 Rows 50 Next Whenever the Jaguars offense sputtered, which was often, Cooke would come out and flip the field, which caused opposing offenses to usually start their drives with bad field position. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. This past season was the first year where he didn't record a run-defense grade above 70.0, coming in at 66.7. @tommy_townsend had the mic against the Chargers pic.twitter.com/zua6j8l7tJ. The disappearing acts were far too prevalent, though, and likely the reason he returned for his senior year. #NOvsCHI #Saints pic.twitter.com/6PfrBXEU3W. In the run game, Thompson uses his quickness to be effective despite being on the smaller end for a linebacker. It's not often you see one of the best punters in the NFL switch teams, but that's exactly what's happening with Bojorquez this offseason. Quarterback 1. J.K. Dobbins, Baltimore Ravens; RB22. Leonard has posted grades of 75.0 or higher as a run defender, pass-rusher and coverage defender since 2018 joining Wagner and the next guy on this list (Demario Davis) as the only two linebackers to do so. While his overall grade had hovered in the 60s from 2016 to 2018, it came in at 90.1 in 2019 (second at the position). At this time last year, it was looking like Jack Fox might not even make it in the NFL, but then he won the punting job in Detroit and if he keeps kicking the way he's been kicking, he's likely going to have the job for a long time. He makes some throws down the field that only a handful of guys in the NFL could make. However, his PFF grades of 57.0 and 59.4 in his first two NFL seasons speak to the idea that it hasn't all come together yet. For years, the question at the top of the linebacker position has been a straightforward one: Who is the best linebacker in the NFL Luke Kuechly or Wagner? Simmons is on another level athletically from linebackers across the country. Team Stats and Rankings Table; Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing Penalties Average Drive; Player PF Yds Ply Y/P TO FL 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A . HARRISON BUTKER FOR THE WIN FROM 58 YARDS! Bryan Anger's punt hit the jumbotron : #SFvsDAL on CBS/NICK/Prime Video: NFL app pic.twitter.com/v6QcauOWfx. Although the Pro Football Hall of Fame has only inducted two true kickers -- Jan Stenerud and Morten Andersen -- in its 58-year existence, Tucker is making a strong case for being the third (or fourth, if Adam Vinatieri gets in), so needless to say, he's at the top of our best kicker list. Hes got track speed at 220 pounds. Wirfs is absurdly powerful and already technically advanced in pass protection. Anger might not have been the most important player on the Cowboys roster last season, but he was definitely the most consistent. When kicking near the end zone, some are asked to attempt a coffin corner kick while others will pooch the ball high into the air hoping it sits inside the 10. 2020 NFL Punting Statistics. Highest-Graded Player: DI Aaron Donald (94.5), Super Bowl Win Probability: 3% In 2020, he only kicked three touchbacks making him one of just three punters who had three or less touchbacks on 60 or more punts. Collins will be one of several former Patriots defenders looking for success in his first season in Detroit. @MiamiDolphins: #NFLHonors | Tonight at 8PM ET on FOX pic.twitter.com/RZKkKXVNVr. It's not easy punting in New England and it's not easy punting for a perfectionist like Bill Belichick, but Bailey made both of those things look easy during a 2020 season where he was voted to the Pro Bowl and named the first-team All-Pro punter. 14 Utah and 10 against Arizona State. He has the combination of awareness in the middle of the field to read plays in zone and the athleticism to react and be in position to make plays that all great coverage linebackers need. He comes in as the second most valuable linebacker, per PFF WAR, over that eight-year stretch, as well. Bryant has been one of the most productive tight ends in the country over the past couple of seasons, but hes still very undersized for the position and has been schemed a lot of production in FAUs offense. The following are the 2020 NFL Punting statistical leaders, sorted by gross punting average. Also featured are PFF's AWS-powered simulations and PFF-exclusive player grades. Highest-Graded Player: QB Tom Brady (92.6), Super Bowl Win Probability: 4% He has the length to be disruptive in Indianapolis' zone-heavy defense and has shown himself to be well-rounded through his first two NFL seasons. The Raiders punter also dropped 43.8% of his punts inside the opponents 20-yard line, which was the sixth-best percentage in the NFL last season. Swift is pretty clearly the top receiving threat in the class. Hes about as dominant a run blocker as youll see from a rising junior. So are La Scala, Italy's premier opera house, and the city's universities and schools. Coming into the NFL in the same 2012 draft class as Kuechly and Wagner has left David as the forgotten man at the position. In 2020, he hit 19 of 20 field goals, which is even more impressive when you consider that his only miss came from 59 yards out. Fox went undrafted in 2019 and although he would eventually sign with the Chiefs, he got cut before the 2019 season started, which means he was basically sitting at home when the Lions finally decided to take a