Lambo must love kicking in Jacksonville, because he's made almost every kick he's attempted since signing with the team in 2017. You name it, Young has it. The Lions punter ranked second in the NFL with an average of 49.2 yards per punt while also ranking sixth overall with a net punting average of 42.3 yards. There is an argument to be made that Jones is the best coverage linebacker in the NFL. Only the top two to three percent of analysts are on the team of "senior analysts" in charge of finalizing each grade after review. Punting - Kolton McGhee - 61.4 No one hit the 200 Snap Club, which is to be expected since the season was shorted by three games. The last three years have yielded different results, however. [Editor's note: PFF's Preseason 2020 NFL Draft Guide is LIVE and features 150 Two-Page Player Profiles, giving you advanced stats, game grades and much, much more. 250+ three-page scouting profiles - advanced stats, 3-year grades, player comps, combine data and Senior Bowl grades - for the 2023 draft class. Look at him SELL THAT FAKE PUNT. Quarterback 1. Parkinsons has one of the largest catch radii in the country. Hes already one of the best pass protectors in college football. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/reg/free/stories, at He also showed he can be a value add to the receiving game with his work back in 2017. A large part of that grade was that Greenlaw simply didn't allow big plays on his watch. Things got off to a pretty good start as a rookie in 2018 with Smith putting up a 70.0-plus grade in coverage and a 66.6 grade overall, but both of those numbers dipped into the 50s this past season. Fox has a booming leg and his ability to flip the field has made him a huge asset in Detroit. That's why the Raiders signed him this offseason. His lack of high-end traits and dominant play, however, are concerning. The 2020 NFL season is now less than a week away, so what better way to prepare for Thursday night's kickoff than to acquaint yourself with every one of PFF's player and team rankings. Also, no one was better at pinning in punt returners than Koch. Moses is still a work in progress one-on-one in coverage, but he can play in space as well as any linebacker in the country. If there was one knock on Butker last year, it was that he struggled with his extra points, hitting just 88.9% of his kicks. AUTOMATIC. When a punter is pinning teams deep, he'll sometimes have to give up some of his strength for finesse, but not Dickson, who was regularly booming punts in Seattle. Kern also showed off that control by only allowing 13 of his punts to be returned for yardage, which was the second-lowest number in the NFL behind only Jake Bailey. coming off the best season in his five-year NFL career, missed just nine of his 254 tackling opportunities, piece highlighting players entering prove-it years in 2020. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. For one, he made EVERY SINGLE FIELD GOAL HE ATTEMPTED (24 of 24), which makes him one of only three kickers in NFL history to attempt 20 or more field goals in a season and make all of them (Mike Vanderjagt and Gary Anderson are the others). The most noteworthy part of his game this past season was just how many plays he made on the football. In just his second year with the 49ers, Wishnowsky showed why he was worth a fourth-round pick back in 2019. #RiseUpATL: #TBvsATL on FOX: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app: https://t.co/EJLjYXQNy2 pic.twitter.com/Sr54Ge1iwX. NFL 2022 Regular Season Punting Entire League 25 Littleton should help correct both those areas. Hes got 17 touchdowns over the past two seasons. There have been two versions of Jamie Collins over his seven-year career the New England Patriots player who looked like one of the best linebackers in the NFL and the Cleveland Browns player who looked far removed from that status. Listed at 6-foot-4, Wright is a longer linebacker who can cause problems in coverage for opposing offenses in Seattle's zone defense. Over the course of his career, he's made 90.7% of his kicks, which makes him the most accurate kicker in NFL history. Greenlaw's play as a rookie came as a pleasant surprise for San Francisco, particularly with him needing to take on a larger role as Kwon Alexander missed time due to injury. Leonard is also a sure tackler, having missed just 5.6% of his tackles over the past two seasons (seventh-best at linebacker). As a matter of fact, let's stop for a second to watch this 70-yard punt that he boomed against the Bears on Thanksgiving last season. Jack is a good candidate to bounce back next season with Schobert coming in to take middle linebacker duties next to him. See NFL player statistics across every major statistical category. At one point during the season, Bailey had a 71-yard punt, which was the third longest that anyone kicked in the NFL all season. