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Where does Cowboys’ Micah Parsons rank in PFF’s 50 best NFL players?
Dallas Cowboys’ star edge rusher Micah Parsons has been named as one of the top 10 players in the entire league on Pro Football Focus’ list of top 50.
Micah Parsons was the 12th overall pick by the Dallas Cowboys in the 2021 NFL Draft and he’s been one of the best decisions they ever made. In his rookie season, he won Defensive Rookie of the Year. Since then, in his three seasons in the NFL, he’s racked up 213 tackles, 40.5 sacks, 89 quarterback hits, 51 tackles for loss, 131 pressures, and seven forced fumbles. He does all this while very often being double and even triple-teamed. He’s also been named an All-Pro and Pro-Bowler in all three seasons and finished in the top three in voting for Defensive Player of the Year the last three years in a row.
Where did PFF rank Parsons in their 50 best NFL players list?
Pro Football Focus released their top 50 best NFL players list, based on “a combination of past performance, future potential, and overall impact on the game.” Only two Cowboys made it on the list, wide receiver CeeDee Lamb at number 20 and Micah Parsons at number five.
PFF notes that Parsons is just the fourth player in the PFF era to record 100+ pressures in a single season with 103 in 2023. Here’s what they said about Dallas’ star defender:
“He is one of the most dynamic and explosive pass-rushers the game has ever seen, and he played the purest pass-rushing role of his career so far this past year.”
Of the four players ranked above Parsons, only one is an edge rusher - Cleveland Browns’ Myles Garrett at number two. The others ahead of him are Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes (1), San Francisco 49ers tackle Trent Williams (3), and Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Justin Jefferson (4).
Here is the full list of the PFF’s top 50 best NFL players ahead of the 2024 season
1. QB PATRICK MAHOMES, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
2. EDGE MYLES GARRETT, CLEVELAND BROWNS
3. T TRENT WILLIAMS, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
4. WR JUSTIN JEFFERSON, MINNESOTA VIKINGS
5. EDGE MICAH PARSONS, DALLAS COWBOYS
6. DI CHRIS JONES, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
7. EDGE NICK BOSA, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
8. WR TYREEK HILL, MIAMI DOLPHINS
9. LB FRED WARNER, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
10. RB CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
11. DI DEXTER LAWRENCE, NEW YORK GIANTS
12. QB JOSH ALLEN, BUFFALO BILLS
13. QB LAMAR JACKSON, BALTIMORE RAVENS
14. EDGE T.J. WATT, PITTSBURGH STEELERS
15. TE TRAVIS KELCE, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
16. CB SAUCE GARDNER, NEW YORK JETS
17. QB JOE BURROW, CINCINNATI BENGALS
18. EDGE MAXX CROSBY, LAS VEGAS RAIDERS
19. TE GEORGE KITTLE, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
20. WR CEEDEE LAMB, DALLAS COWBOYS
21. T LANE JOHNSON, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
22. T TRISTAN WIRFS, TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
23. S ANTOINE WINFIELD JR., TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS
24. WR JA’MARR CHASE, CINCINNATI BENGALS
25. WR A.J. BROWN, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
26. S KYLE HAMILTON, BALTIMORE RAVENS
27. DI QUINNEN WILLIAMS, NEW YORK JETS
28. T PENEI SEWELL, DETROIT LIONS
29. T ANDREW THOMAS, NEW YORK GIANTS
30. C CREED HUMPHREY, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
31. RB DERRICK HENRY, BALTIMORE RAVENS
32. WR AMON-RA ST. BROWN, DETROIT LIONS
33. LB ROQUAN SMITH, BALTIMORE RAVENS
34. EDGE AIDAN HUTCHINSON, DETROIT LIONS
35. CB PATRICK SURTAIN II, DENVER BRONCOS
36. CB TRENT MCDUFFIE, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
37. S JESSIE BATES III, ATLANTA FALCONS
38. G CHRIS LINDSTROM, ATLANTA FALCONS
39. G JOE THUNEY, KANSAS CITY CHIEFS
40. CB JALEN RAMSEY, MIAMI DOLPHINS
41. DI JALEN CARTER, PHILADELPHIA EAGLES
42. CB JAYLON JOHNSON, CHICAGO BEARS
43. DI DERRICK BROWN, CAROLINA PANTHERS
44. T LAREMY TUNSIL, HOUSTON TEXANS
45. LB DEMARIO DAVIS, NEW ORLEANS SAINTS
46. TE MARK ANDREWS, BALTIMORE RAVENS
47. C FRANK RAGNOW, DETROIT LIONS
48. S JEVON HOLLAND, MIAMI DOLPHINS
49. WR BRANDON AIYUK, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS
50. WR DEEBO SAMUEL, SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS