Top 101 Players of 2010

[Jackofalltrades]

Courtesy of ProFootballFocus.

http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2011/05/06/the-top-101-players-of-2010-the-top-20/

Interesting info in the top 10 to support what I and some others thought about Peppers v Johnson.

[BountyHunter]

Check out where he's rated compared to Peppers

Charles Johnson, DE, Carolina Panthers

How can a Panther end up this high? Pretty simple really. Johnson was awesome. With Julius Peppers gone, the former Georgia Bulldog built on his cameos since entering the league to make life beyond hard for the right tackles of the NFL. What was so impressive about Johnson, was that despite coming off the field rarely, he never let up and seemed to get stronger and stronger as the year went on. The Panthers need to keep a hold of this guy.

Best Performance: Week 14 versus Atlanta (+6.2)

http://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2011/05/06/the-top-101-players-of-2010-the-top-20/

[BountyHunter]

great minds. You beat me by seconds.

[BountyHunter]

sorry... merge pls.

[DaCityKats]

This guy balled his butt off. the panthers would be dumb to not resign him.if he could get 12 sacks with no push from a DT imagine would he could do if he had a decent DT beside him.

[Snake]

:rolleyes:

[rayzor]

get that guy an interior (which we may have done) and he'll really shine. the guy is a beast.

i'm loving the potential of hardy on the other side as well. hardy did much better than expected last year and the game is only going to get slower for him.

[DaCityKats]

yes it is, as much as i like Hardy being a gunner. he does not need to be one.Johnson is RE, and LE is Hardy.

[rayzor]

hardy can do both just fine.

[Jackofalltrades]

Hardy needs to work on his discipline vs the run, but he's been a beast thus far.

[TerriblePizza]

How did Jon Beason not make that list but James Anderson did?

[Jackofalltrades]

92. James Anderson, OLB, Carolina Panthers

Where did this year come from? Anderson wasn’t bad in 2009, but you hardly noticed him. Then 2010 rolled around, and with the Panthers forced to rotate, Anderson broke out as a playmaking linebacker. He got to the quarterback, broke up passes and made a shed load of tackles as Carolina once again looks to have struck gold with a linebacker.

Best Performance: Week 8 at St Louis (+5.6)

Key Stat: Picked up 19 quarterback disruptions (including six sacks) on 127 blitzes.

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[Jackofalltrades]

How did Jon Beason not make that list but James Anderson did?

Beason had a down year between injuries and changing positions.

[firstdayfan]

Anybody wonder if Fox would even have started Johnson if Peppers stayed? I'm wondering if thats a big reason why he isn't here anymore and why some of our younger players never develop properly.