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. As a sophomore, Woodward was one of the most productive linebackers in the country. Highest-Graded Player: QB Aaron Rodgers (94.5), Super Bowl Win Probability: 8% Age, height, weight, and 40 times will be updated after the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine. When kicking near the end zone, some are asked to attempt a coffin corner kick while others will pooch the ball high into the air hoping it sits inside the 10. He made his first appearance in Week 5 against the Los Angeles Chargers and turned in a 91.9 PFF grade for the game a sign of things to come. His consistency, run defense and versatility still makes him one of the top linebackers in the NFL. In 2021, Hekker had a net average of 42.6 yards per punt, which ranked fourth in the NFL. To preview the 2020 NFL season, we asked more than 50 league executives, coaches, scouts and players to help us stack the top 10 players at 11 different positions (sorry, special-teamers). At the rate he's going, Fox might crack our top 10 list for best quarterbacks next season. Over the past three years, no punter has placedmore balls inside the 10-yard line than Dickson, who has done it 41 times since 2018. 1. Highest-Graded Player: OG Wyatt Teller (92.9), Highest-Graded Player: OT Trent Williams (91.9), Highest-Graded Player: CB Xavien Howard (87.3), Highest-Graded Player: OT D.J. He wasn't quite as good this past season as he has been in years past, but when looking at the past five seasons as a whole, McKinney's 86.8 run-defense graderanks fifth among the 66 linebackers with 2,000 or more defensive snaps. That being said, even Hekker would probably admit that 2020 wasn't his best year, which is why he's so low on the list. IDP Writer/Ranker for PFF.com + PFF full-time data analyst. Bojorquez also had a net punting average of 44.0 yards, which ranked fifth in the NFL. Hes a former cornerback who is not afraid to lower the boom over the middle of the field. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. Despite that success, the Rams are bringing in some competition for Hekker this year and although he's been one of the league's top punters for nearly a decade, there's no guarantee he's going to make it to his 10th year with the Rams. While he offers almost nothing between the tackles against the run, his range is as good as it gets at the position. Struggles in coverage and penalties can both be pointed to as contributing factors, but neither area proved problematic for Jack in prior years. Oh, and his 90.3 overall grade led the way at the position. Anger was so good in 2021 that he ended up being voted a second-team All-Pro. Hes yet another back, though, that has had no exposure in Wisconsins passing game with only 16 catches and four drops. In all, his role in the NFL could be . Also featured are PFF's AWS-powered simulations and PFF-exclusive player grades. With Bojorquez now in Los Angeles, that's going to set up one of the greatest punting competitions in training camp history this year and that battle will be with the fifth-ranked guy on this list. Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) 2023 NFL free agency rankings: The 100 best free agents. Costellos ability to throw with anticipation and give his receivers a chance to make plays down the field are great skills to have when projecting to the NFL. Subscribe to PFF+ to unlock Sign Up NFL NFL Home Tools NFL Scores NFL Premium Stats pic.twitter.com/R5mkRKoRqs. Cooke only kicked one punt into the end zone the entire season, which was tied for the fewest in the NFL by any punter that had 20 or more punts in 2021. Over the last three seasons, David ranks seventh in PFF run-defense grade (85.9) and second in PFF coverage grade (92.1) among the 78 linebackers to see at least 1,000 defensive snaps. Also featured are PFF's AWS-powered simulations and PFF-exclusive player grades. McKinney has picked up PFF coverage grades of 70.0 or higher in three of the past five seasons. Highest-Graded Player: Edge Khalil Mack (92.3), Super Bowl Win Probability: <1% Of his 51 punts, only one went for a touchback, which was the lowest number of any full-time punter. Punting is an art form, so let's find out who the best artists