gamble on him heading into the 2020 season. Pass protection is a bit of a different story, though, as hes been protected a good deal in Georgias offense. NFL Player Grades PFF analyzes every player and every play of every game in the 2022 NFL season. He has only two drops on 56 catchable in his career. He can get from the middle of the field to the sideline with the best of them. (via @NFL) pic.twitter.com/uk77Hb5yKt. The Jaguars punter also made a habit of avoiding touchbacks. I mean, who can forget the time that a punter won the NFL's award for Clutch Performance Play of the Year back in 2019 and he won it by throwing a pass to a KICKER. Back in December, the Raiders signed Cole to a four-year, $12.4 million extension that included $5.9 million in guaranteed money. Despite that success, the Rams are bringing in some competition for Hekker this year and although he's been one of the league's top punters for nearly a decade, there's no guarantee he's going to make it to his 10th year with the Rams. Sam Koch might be the greatest passer in Ravens history. Hekker averaged just 39.2 net yards per punt, which ranked an ugly 24th in the NFL. In just his second year with the 49ers, Wishnowsky showed why he was worth a fourth-round pick back in 2019. In four seasons with the Chiefs, Butker has hit 90.3 percent of his field goals (121 of 134), which makes him the second-most accurate kicker in NFL history and the only guy he's behind is the guy who's ranked ahead of him on this list. Dickerson became a household name and his Jheri Curls and goggles made him recognizable outside of the helmet. Cole's net yardage was almost as impressive as he ranked fifth in the NFL with a net average of 42.5 yards per punt. Anger also had a knack for regularly getting off huge punts: He averaged 48.4 yards per punt which ranked fourth in the NFL. NFL Football Player Stats & Stats Leaders - Punts Who's your favorite NFL team? He has truly impressive movement and change-of-direction skills for how big he is, and by all accounts, he's the kind of leader you want on your defense. . Herbert has all the arm talent in the world. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. Size, length, athleticism and production. In all, his role in the NFL could be . Also featured are PFF's AWS-powered simulations and PFF-exclusive player grades. His success in 2020 hinges on him returning to form as the strong coverage linebacker he was in 2017 and 2018, and there's reason to believe he can achieve that. Being a great kicker in the NFL comes down to one main thing and that's the ability to make field goals and no one does that better than Tucker. If there was one knock on Butker last year, it was that he struggled with his extra points, hitting just 88.9% of his kicks. Edmunds will have to clean up the missed tackles and improve in coverage to rise toward where most slot him currently a top-10 linebacker on this list next season. Korsak was the 2022 Ray Guy Award winner given to the nation's best punter. From has shown such an advanced command of the Georgia offense in his two years. Okudah has pretty much only shown out as a man corner at this point, but thats where youd like to see corners win. No linebacker who has seen at least 50 targets in coverage since 2018 has allowed a lower yards-per-target mark than Brown's 5.6. His consistency leaves something to be desired, but he has the highest pass-rushing grade of any returning defensive tackle. Our fantasy football projections provide a median projection for each player for each week of the season, independent of the opinion of any one analyst. Highest-Graded Player: TE Travis Kelce (93.5), Super Bowl Win Probability: 10% Thanks to his perfect performance in 2020, Crosby has now hit 90% or more of his field goals in two straight seasons (Before 2019, Crosby had never hit the 90% mark in his career). Highest-Graded Player: DI DeForest Buckner (89.7), Super Bowl Win Probability: 3% Myers might not be ranked at the top of his list, but he was arguably the best kicker in the NFL last year. Only one punter was voted a first-team All-Pro in 2021 and that punter was A.J. You first think about the play that he made late in the 49ers' Week 17 matchup with the Seattle Seahawks to secure the No. Highest-Graded Player: QB Russell Wilson (90.3), Super Bowl Win Probability: 2% Hes already adept at eating double teams and has a toolbox of pass-rushing moves that is on par with any other defensive tackle in the country. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. See NFL player statistics across every major statistical category. To join our email list and get notified when we launch the 2023-24 NFL section (probably late May), register for a free account . In 2021, Hekker had a net average of 42.6 yards per punt, which ranked fourth in the NFL. Tega Wanogho has made incredible strides over his college career after never having played offensive line before coming to Auburn. That comes down largely to the ability he has shown in coverage. For the past few weeks here at CBSSports.com, we've been ranking every position group in the NFL, and now, we've saved the most important position for last: Punters. As a first-year punter, Fox has plenty of room to get better, which should scare other teams, because he's already one of the best. His lack of bend, though, is worrisome at this point. The