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Blue Chips

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I was having a conversation with some friends, and we were debating the "blue chip players" on each team, and were attempting to use that to predict how well they would do next season. We went through each teams and counted up how many players on that team could be legitimately argued for top 10 at their respective positions. The numbers might surprise you.
 
Nine blue chip players:
Seahawks
Panthers
 
Eight blue chip players:
Broncos
 
Seven blue chip players:
Patriots
49ers
Browns (!)
 
Six blue chip players:
Texans
Bears
Chiefs  
Saints
 
Five blue chip players:
Cowboys
Lions
Packers
Cardinals
 
Four blue chip players:
Bengals
Ravens 
Colts
Redskins
Buccaneers 
Rams
 
Three blue chip players:
Bills
Jets
Steelers
Titans
Chargers 
Eagles 
Giants 
Vikings 
 
Every other team ended up with two or less.
 
Of course, as you all know, stars can rise any day and become a blue chip player. Also, qb play can make a huge difference on if your blue chips count, but it is an interesting topic none the less.
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What criteria were you using and if we have so many do you mind naming them and their respective position?

 

 

Essentially, we all named players on the roster, and if the majority of us agreed that that player could legitimately be argued as top 10 at their position, we put them on the list. It was two Broncos fans, a Falcons fan, Steelers fan, Raiders fan, and myself. So it made it interesting.

 

As far as our blue chips go;

Cam Newton

Deangelo WIlliams (This one was the hardest to argue honestly, but we eventually agreed)

Ryan Kalil

Greg Olsen

Greg Hardy

Charles Johnson

Star Lotuleilei

Thomas Davis

Luke Kuechly 

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TD could very well be the best coverage linebacker in the game.

 

In terms of 4-3 OLBs, he's very high up there.  The pass rush specialist OLBs (Hali, Houston, Ware,etc) are all very good at what they do, but their primary function is to be a pass rusher rather than playing linebacker.

 

The only guy who gets nation recognition as a typical OLB is Lavonte David.

 

Heck many of us can and will debate Davis is currently better than Luke (and yes, there is some legitimacy to that argument, IMO).

 

I'd definitely throw Star in at top 10 at his position.  In terms of run-stuffing space eaters, there aren't many better than him.

 

You need to factor in the roles these guys play rather than just looking at what the depth chart labels them as.  

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I'd disagree with dlo, but add Tolbert in at fb and that's still nine

 

We decided not to add in FB, P, or K. Even as a rb he would not make it. Dlo is a legitimately great RB, I don't see why people fail to see it.

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