are. #ChiefsKingdom #KCvsLAC pic.twitter.com/7y4KmCEEiA. As if that's not impressive enough, Townsend also placed 20 of his 37 punts inside the 20-yard line, which means he pinned his opponents deep an NFL-leading 54.1% of the time. #RavensFlock #BALvsCLE pic.twitter.com/MbYBUbu8bw. Thanks to his perfect performance in 2020, Crosby has now hit 90% or more of his field goals in two straight seasons (Before 2019, Crosby had never hit the 90% mark in his career). Thanks to his booming leg, his punts also led to 28 fair-catches, which. Johnson was on precisely no one's radar heading into last season. For Vander Esch who will be making an appearance later on it was injury that led to the disappointing season. pic.twitter.com/lPan593VO1. Hes got smooth hips and is an above average athlete for the position, but he still needs to fill out his frame quite a bit. To join our email list and get notified when we launch the 2023-24 NFL section (probably late May), register for a free account . Houston has one of the best linebacker duos in the league heading into 2020. Only one punter was voted a first-team All-Pro in 2021 and that punter was A.J. When Fox's NFL career started back in 2019, it didn't actually look like he was going to have a career. Whenever there's a conversation about the best punters in the NFL, Johnny Hekker's name almost always comes up, which makes sense, because he's one of the best punters in the NFL. One thing Bailey did well was flip the field. Hes the definition of a modern safety. Hes got an ideal guard build with power throughout his frame. Kansas City, MO, USA; Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Demarcus Robinson (11) celebrates after a touchdown catch against the Atlanta Falcons in the fourth quarter of a NFL game at Arrowhead Stadium. See the punts statistics by player for the 2020 NFL season. Cunningham is perhaps most well known for how he uses his length to impact the passing game in coverage, but he's starting to become one of the league's better run defenders at the position. Swift is pretty clearly the top receiving threat in the class. As PFF's Sam Monson pointed out in a piece highlighting players entering prove-it years in 2020, Smith came out of Georgia as a player who profiled to be a strong point in coverage with the athleticism, instincts and feel needed to be a difference-maker. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. Nov 22, . The 36-year-old kicker went a perfect 16 of 16 on field goals, making him one of just five kickers in NFL history to hit 100% of their field goals in a season where they attempted 15 or more kicks. Smith, meanwhile, didn't play poorly by any means, earning a 70.2 PFF grade that ranked 18th among qualifying linebackers in 2019, but he didn't play up to the level that he showed the year before when he was a top-five player at the position. Hes the definition of a one-cut runner who can cut on a dime and get up to full speed quickly. Robinson packs a punch as a pass-rusher. The only reason Fox isn't higher on this list is because he struggled with touchbacks. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. The amazing thing about Crosby is that he's doing all this while playing in Green Bay, which isn't an easy place to kick due to the weather and the natural grass field. His blend of size, length and athleticism is rare at the position. Johnson is a bigger linebacker by today's NFL standards at nearly 250 pounds, and he used that size to his advantage in the run game where he posted a 91.4 run-defense grade for the season. In the run game, Thompson uses his quickness to be effective despite being on the smaller end for a linebacker. One other reason Boswell is ranked so high is because he holds the NFL postseason record for most field goals without a miss (16 for 16). The disappearing acts were far too prevalent, though, and likely the reason he returned for his senior year. For that reason, we're only looking at off-ball linebackers here, whether that be outside or inside. Covering receivers who are that talented one-on-one is a tough ask for any linebacker. To put that in perspective, there were only two other punters who even landed 30 kicks inside their opponents' 20-yard line. Bailey also had three punts blocked in 2021, which made him the only punter to have multiple kicks blocked. FAKE PUNT #SEAHAWKS EXECUTE THE FAKE!!!! That impressive average came just one year after a 2020 season where he also finished fifth in the league with an average of 48 yards per punt. Vander Esch has said this offseason that the injury is