The folks from Pro Football Focus have put together their annual list of the 101 Top Players in the NFL for the 2017 season, and the Minnesota Vikings are pretty prominently featured, including having one player skyrocket into the Top 5 on the list.
Harrison Smith, who should have been in the conversation for NFL Defensive Player of the Year but wasn’t because he plays for Minnesota, wound up at #3 overall on PFF’s list. He won their Dwight Stephenson Award, which they give to the best player in the regular season regardless of position.