Onwuzurike is arguably the most athletic defensive tackle in the class. Things got off to a pretty good start as a rookie in 2018 with Smith putting up a 70.0-plus grade in coverage and a 66.6 grade overall, but both of those numbers dipped into the 50s this past season. Enjoy! All existing EDGE and ELITE subscribers have access to the guide and can download it here .] For one, he was one of only two kickers to hit 100% of his extra points last season (Matt Gay was the other one). Harris has all the skills to excel in a zone scheme in the NFL. Highest-Graded Player: DI Aaron Donald (94.5), Super Bowl Win Probability: 3% Their 12% missed tackle rate as a unit also came in as a bottom-10 mark across all defenses. The Raiders clearly know they have a good punter in Cole, which probably explains why they didn't even wait until the end of the 2021 season to give him a new contact. That means a lot of the ordering particularly later on comes down to preference on the type of linebacker that you're looking for. Although Dickson had a slightly down year in 2021, he still managed to rank in the top-10 in both punting average and net punting average. The amazing thing about Crosby is that he's doing all this while playing in Green Bay, which isn't an easy place to kick due to the weather and the natural grass field. according to PFF. The Bills decided to let Bojorquez walk in free agency despite a 2020 season where he led the NFL in yards per punt with a number (50.8) that ranked as the fourth-highest of all-time. Although Lutz struggled a little bit last year, he has a long track record of success in the NFL, which is why he made the top-10 even though he ranked just 21st in overall accuracy last season. Jake Bailey is the best punter in the NFL. Tucker also has the highest accuracy rate on extra points among active kickers (98.9%). #RiseUpATL: #TBvsATL on FOX: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app: https://t.co/EJLjYXQNy2 pic.twitter.com/Sr54Ge1iwX. During the 2020 season, the 49ers punter put 32 punts inside the 20, which was more than any other punter in the NFL. Parkinsons has one of the largest catch radii in the country. However, it won't be surprising if that ends up being just a one-year thing because before last year, he had hit 95.2% of his PATs through the first three years of his career. The Raiders kicker has been in the NFL for three seasons and he's gotten better every year, including last season, when he drilled 94.3% of his field goals, which ranked sixth in the NFL. Not only did he lead the NFL in the all-important net-punting average (45.6), but he also ranked fourth overall in yards per punt (48.7). If Jeudy could have come out in the 2019 draft, hed likely have been a top-five pick already. CLUTCH.Daniel Carlson hits the 54-yard FG to put the @Raiders ahead by 10. Hes about as dominant a run blocker as youll see from a rising junior. Hes a former cornerback who is not afraid to lower the boom over the middle of the field. Falcons retake the lead on a 52-yard FG from YoungHoe Koo. Fox went undrafted in 2019 and although he would eventually sign with the Chiefs, he got cut before the 2019 season started, which means he was basically sitting at home when the Lions finally decided to take a gamble on him heading into the 2020 season. At this time last year, it was looking like Jack Fox might not even make it in the NFL, but then he won the punting job in Detroit and if he keeps kicking the way he's been kicking, he's likely going to have the job for a long time. FROM 55 YARDS OUT. Punting is an art form, so let's find out who the best artists are. Vander Esch has said this offseason that the injury is behind him and that he's better now than he was before the injury last season, and if taken at his word, that's great news for Dallas. #GoPackGo: #GBvsDET on FOX: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app: https://t.co/3alYfT3slD pic.twitter.com/T8cm8pYNlo. AUTOMATIC. That's why the Raiders signed him this offseason. As the punter for the Chiefs last season, Tommy Townsend didn't exactly see a lot of action, but when his team did call on him, he came through almost every time. NFL 2022 Regular Season Punting Entire League 25 Anger had such a big season that Cowboys rewarded him a new three-year contract in March that's worth up to $9 million. Although Way did show off his booming leg last season, he fell out of