behind him and that he's better now than he was before the injury last season, and if taken at his word, that's great news for Dallas. Hes damn near unblockable one-on-one in the run game but has yet to earn a pass-rushing grade above 70.0 for a season. The Raiders clearly know they have a good punter in Cole, which probably explains why they didn't even wait until the end of the 2021 season to give him a new contact. I mean, who can forget the time that a punter won the NFL's award for Clutch Performance Play of the Year back in 2019 and he won it by throwing a pass to a KICKER. If he returns in 2020 and puts up a similar effort, he should find himself comfortably in the top 10 of this list at this time next year. JUSTIN TUCKER. Despite that success, the Rams released Hekker in March and after that happened, the Panthers quickly snatched him up. Tega Wanogho has made incredible strides over his college career after never having played offensive line before coming to Auburn. At least, I think that's why we saved this one for last. No one's more clutch than Tucker and he proved that last season when he hit a 55-yarder as time expired to beat the Browns in a wild Monday night game played in Week 14. The Lions punter hit seven touchbacks last season, which was tied for the most in the NFL. #NOvsCHI #Saints pic.twitter.com/6PfrBXEU3W. The Bills decided to let Bojorquez walk in free agency despite a 2020 season where he led the NFL in yards per punt with a number (50.8) that ranked as the fourth-highest of all-time. For one, he kicked seven touchbacks, which was tied for the second-most in the NFL. The . Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. Wright has been one of the most reliable linebackers in the NFL since entering the league as a fourth-round pick out of Mississippi State in 2011. Koch has been in Baltimore since 2006 and a big reason he's lasted so long is because he's one of the most consistent punters in the league. This ranking involves some projection for Bush because his 62.9 PFF grade as a rookie ranked 36th out of 91 qualifiers in 2019, but there is reason to believe he is primed for a significant second-year jump. Like several players later on this list, Smith is someone who we know has the tools to be a top-flight NFL linebacker. One game that was truly indicative of Bailey's season came in Week 13. His coverage grade in the 50s wasn't nearly as impressive, but you have to factor in that his situation plays a role in that grade. He also averaged 44.4 net yards per punt, which ranked third in the league. During the 2021 season, Anger had a net average of 44.6 yard per punt, which led the NFL. Sanders was also the ONLY kicker in the NFL last season who hit a field goal of 60 yards or more. Henderson locked down his side of the field last year as well as any corner in the country. NFL footage NFL Productions LLC. Our fantasy football projections provide a median projection for each player for each week of the season, independent of the opinion of any one analyst. It was a promising debut. He broke up eight passes after breaking up just 12 in his previous seven NFL seasons combined. The Dolphins like Sanders so much that they signed him to a five-year, $22 million extensionthis offseason, which made him the highest-paid kicker in the NFL. During the 2021 season, Fox completed two passes for 38 yards. It's not easy punting in New England and it's not easy punting for a perfectionist like Bill Belichick, but Bailey made both of those things look easy during a 2020 season where he was voted to the Pro Bowl and named the first-team All-Pro punter. If you need proof of just how big of a weapon he was for the Cowboys last year, just look at their Week 15 game against the Giants. Gay can absolutely fly sideline to sideline. Recording grades of 80.0 or higher as both a run defender and in coverage, as Vander Esch did in 2018, is impressive stuff. 2004-2023 CBS Interactive. Kendricks was credited with 14 forced incompletions, which led all linebackers and came in at fifth among all defenders. Although Kern missed three games due to injury last year, he was still quite the weapon when he was on the field. It's also worth pointing out that returners only averaged 7.3 yards return against the Seahawks, which is a testament to both Dickson and Seattle's coverage team. Longer linebacker who can cause problems in coverage for opposing offenses in Seattle 's defense. His senior year matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and counts... 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