|High School Harry| Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 https://www.cincyjungle.com/2018/6/29/17448018/bengals-deserving-nfl-top-100-honors The NFL Top 100 Players of 2018 featured just two Bengals. There should have been more. By Jason Marcum@marcum89 Jun 29, 2018, 12:00pm EDT Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports The NFL Top 100 Players of 2018 is complete, and it only features two Bengals. That’s expected for a team that’s endured back-to-back losing seasons, but that doesn’t mean the Bengals don’t have players worthy of such an honor. It’s no secret this show is more of a popularity contest. After all, it’s voted by the players, and the Bengals aren’t exactly a popular group of guys. Everyone knows and respects A.J. Green and Geno Atkins, hands down two of the league’s best at their respective positions. They could have been playing for the Browns while they went 1-31 over the last two seasons and still made this ranking. However, some other Bengals absolutely deserved to be in the 2018 list, and they’ll hopefully make it in 2019. William Jackson The most obvious is William Jackson, who quietly was one of the league’s best cornerbacks in 2017. By now, you know all about how strong his play was in 2017, so much that Pro Football Focus already ranks him as a better player than Green. There’s no doubt Jackson should have been on the top 100 this year. If he plays in 2018 like he did last year, it’s really hard to see him not making the list next year. Carlos Dunlap After Jackson, there’s not a lot of obvious candidates for the list. Carlos Dunlap has had some great seasons, but he was limited to just 7.5 sacks and seven pass deflections last year, a step down from his eight sacks and 15 pass deflections in 2016. He did finish 23rd in Pro Football Focus’ ranking of the top edge defenders. Clint Boling Clint Boling has become one of the best left guards in football, but he also played with one of the worst offensive lines in football last year, so him not getting any respect in this ranking makes sense. He finished 24th among all offensive guards in PFF’s ranking for 2017. Carl Lawson Carl Lawson had a great rookie season, but it wasn’t quite enough to warrant being on this list just yet. He was a role player for most of the season that just happened to be very good in said role, but the top 100 list is mainly reserved for full-time players. He still has a shot at making it in 2019 with a big sophomore season. Tyler Eifert Tyler Eifert is a top 100 player when healthy, something he’s become unable to do in recent years. Since he hardly played last season, he obviously wasn’t going to be considered this season. What Bengals not named Green or Atkins do you think should have made the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatternMaster Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 4 hours ago, High School Harry said: https://www.cincyjungle.com/2018/6/29/17448018/bengals-deserving-nfl-top-100-honors The NFL Top 100 Players of 2018 featured just two Bengals. There should have been more. By Jason Marcum@marcum89 Jun 29, 2018, 12:00pm EDT Aaron Doster-USA TODAY Sports The NFL Top 100 Players of 2018 is complete, and it only features two Bengals. That’s expected for a team that’s endured back-to-back losing seasons, but that doesn’t mean the Bengals don’t have players worthy of such an honor. It’s no secret this show is more of a popularity contest. After all, it’s voted by the players, and the Bengals aren’t exactly a popular group of guys. Everyone knows and respects A.J. Green and Geno Atkins, hands down two of the league’s best at their respective positions. They could have been playing for the Browns while they went 1-31 over the last two seasons and still made this ranking. However, some other Bengals absolutely deserved to be in the 2018 list, and they’ll hopefully make it in 2019. William Jackson The most obvious is William Jackson, who quietly was one of the league’s best cornerbacks in 2017. By now, you know all about how strong his play was in 2017, so much that Pro Football Focus already ranks him as a better player than Green. There’s no doubt Jackson should have been on the top 100 this year. If he plays in 2018 like he did last year, it’s really hard to see him not making the list next year. Carlos Dunlap After Jackson, there’s not a lot of obvious candidates for the list. Carlos Dunlap has had some great seasons, but he was limited to just 7.5 sacks and seven pass deflections last year, a step down from his eight sacks and 15 pass deflections in 2016. He did finish 23rd in Pro Football Focus’ ranking of the top edge defenders. Clint Boling Clint Boling has become one of the best left guards in football, but he also played with one of the worst offensive lines in football last year, so him not getting any respect in this ranking makes sense. He finished 24th among all offensive guards in PFF’s ranking for 2017. Carl Lawson Carl Lawson had a great rookie season, but it wasn’t quite enough to warrant being on this list just yet. He was a role player for most of the season that just happened to be very good in said role, but the top 100 list is mainly reserved for full-time players. He still has a shot at making it in 2019 with a big sophomore season. Tyler Eifert Tyler Eifert is a top 100 player when healthy, something he’s become unable to do in recent years. Since he hardly played last season, he obviously wasn’t going to be considered this season. What Bengals not named Green or Atkins do you think should have made the NFL Top 100 Players of 2018? Dunlap, Lawson, and WJIII and maybe Boling but Eifert is laughable....some Bengals fans have a distorted and slightly delusional view of his guy....he can't even make it through OTA's.. and hasn't played at high level in 3 years, which is the length of the average NFL career. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason Posted June 29, 2018 Report Share Posted June 29, 2018 Yeah, 2 games does not a Top 100 make. Especially when his only TD was overturned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
|Bunghole| Posted July 4, 2018 Report Share Posted July 4, 2018 I don't think there's any obvious "snubs" other than WJIII. The rest are to me either just average to slightly above players (Boling) or have a smaller sample size as of yet (Jackson). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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