our top five this year because he struggled with some other parts of his game. Recording grades of 80.0 or higher as both a run defender and in coverage, as Vander Esch did in 2018, is impressive stuff. Subscribe to PFF+ to unlock Sign Up PFF Grade Combine Draft Rank Name Team # Punt Koff Age RS Ht Wt Sp College Year R# P# Sorry, there are no rows here Prev Page Select.. of 0 Rows 50 Next Thomas is a brute. Net yards per punt is better and the good news for Hekker is that he also thrives at that. McKinney is a jack of all trades for the Alabama defense. Johnston was also able to force 22 fair catches with his punts, which was tied for the fifth-highest total in the league. He's been impressive as a tackler for much of his career and turned in PFF run-defense grades of 70.0 or higher in each of the four seasons prior to last year. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. He has to prove he has enough quicks to rush the passer more consistently, though. Tucker's accuracy numbers would be even higher if the Ravens didn't regularly trot him out for crazy kicks. During the 2020 season, the 49ers punter put 32 punts inside the 20, which was more than any other punter in the NFL. Vaughn runs with great pacing and patience. Over the course of his career, the four-time Pro Bowler has averaged 46.7 yards per punt, which is the fifth-highest number in NFL history. Although Kern missed three games due to injury last year, he was still quite the weapon when he was on the field. When you look at his career, Lutz has been consistently good. Hed be an elite athlete for a safety, and his coverage skills are unsurprisingly elite already. Highest-Graded Player: QB Tom Brady (92.6), Super Bowl Win Probability: 4% It is highly recommended that you use the latest versions of a supported browser in order to receive an optimal viewing experience. Fox has a booming leg and his ability to flip the field has made him a huge asset in Detroit. Johnsons shake as a route-runner is arguably the best in the nation. No one's more clutch than Tucker and he proved that last season when he hit a 55-yarder as time expired to beat the Browns in a wild Monday night game played in Week 14. Since entering the league in 2012, Wagner's 92.1 PFF grade ranks second out of 103 qualifying linebackers, behind only Kuechly. Highest-Graded Player: QB Russell Wilson (90.3), Super Bowl Win Probability: 2% The linebacker position has been somewhat diminished in recent seasons as nickel and dime defenses have become base, but there is still a group of guys at the top that you want on the field every play as a defense. Davis should be an anchor in the middle of the Saints' defense once again in 2020. Not only was he the NFC's Pro Bowl punter last year, but he was also named second-team All-Pro. The Kansas City Chiefs and the New Orleans Saints finish PFF's NFL Power Rankings for the 2020 NFL season as the top-ranked reams. With Bojorquez now in Los Angeles, that's going to set up one of the greatest punting competitions in training camp history this year and that battle will be with the fifth-ranked guy on this list. Thanks to his perfect performance in 2020, Crosby has now hit 90% or more of his field goals in two straight seasons (Before 2019, Crosby had never hit the 90% mark in his career). The 36-year-old kicker went a perfect 16 of 16 on field goals, making him one of just five kickers in NFL history to hit 100% of their field goals in a season where they attempted 15 or more kicks. The Patriots raised some eyebrows in 2019 when they decided to use the 163rd overall pick on a punter, but after three years, Bailey is now making them look like geniuses. Punting - Kolton McGhee - 61.4 No one hit the 200 Snap Club, which is to be expected since the season was shorted by three games. During that 21-6 win, Anger pinned the Giants inside their own 10-YARD LINE a total of four times with kicks that were downed at the 9-, 8-, 8- and 7-yard line. Warner was a big part of that. In 2020, he only kicked three touchbacks making him one of just three punters who had three or less touchbacks on 60 or more punts. During the 2020 season, Way averaged a booming 48.0 yards per punt, which ranked fifth in the NFL and this came just one year after a 2019 season where he finished with the 10th-highest single-season average in NFL history (49.6). 