He rushes the passer with violence unrivaled in this class and has the highest pass-rushing grade of any returning edge. The Seahawks clearly know they have something special in Dickson, which is probably why they gave him a four-year, $16 million extension this offseason. pic.twitter.com/R5mkRKoRqs. (via @NFL) pic.twitter.com/uk77Hb5yKt. Highest-Graded Player: QB Josh Allen (90.9), Super Bowl Win Probability: 5% J.K. Dobbins, Baltimore Ravens; RB22. The fourth-year kicker also finished the season with a 92.3% conversion rate on field goals, which is the best mark in Dolphins' history. [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. He has the size. If Lambo does come back healthy, there's a good chance he'll creep up this list in the future, especially because he almost never misses During his six seasons in the NFL, Lambo has hit 88.9% of his field goals, which makes him the third-most accurate kicker in NFL history. As the punter for the Chiefs last season, Tommy Townsend didn't exactly see a lot of action, but when his team did call on him, he came through almost every time. It's not often that you talk about a kicker being a lock for the Hall of Fame, but Justin Tucker is getting close to being in that category after nine NFL seasons. In 2018, not only did the lead the league in punts inside the 20, but he was also the only full-time punter in the NFL who didn't kick a touchback. Hes one of the toughest receivers to jam at the line of scrimmage in the country. Davis should be an anchor in the middle of the Saints' defense once again in 2020. Brown has prodigious strength that is his calling card. Korsak was the 2022 Ray Guy Award winner given to the nation's best punter. Back in December, the Raiders signed Cole to a four-year, $12.4 million extension that included $5.9 million in guaranteed money. Thats right folks, this is a 60 yard punt (in the air) with a 5.15 second hang time. Coming into the NFL in the same 2012 draft class as Kuechly and Wagner has left David as the forgotten man at the position. You could argue that the Jaguars best player over the past two years has been their punter, which is likely one reason why Jacksonville signed Cooke to a four-year, $12 million extension this offseason. Whenever the Jaguars offense sputtered, which was often, Cooke would come out and flip the field, which caused opposing offenses to usually start their drives with bad field position. Now that Kuechly has retired, it's Wagner's crown to take. Hes yet another back, though, that has had no exposure in Wisconsins passing game with only 16 catches and four drops. Over the course of his career, the Ravens have asked him to attempt five field goals of 61 yards or more (he's 1 of 5 on those kicks). The Jaguars punter also made a habit of avoiding touchbacks. 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. That may have to be the case again with three new (young) starters at cornerback. Pete Prisco (CBS Sports) 2023 NFL free agency rankings: The 100 best free agents. Although Lutz struggled a little bit last year, he has a long track record of success in the NFL, which is why he made the top-10 even though he ranked just 21st in overall accuracy last season. Bryant has been one of the most productive tight ends in the country over the past couple of seasons, but hes still very undersized for the position and has been schemed a lot of production in FAUs offense. Struggles in coverage and penalties can both be pointed to as contributing factors, but neither area proved problematic for Jack in prior years. Highest-Graded Player: Edge Chase Young (87.2), Highest-Graded Player: OT Taylor Moton (81.2), Highest-Graded Player: WR Justin Jefferson (90.4), Highest-Graded Player: OG Zack Martin (91.3), Highest-Graded Player: OT Garett Bolles (90.3), Highest-Graded Player: DI Leonard Williams (79.8), Highest-Graded Player: Edge Joey Bosa (90.2), Highest-Graded Player: S Jessie Bates III (90.1), Highest-Graded Player: QB Deshaun Watson (92.5), Highest-Graded Player: Edge Brandon Graham (81.5), Highest-Graded Player: S Marcus Maye (82.8), Highest-Graded Player: QB Matt Stafford (82.0), Highest-Graded Player: C Brandon Linder (80.0). #NOvsCHI #Saints pic.twitter.com/6PfrBXEU3W. Stanford also led the Pac-12 and ranked 10th nationally in kickoff coverage, allowing just 18.2 yards/return during the 2013 season. Now, if he can just fix his drop problem that saw him muff 10 a season ago. Being able to pin your opponent deep means a punter has a lot of control over his ball. His 92.1 coverage grade since getting drafted in 2016 trails only Kuechly and David among qualifying linebackers, and despite missing much of the 2018 season, Jones' 26 forced incompletions are tied for second-most at the position over that four-year stretch. If you're expecting Littleton to come down and make a difference in the run game, you are setting yourself up for disappointment. Although Kern missed three games due to injury last year, he was still quite the weapon when he was on the field. He also missed just six tackles compared to 117 total tackles made, his 28 pressures ranked third among linebackers and his 32 run stops were tied for sixth at the position. Check out the 2020 Cincinnati Bengals Roster, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees, Injury Reports and more on Pro-Football-Reference.com. 