Ravens might want to let him play quarterback once in awhile. Highest-Graded Player: Edge Khalil Mack (92.3), Super Bowl Win Probability: <1% The Raiders kicker has been in the NFL for three seasons and he's gotten better every year, including last season, when he drilled 94.3% of his field goals, which ranked sixth in the NFL. For one, he made EVERY SINGLE FIELD GOAL HE ATTEMPTED (24 of 24), which makes him one of only three kickers in NFL history to attempt 20 or more field goals in a season and make all of them (Mike Vanderjagt and Gary Anderson are the others). Having just turned 22 years old in May, this upcoming season could very well be the one where he does just that. FROM 55 YARDS OUT. Their 12% missed tackle rate as a unit also came in as a bottom-10 mark across all defenses. Thanks to his booming leg, his punts also led to 28 fair-catches, which was the second most that any punter in the NFL forced last season. As of February 16, 2023, Rome (Lazio) was the Italian province which registered the highest number of coronavirus . pic.twitter.com/lPan593VO1. PFFs expert rankers can include their opinions on a players season long fantasy prospects, which can consider more extreme outcomes and a certain amount of subjectivity. Leaders based on 2.5 punts per team game. NFL. That means a lot of the ordering particularly later on comes down to preference on the type of linebacker that you're looking for. In the punting department, some fans might not even be able to name 10 punters, but we're ranking 10 because punters are people, too. Highest-Graded Player: Edge T.J. Watt (91.6), Super Bowl Win Probability: 3% NFL footage NFL Productions LLC. The . Although Way did show off his booming leg last season, he fell out of our top five this year because he struggled with some other parts of his game. If we were ranking how good players could become, Edmunds would comfortably be in the top five. He's been impressive as a tackler for much of his career and turned in PFF run-defense grades of 70.0 or higher in each of the four seasons prior to last year. Edmunds has performed well in stretches, but he has yet to put it all together for an entire season. He began his junior season (2020) as a started, but missed most of the season due to injury. As a 27-year-old undrafted free agent who hadn't yet taken an NFL snap on defense, why would he have been? Whenever there's a conversation about the best punters in the NFL, Johnny Hekker's name almost always comes up, which makes sense, because he's one of the best punters in the NFL. In 2019, Way finished with the 11th-highest single-season average in NFL history (49.6). Feb. 24, 2020 MILAN The landmark Duomo Cathedral, its spires towering over Milan, is closed. Johnson is a bigger linebacker by today's NFL standards at nearly 250 pounds, and he used that size to his advantage in the run game where he posted a 91.4 run-defense grade for the season. During the 2021 season, Fox completed two passes for 38 yards. Hes yet another back, though, that has had no exposure in Wisconsins passing game with only 16 catches and four drops. He controls offensive linemen with ease snap after snap. Hes capable of playing in a Derwin James-Jamal Adams role, but weve yet to see him really dominate in any of those facets. Cleveland is an enormous guard who pretty much never gets overpowered. NFL Player Stats - Punts More Player Stats. There have been two versions of Jamie Collins over his seven-year career the New England Patriots player who looked like one of the best linebackers in the NFL and the Cleveland Browns player who looked far removed from that status. Atlanta needs several of the young cornerbacks they've added to step up in order to see meaningful improvement in their team coverage, but the impact that Jones has over the middle of the field shouldn't be overlooked. According to Football Outsiders, Fox averaged 52.5 yards per punt when he was forced to kick the ball from inside his own 35-yard line and that number ranked second in the NFL behind only A.J. Kendricks is coming off the best season in his five-year NFL career. When Fox's NFL career started back in 2019, it didn't actually look like he was going to have a career. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | Just missed: Sam Martin (Broncos), Thomas Morstead (Dolphins), Brett Kern (Titans). Kendricks was credited with 14 forced incompletions, which led all linebackers and came in at fifth among all defenders. As an added bonus, Townsend can also throw the ball. After a solid rookie year in 2019, Bailey followed that up with arguably the best overall season by a punter last year. PFFs Fantasy Football Rankings include draft and current week ranks from our experts, projections, auction values, advanced stats and our Strength of Schedule metric. He made his first appearance in Week 5 against the Los Angeles Chargers and turned in a 91.9 PFF grade for the game a sign of things to come. We need more mic'd up punters. PFF Rankings: The NFL's top 25 linebackers ahead of the 2020 NFL season By Ben Linsey Aug 25, 2020 We're in the heart of rankings season here at PFF. It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. Koo finished the year with 144 points scored, which was tied with Daniel Carlson and Jason Sanders for the most in the NFL. 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