Profootball Focus' Top 101 Of 2011

[Dpantherman]

They've done their own top 100(1). I'll only list the Panthers on so far:

101-91

101. Chris Gamble, CB, Carolina Panthers

A real bounce back year for Gamble as the cornerback was able to find the form that deserted him a season earlier. He showed his class with a string of good performances that saw him allow just 27 receptions for 338 yards whilst he was in primary coverage all year. Those kinds of numbers should let you know teams shied away from throwing at him, and when they did, they got little joy with quarterbacks picking up a 53.3 QB rating in his coverage.

Best Performance: Week 15 at Houston (+3.5)

Key Stat: Gave up just 0.68 yards per route in coverage. The third lowest of all cornerbacks in the league.

95. Cam Newton, QB, Carolina Panthers

While we weren’t always sold on his passing (-9.4) Newton brought so much more to the table than just that, as evidenced by his +8.3 overall rating, the number of records he broke, and how he re-energized a franchise that seemingly was going nowhere. Will occasionally throw the odd ball that makes you question his sanity, but stood up and made so many plays we couldn’t leave him off the list.

Best Performance: Week 4 at Chicago (+5.6)

Key Stat: Ran the ball for 14 touchdowns, breaking 19 tackles in the process. That was the same number of tackles broken as DeAngelo Williams, Michael Bush, and BenJarvus Green-Ellis.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/04/29/pff-top-101-of-2011-101-to-91/

90-81 no one

80-71 no one

70-61 no one

[Darth Biscuit]

Cam at #95? Are they retarded?

[Dpantherman]

Looks like they already listed players that wont be on and Johnathan Stewart is one: https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2012/04/28/the-pff-101-the-missing-players-part-3/

[CRA]

Cam at #95? Are they retarded?

In fairness....he only has a rookie season under his belt. It was a great one....but he still has to prove he is that caliber of player with a year of Cam/Chud on tape.

That said, having Von Miller much higher will be a joke and they will

[Argus Plexus]

Cam will be #1 on the list someday

[Darth Biscuit]

I'm not saying he needs to be #1 or even #10, but poo... #95? Just look on that list of 91-99... who would take those guys at 91-94 over Cam on their team?

[Jesse]

In fairness....he only has a rookie season under his belt. It was a great one....but he still has to prove he is that caliber of player with a year of Cam/Chud on tape.

Top players of 2011, not currently in the league.

It looks like they were willing to keep him off the list, but put him on "just 'cause". Whatever, I don't need some metric BS that only applies to baseball to rank football players.

[fieryprophet]

Cam at #95? Are they retarded?

PFF is extremely tough on their assessments, and they have a "all positions equal" mentality that highlights the lesser known positions (and tend to be friendlier for defensive players.)

So, in a word, meh.

[CRA]

Well if it is just off the 2011 season alone.....this is why PFF will always be talked about and force you to say......but it is PFF and there stuff sometimes doesn't add up.

Tony G ranked ahead of Cam for 2011 in a vacuum? No thanks