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Cam Newton Is On Nfl Top 100 Players Next Week.


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Y'all are crazy. Name 10 players you'd take #1 overall in front of Cam Newton for long-term or even just this year.

Well, of course we couldn't if we're factoring in positional value (which we shouldn't in a list like this). And this list isn't about long term or predicting. It is about who is the best at what they do. I love Newton but as of RIGHT NOW, he definitely shouldn't be in the top 20 ahead of these guys:

Haloti Ngata

Justin Smith

Tom Brady

Aaron Rodgers

Andre Johnson

Larry Fitzgerald

Joe Thomas (Why he is so low on the NFLN list, I have no idea.)

Calvin Johnson

Adrian Peterson

Arian Foster

Maurice Jones-Drew

Rob Gronkowski

Drew Brees

Jason Peters

Troy Polamalu

James Harrison

DeMarcus Ware

Darrelle Revis

Patrick Willis

Jared Allen

Trust me, there is no shame in putting Newton behind those guys. Being in the top 50 is still an amazing accomplishment, considering just how many players are in the league and this as a rookie. But as of right now? Newton isn't a top 20 player.

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You guys are smoking something serious if you really thought he was gonna be top 20. This is a list that tries not to value some positions over others. I would rather have Joe Flacco over Patrick Peterson, just because Flacco's a QB, but PP still went higher. So if you think Cam's gonna be top 20, he's gonna have to beat out the likes of Revis, Ray Lewis, Jared Allen, Ed Reed, Troy P, Demarcus Ware, Andre Johnson... Yeah, not gonna happen this year.

I don't know why I bother really, some of you are just serious homers.

Edit: Mage beat me to it.

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Not a good run blocker.

Even if that is the case, he is still the best left tackle in the league (or at the very least, top 3). He definitely should be higher than the likes of PP, Vilma, Staley, etc.

Not that I put too much stock in NFLNs list.

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