[Pro Football Focus recently identified Vikings CB Terence Newman as the No. 76 player overall in the 2016 NFL season. To see the full list featuring the 101 best players of the season, click here.]
The 2016 season was one defined by rookies on one end, but geriatrics on the other. Tom Brady won his fifth Super Bowl at the end of arguably the best individual performance over a season in his entire career at the age of 39, and he was only one of several notable seasons coming from players long past the age of traditional decline.