1 seed for San Francisco in the playoffs, but Greenlaw made plays like that in coverage throughout the year. Okwuegbunam has speed to get up the seams and body control to be a red-zone threat. Hes already adept at eating double teams and has a toolbox of pass-rushing moves that is on par with any other defensive tackle in the country. Also featured are PFF's AWS-powered simulations and PFF-exclusive player grades. No linebacker who has seen at least 50 targets in coverage since 2018 has allowed a lower yards-per-target mark than Brown's 5.6. He has elite deep speed and is also a dog at the catch point. When a punter is pinning teams deep, he'll sometimes have to give up some of his strength for finesse, but not Dickson, who was regularly booming punts in Seattle. When a punter is pinning teams deep, he'll sometimes have to give up some of his strength for finesse, but not Dickson, who was regularly booming punts in Seattle. Townsend was so good at placing his punts that returners only averaged four yards per return against the Chiefs last season, giving Kansas City one of the best coverage units in the NFL in 2021. Epenesa is a physically dominant 6-foot-7, 280 pounds. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. Just cause a team sucks and they kick it every other drive doesn't make a punter good . Dobbins is viewed as damaged goods after a major knee injury that cost him his entire 2021 season. WOW.Jason Myers just nails this FG from SIXTY ONE YARDS for the @Seahawks! If Lambo does come back healthy, there's a good chance he'll creep up this list in the future, especially because he almost never misses During his six seasons in the NFL, Lambo has hit 88.9% of his field goals, which makes him the third-most accurate kicker in NFL history. This past season, in particular, Davis was excellent across the board for the Saints. Highest-Graded Player: DI DeForest Buckner (89.7), Super Bowl Win Probability: 3% When kicking near the end zone, some are asked to attempt a coffin corner kick while others will pooch the ball high into the air hoping it sits inside the 10. PFFs Fantasy Football Rankings include draft and current week ranks from our experts, projections, auction values, advanced stats and our Strength of Schedule metric. Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, Arizona Cardinals . Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. He's consistently one of the better tackling linebackers in the league missing just 6% of his tackles over the past five seasons and he's been about as steady as they come in run defense with run-defense grades between 68.4 and 78.3 in all eight of his NFL seasons. As of February 16, 2023, Rome (Lazio) was the Italian province which registered the highest number of coronavirus . This past season was the first year where he didn't record a run-defense grade above 70.0, coming in at 66.7. His 15 contested catches are top-10 among returning wideouts. Pass protection is a bit of a different story, though, as hes been protected a good deal in Georgias offense. Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl Win Probability: 30% After a solid rookie year in 2019, Bailey followed that up in 2020 with an All-Pro season. Kendricks is coming off the best season in his five-year NFL career. His 47 run stops in 2019 were nine more than the second-place Kuechly at linebacker, driving a career-high run-defense grade of 84.8. Subscribe to PFF+ to unlock Sign Up NFL NFL Home Tools NFL Scores NFL Premium Stats There have been two versions of Jamie Collins over his seven-year career the New England Patriots player who looked like one of the best linebackers in the NFL and the Cleveland Browns player who looked far removed from that status. Moses is still a work in progress one-on-one in coverage, but he can play in space as well as any linebacker in the country. