Braylon Edwards, 34th best player in the NFL
Posted June 27th, 2008 by Dan
It used to be that when publications would list the 50 or 100 best players in the NFL, there was never a Cleveland Brown to be found (that rhymes!). That is no longer the case.
Pete Prisco of CBS Sportsline just put out his top 50, mostly because there's really nothing better to write about this time of the year. He lists Browns wide receiver Braylon Edwards as the 34th best player in the entire league. That's higher than guys like Drew Brees, Osi Umenyiora and Tony Gonzalez.
That's good for seventh-best receiver in the league. It's also 10 positions higher than teammate Kellen Winslow Jr., who comes in at 44. By Prisco's ranking, that means Winslow is the second-best tight end in the NFL. Lofty.
Do yourself a favor, though. If you check out this list, don't even bother reading the comments. You might heave harder than you did last night when the Cavs drafted J.J. Hickson.
UPDATE: Dawgs by Nature has an interesting take on the list. No Joe Thomas in the top 50? Blasphemous!
June 27th, 2008 at 1:46 pm
To show how far the offense has come, I think heading into last season the Browns didn't have a player in Prisco's Top 100, maybe even Top 150.
And yes SDK, you're a poet and didn't even know it.
June 27th, 2008 at 2:54 pm
Hey, who puked when the Cavs took JJ? It could have been Kosta Koufos. Or they could have traded for another JJ, formerly of the Coach K White Out Squad©
but yeah Hickson still sucks.
June 30th, 2008 at 5:04 am
how many penn state players are in that top 50?
June 30th, 2008 at 1:23 pm
Joe, as you should well know, you really can't coach talent into the NFL. None made the list.