June is the quietest month on the NFL calendar, which means it represents the perfect time to publish all that content that would get lost during the season. Enter player rankings. Advanced analytics website did its own version earlier this month, and CBS Sports’ Pete Prisco followed shortly thereafter: the veteran sportswriter released his annual list of the 100 top players entering the upcoming NFL season.
This year, the New England Patriots are represented with four players. Unsurprisingly, quarterback Tom Brady is ranked highest among them:
6. Tom Brady
His regular-season numbers weren’t great, but he turned it on the playoffs — which we have come to expect.