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. Shenault is a weapon in the open field. [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. #GoPackGo: #GBvsDET on FOX: NFL app // Yahoo Sports app: https://t.co/3alYfT3slD pic.twitter.com/T8cm8pYNlo. The Jags punter ranked second in the league in net yard per punt (43.6) and seventh in net yards per punt (47.3). 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. His consistency, run defense and versatility still makes him one of the top linebackers in the NFL. Just cause a team sucks and they kick it every other drive doesn't make a punter good . He is coming off a down year by his standards, but even then, his 76.4 PFF grade ranked 11th at the position. Atlanta needs several of the young cornerbacks they've added to step up in order to see meaningful improvement in their team coverage, but the impact that Jones has over the middle of the field shouldn't be overlooked. Of course, yards per punt isn't a great way to measure a punter's skill. Hes the definition of a modern safety. Dobbins is viewed as damaged goods after a major knee injury that cost him his entire 2021 season. 6-keys: media/spln/nfl/reg/free/stories, at Davis has elite size and length combined with above average burst for the position. Our exclusive database, featuring the most in-depth collection of NFL player performance data. Punter Brad Robbins not ranked . The most explosive running back in the nation, Etienne is a big play waiting to happen. Like Milano, Schobert is going to produce more against the pass than he is against the run. 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. McKinney comes in one spot below his teammate Cunningham on the list, profiling more as a traditional run-stopper at nearly 260 pounds. Bush's overall grade jumped to 69.3 over the Steelers' final eight games 23rd among 85 linebackers to play 150 or more snaps over that time frame. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | . If he gets back to that level as a run defender in the middle of Jacksonville's defense and maintains his play in coverage, he'll push himself closer to the top tier of NFL linebackers. Townsend had just 37 punts in 2021, which didn't meet the minimum requirement to be listed on the NFL's leader board for best punting average, but if he had been there, he would have ranked second in the league. 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. 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. 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. He ended up punting the ball 88 times in 2021, which was the most of any punter in the league. Leonard is also a sure tackler, having missed just 5.6% of his tackles over the past two seasons (seventh-best at linebacker). PFF's Big Board for the 2023 NFL Draft offers three-year player grades, combine measurables, position rankings, and in-depth player analysis for all of the top draft prospects. Little had a bit of a hitch in his pass sets that was worrisome, but there were few better tackles in the country down the stretch last season. Punting is an art form, so let's find out who the best artists are. Okwuegbunam has speed to get up the seams and body control to be a red-zone threat. In the end, the Steelers decided to keep their kicker and the gamble definitely paid off because Boswell has been one of the best kickers in the NFL over the past two years. Over the course of his career, he's made 90.7% of his kicks, which makes him the most accurate kicker in NFL history. Coverage teams love when they see a fair catch, because it means less work for them. The Ravens might want to let him play quarterback once in awhile. Koo finished the year with 144 points scored, which was tied with Daniel Carlson and Jason Sanders for the most in the NFL. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports. Hes got 17 touchdowns over the past two seasons. The Patriots punter regularly got off booming punts, which includes the 60-yarder you see below. If Jeudy could have come out in the 2019 draft, hed likely have been a top-five pick already. 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. Like a delicious Wisconsin cheddar cheese, Mason Crosby has only gotten better with age (Cheese gets better with age right? Fox went undrafted in 2019 and although he would eventually sign with the Chiefs, he got cut before the 2019 season started, which means he was basically sitting at home when the Lions finally decided to take a gamble on him heading into the 2020 season. 