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July is the driest month of the year when it comes to NFL news, which makes it the perfect time for something like a top 100 players list. For the fourth straight year, we’re happy to bring you our 2025 NFLTR Top 100 Players.
We’re not the only outlet that does a top 100 — NFL Media has done one with at least some democratic input from current players since 2011 — but our goal is to give more credit to players and positions that are often easy to overlook, especially in the trenches. We build it using traditional and advanced statistics, awards, positional value, career trajectory and a good old-fashioned dash of the eye test. Our list won’t be perfect but the goal is to give as much credit where it’s due as possible.
We’ll be rolling this list out over the next couple of weeks, so keep checking back for updates to our 2025 NFLTR Top 100 Players list.
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The latest receiver to join the $30 million a year club on a sparkling new contract, Wilson’s first three years have been both a testament to his talent and a missed opportunity. He hit the ground running from Day 1 as a first-round pick and has topped 1,000 yards receiving in all three of his seasons. Wilson has been targeted a staggering 469 times since entering the NFL, third most of any player over the past three years. That says a lot, as targets are earned more than other touches and not just given by default. Based on targets, Wilson is up there with the rest of the NFL’s elite pass catchers.
However, he’s comparatively done a lot less with those looks and it’s not easy parsing out what’s his fault versus the fault of the lackluster offensive environment the Jets have put up the last three years. The addition of QB Aaron Rodgers was supposed to be a big boon for Wilson after battling through the inconsistencies of Zach Wilson and others, and Rodgers raved about Wilson’s talent. But last year the relationship between the two soured as the season progressed, and after the Jets traded for WR Davante Adams midseason, he soon ascended ahead of Wilson in the pecking order for the offense. Wilson’s tendency to freelance on routes seemed to be the source of the conflict, and that was a weakness league evaluators cited in ESPN’s survey of the top 10 receivers.
Wilson had a solid season statistically with career highs in catches (101), yards (1,104) and touchdowns (seven, equalling his output from his first two seasons combined). Some of the advanced metrics reveal what he left on the field,...
