SI Ranks the "Best 500 Players in the NFL"
 

[url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2007/writers/peter_king/08/28/1to100/]SI.com - Writers - Peter King: My list of the NFL's 500 best players - Wednesday August 29, 2007 12:09PM[/url]

I'll save you the time of going through this ridiculous list. Apparently, Samuels is our best player and Portis is only slightly better than Betts. To fully appreciate how much our players get the shaft on this thing, look at some of the clowns ranked ahead of them. BTW- Please update if I missed anyone or got a ranking wrong.

122. Chris Samuels
148. Marcus Washington
159. Sean Taylor
191. Santana Moss
202. Clinton Portis
205. Ladell Betts
234. Chris Cooley
255. Jason Campbell
258. Andre Carter
263. LaRon Landry
301. London Fletcher-Baker
319. Sean Springs
325. Randy Thomas
329. Carlos Rogers
441. Antwaan Randle-El
478. Pete Kendall

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Peter King at his prophetic best.................priceless!
check out his remark on Champ Bailey (line 6)

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Read the comments section, apparently he put Dawan(?) Landry (Laron's brother) on his list twice. He also didn't include Derrick Brooks, who might be old but he's still pretty decent.

Basically it seems like he listed as many people as he could think of.

Edit* That's odd, Dawan was on the list twice yesterday. Maybe they edited it to make King looks like less of a d-bag.

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I like the inclusion of Russell on the list at 228. Now, I believe that through careful research and consideration, you can slot rookies on this list somewhat accurately. But I don't think Russell could make this list ever, and I don't really think any QB should be in the top 300 as a rookie. At the very least, if you are ignorant to the projection system, at least play the wait and see game.

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He also claims "Chicago traded the wrong back" without apparently looking at contract ramifications, or age (somehow).

This article would have been OK if he passed it off as meaningless and fun to do, but the fact that he was serious about this list combined with the fact that it's almost impossible to be accurate on this, combined with the fact that he doesn't (like a lot of sportswriters) really know anything, and you get this clusterfudge.

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95. Ronde Barber CB, Bucs Cover corner with Tiki's physicality

I had no idea Ronde was a top ten corner. This list is ridiculous. Who trys to rate the best 1/3 of the leagues players

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dumbest thing i have ever wasted my time looking at.

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What a waste of time. King could have spent all that time working on getting the inside scoop on stories we actually care about.

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Yikes, Landry better than Fletcher already? This is absurd...

and he still lists him as Fletcher-Baker :doh:

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[QUOTE=RobH4413;345122]Yikes, Landry better than Fletcher already? This is absurd...

and he still lists him as Fletcher-Baker :doh:[/QUOTE]

No, actually, I did that... :(

I wasn't sure which was correct. Did he drop the Baker?

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How can anyone take this stupid eff seriously?

J.P. Losman is the 160th best player in the league? :laughing2

And it's funny that every player on the Chargers roster is better than the best Redskin player...

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[quote=BleedBurgundy;345127]No, actually, I did that... :(

I wasn't sure which was correct. Did he drop the Baker?[/quote]
Yeah, he dropped the Baker... He had it originally to honor his father or stepfather... can't remember.

But yeah, it's dropped now.

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Nice! People done forgot about Portis.

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[quote=Southpaw;345129]How can anyone take this stupid eff seriously?

J.P. Losman is the 160th best player in the league? :laughing2

And it's funny that every player on the Chargers roster is better than the best Redskin player...[/quote]

LOL. Didn't notice that..

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Too bad we can't pay Cooley #234 money when we make a new deal.

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I think it's funny how he puts a bunch of unproven rookies on the list.

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[QUOTE=RMSkins;345157]I think it's funny how he puts a bunch of unproven rookies on the list.[/QUOTE]
Like Russell, who still isn't signed.
He might as well put the QB from Louisville and the Clausen kid from Notre Dame on there too.

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This is retarded.

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Looks like a great "article" for Gibbs to put on the bulleten board September 9th. I hope he has both backs for the cowpukes ahead of portis & Betts as well as hamlin & williams ahead of both Taylor and Landry , just keep adding fire to the flame !

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[QUOTE=Hog1;345096]Peter King at his prophetic best.................priceless!
check out his remark on Champ Bailey (line 6)[/QUOTE]

I don't know, the best shutdown cornerback in the league for a Top Ten running back? Personally, I lean towards the shutdown corner. I've always believed valuable running backs are a little easier to come by. Good offensive line play has about as much to do with a RB's success as anything else.

And yes, I know Champ wanted out. Just saying if I had to choose between one or the other, that's what I would do.

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if I respected any of this SI guys opinion.... thats all but gone now

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Just got off the phone with PK. He said I, GTripp0012, was #502 on his list. Just didnt make the cut I guess. Well, better luck next year.

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Wow portis at 202...I mean come on, the guys has to have it out for the skins otherwise i don't understand this at all. He doesn't have santana or cooley anywhere near the top 100 either. These are guys with a consensus from sportswriters and pundits to be in the top 15 at their position.

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I like how there are 121 players better than every player on the Redskins. And Cooley has so many TEs ahead of him that he is better than.

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[quote=steveo395;345267]I like how there are 121 players better than every player on the Redskins. And Cooley has so many TEs ahead of him that he is better than.[/quote]

Yeah. King tries to act objective, but he definitely hates the Redskins. I guarantee that if Champ was still a Redskin, he'd be ranked at least 50 places lower than he is.

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Man...I wish I had Peter King's supplier!

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366.Jon Jansen T, Redskins

Though I think all of the skins including Jon (should be ranked a good bit higher imo) should be ranked higher than they are.

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[QUOTE=skinsfan0201;345527]366.Jon Jansen T, Redskins

Though I think all of the skins including Jon (should be ranked a good bit higher imo) should be ranked higher than they are.[/QUOTE]

Just like how every Chargers fan thinks LT should be #1 on that list.

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what a retarded exercise in the first place... it looks like he just threw names on a list, since the ranking generally don't make any sense.

i mean, it's not even worth tearing apart... just not worth the time.