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. (via @NFL) pic.twitter.com/uk77Hb5yKt. During a Week 7 win over the Bears, Hekker put five punts inside of Chicago's 10-yard line. And today, it's time for the linebackers. Quarterback 1. Hes capable of playing in a Derwin James-Jamal Adams role, but weve yet to see him really dominate in any of those facets. Leonard has posted grades of 75.0 or higher as a run defender, pass-rusher and coverage defender since 2018 joining Wagner and the next guy on this list (Demario Davis) as the only two linebackers to do so. Highest-Graded Player: Edge Chase Young (87.2), Highest-Graded Player: OT Taylor Moton (81.2), Highest-Graded Player: WR Justin Jefferson (90.4), Highest-Graded Player: OG Zack Martin (91.3), Highest-Graded Player: OT Garett Bolles (90.3), Highest-Graded Player: DI Leonard Williams (79.8), Highest-Graded Player: Edge Joey Bosa (90.2), Highest-Graded Player: S Jessie Bates III (90.1), Highest-Graded Player: QB Deshaun Watson (92.5), Highest-Graded Player: Edge Brandon Graham (81.5), Highest-Graded Player: S Marcus Maye (82.8), Highest-Graded Player: QB Matt Stafford (82.0), Highest-Graded Player: C Brandon Linder (80.0). Despite ranking 12th in the NFL in punts with 29 . PFF's Preseason 2020 NFL Draft Guide is LIVE. Schobert has shown that he can play the run in the past recording a 77.2 run-defense grade in 2017 so it's not as if his play there is a lost cause. Press Cover-3 teams are going to love his skillset. Hes the definition of a modern safety. Although punting seems simple -- you just catch the ball and kick it -- it's not that easy, and because of that, trying to rank the top 10 punters in the NFL also isn't easy. section: | slug: ranking-the-nfls-top-10-punters-entering-2022-cowboys-and-raiders-punters-both-crack-the-list | sport: football | route: article_single.us | Just a casual career-long 70-yard punt for @MrJackFox#CHIvsDET | FOX pic.twitter.com/I0qGNLrwbU. Although his stats were slightly down in 2021, his track record suggests that he should bounce back big time in 2022. Davis has elite size and length combined with above average burst for the position. Anger was so good in 2021 that he ended up being voted a second-team All-Pro. His coverage grade in the 50s wasn't nearly as impressive, but you have to factor in that his situation plays a role in that grade. There's a reason Kern has been to three Pro Bowls in his career and that's because he's consistently been one of the best punters in the NFL over the course of his 13-year career. If you watched any Jaguars games in 2020, then you probably saw a lot of Cooke and that's because he was one of Jacksonville's busiest players. From 2012 to 2016 Davis' first five seasons in the NFL his highest single-season PFF grade came at just 62.6 in 2014 with the New York Jets. The Seahawks clearly know they have something special in Dickson, which is probably why they gave him a four-year, $16 million extension this offseason. Look at him SELL THAT FAKE PUNT. Thanks to the tender, Carlson will make $3.38 million in 2021. He ended up punting the ball 88 times in 2021, which was the most of any punter in the league. We need more mic'd up punters. The Dolphins like Sanders so much that they signed him to a five-year, $22 million extensionthis offseason, which made him the highest-paid kicker in the NFL. We're in the heart of rankings season here at PFF. McKinney comes in one spot below his teammate Cunningham on the list, profiling more as a traditional run-stopper at nearly 260 pounds. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL and NCAA player performance data. Brown is not a player who comes up all that often when discussing the league's best linebackers, but he deserves a spot in the conversation. Check out the 2020 Cincinnati Bengals Roster, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports and more on Pro-Football-Reference.com. @MiamiDolphins: #NFLHonors | Tonight at 8PM ET on FOX pic.twitter.com/RZKkKXVNVr. It hasn't taken long for Leonard to become a focal point of the Colts defense under defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus. Hes got smooth hips and is an above average athlete for the position, but he still needs to fill out his frame quite a bit. Not only was he accurate, but he also showed off his range as he was one of just four kickers in the NFL who attempted four or more field goals from beyond 50 yards and made all of them. Whenever there's a conversation about the best punters in the NFL, Johnny Hekker's name almost always comes up, which makes sense, because he's one of the best punters in the NFL. Tua already has accuracy, pocket presence and anticipation that is well beyond his years. PFF Rankings: The NFL's top 25 linebackers ahead of the 2020 NFL season By Ben Linsey Aug 25, 2020 We're in the heart of rankings season here at PFF. When you look at his resume, the fact that his last Pro Bowl appearance came in 2015 is astounding. 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