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. The following browsers are supported: Chrome, Edge (v80 and later), Firefox and Safari. As a 27-year-old undrafted free agent who hadn't yet taken an NFL snap on defense, why would he have been? Lemieux is one of the most accomplished guards in the country with 2,601 career snaps to his name. At the rate he's going, Fox might crack our top 10 list for best quarterbacks next season. In the punting department, some fans might not even be able to name 10 punters, but we're ranking 10 because punters are people, too. Young checks pretty much every single box you could ask for and is only a rising true junior. NFL. He's earned this top spot with strong, well-rounded play throughout his career. Adebo has ball skills like that of a wide receiver. Hekker has also mastered the art of pinning his opponents deep in their own territory. You name it, Young has it. All other NFL-related trademarks are trademarks of the National Football League. Hes more slot receiver, though, than an actual tight end in Stanfords offense. Being a great kicker in the NFL comes down to one main thing and that's the ability to make field goals and no one does that better than Tucker. Here you'll find everything from our NFL quarterback rankings to our position rankings to our all-32 team roster rankings, making it easy for you to enter the 2020 NFL season armed with everything you need to know. according to PFF. He controls offensive linemen with ease snap after snap. He can get from the middle of the field to the sideline with the best of them. CBS Sports is a registered trademark of CBS Broadcasting Inc. Commissioner.com is a registered trademark of CBS Interactive Inc. site: media | arena: nfl | pageType: stories | @tommy_townsend had the mic against the Chargers pic.twitter.com/zua6j8l7tJ. Also featured are PFF's AWS-powered simulations and PFF-exclusive player grades. Falcons retake the lead on a 52-yard FG from YoungHoe Koo. pic.twitter.com/lPan593VO1. The . . 2020 NFL Punting Statistics. The rankings are based on PFF ELO Ratings. 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. FROM 55 YARDS OUT. Although punting seems simple -- you just catch the ball and kick it -- it's not that easy, and because of that, trying to rank the top 10 punters in the NFL also isn't easy. Perhaps with Kuechly out of the picture, this is the year that David gets his well-earned recognition. His 86.8 coverage grade over those two years is lower than only Lavonte David, Cory Littleton and Luke Kuechly at the position. Parkinsons has one of the largest catch radii in the country. His success in 2020 hinges on him returning to form as the strong coverage linebacker he was in 2017 and 2018, and there's reason to believe he can achieve that. Unlock all tools and content including Player Grades, Fantasy, NFL Draft, Premium Stats, Greenline and DFS. Way also averaged 44.3 net yards per punt, which ranked fourth in the NFL. Despite ranking 12th in the NFL in punts with 29 . 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. The Lions punter hit seven touchbacks last season, which was tied for the most in the NFL. Top Running Back Best Ball Sleepers. PFF Rankings: The NFL's top 25 linebackers ahead of the 2020 NFL season By Ben Linsey Aug 25, 2020 We're in the heart of rankings season here at PFF. Almost every punter in the NFL is asked to do their jobs differently: Some are asked to kick it out of bounds, some are asked to keep the ball near the sideline without putting it out of bounds, some are asked to boot the ball as far as they can while others are asked to shoot for a big hang time so that the returner will be forced into a fair catch. AUTOMATIC. Sam Koch might be the greatest passer in Ravens history. Mutis redshirt freshman season at guard was a pleasure to watch as he tossed around defenders left and right. The only reason Fox isn't higher on this list is because he struggled with touchbacks. The Rank value requires a minimum number of snaps played. PFF employs over 600 full or part-time analysts, but less than 10% of analysts are trained to the level that they can grade plays. While his overall grade had hovered in the 60s from 2016 to 2018, it came in at 90.1 in 2019 (second at the position). . Bailey also had three punts blocked in 2021, which made him the only punter to have multiple kicks blocked. Highest-Graded Player: DI David Onyemata (88.2), Super Bowl Win Probability: 22% 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. And today, it's time for the linebackers. NFL and the NFL shield design are registered trademarks of the National Football League.The team names, logos and uniform designs are registered trademarks of the teams indicated. The Raiders like Carlson so much that they gave the restricted free agent a second-round tender, which is a high tender for a kicker (The tender means a team would have had to give the Raiders a second-round pick to steal Carlson away this offseason). When you're punting that often, there's always a chance that you could mess up or your leg could fall off, but neither of those things happened to Johnston. Hes one of the best at collapsing the pocket in the country and physically manhandled OTs. The rankings are based on PFF ELO Ratings. He began his junior season (2020) as a started, but missed most of the season due to injury. In just his second year with the 49ers, Wishnowsky showed why he was worth a fourth-round pick back in 2019. Leaders based on 2.5 punts per team game. Although Lutz had a down year in 2020, he did prove that he can still hit clutch kicks and one of his biggest came in Week 8 when he hit a game-winner against the Bears. Bailey also managed to put a total of 31 punts inside his opponents' 20-yard, which was the second-highest number in the NFL. When he's not punting the ball, the Lions also love to unleash his throwing arm. The Rank value requires a minimum number of snaps played finished the year David... 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