Chiefs have seven players on top 101 list by PFF
The Kansas City Chiefs just officially had their greatest season ever. Sure, 2019 was great, as they also won the Super Bowl then too, but this season was just different. They lost a lot, had more doubters, and yet won it all. Not to mention some of their best players had their best seasons. For […]
The Kansas City Chiefs just officially had their greatest season ever. Sure, 2019 was great, as they also won the Super Bowl then too, but this season was just different. They lost a lot, had more doubters, and yet won it all.
Not to mention some of their best players had their best seasons. For example, Patrick Mahomes had his best season yet, when you factor in the regular season and postseason. He won regular season MVP and Super Bowl MVP, the first player to do so since 1999.
Chris Jones had his best season yet and one of the best seasons we have seen from a defensive player wearing a Chiefs uniform in a while. He was a Defensive Player of the Year candidate too. Oh, and the Chiefs had the best offensive line in football, and some of the best young linebackers in football too.
All of their best players have been shown their respect. In fact, they have seven players in the top 101 players of the league list which was put together by Sam Monson of Pro Football Focus.
Here is every Chiefs player mentioned on the list, where they were ranked, and what Monson had to say about their season:
- Patrick Mahomes- 1
"Mahomes' season was a legacy-building year. The debate is no longer about whether he is the best quarterback in the game, but simply about how long he needs to play at this level before he is unquestionably the greatest the game has ever seen. What he was able to do in the playoffs on a high ankle sprain will become the stuff of legend in years to come."
2. Chris Jones- 2
"PFF’s Defensive Player of the Year only added to his spectacular season in the playoffs, where he added 20 total pressures to his tally and took over the game late in the AFC Championship to down the Bengals and their patchwork offensive line."
3. Travis Kelce- 4
"Just stop Kelce, and you can stop the Chiefs' offense. That was the plan for pretty much every team all season long and yet, Kelce caught 137 passes for almost 1,600 yards and 16 touchdowns, including the postseason, gaining 2.3 yards per route run while remaining virtually impossible to slow down."
4. Creed Humphrey- 21
"Humphrey was one of the league's few centers who was capable of physically matching up with behemoth nose tackles, such as D.J. Reader, who had been terrorizing undersized players at the position all season. Humphrey was a dominant run and pass blocker all season, allowing 18 pressures in 17 games."
5. Nick Bolton- 88
"We saw in the Super Bowl, on the biggest stage, just what Bolton is capable of, and the Chiefs linebacker ended his year with impressive grades in all areas. He finished with 61 total pressures including the playoffs and allowed just one touchdown in coverage."
6. Joe Thuney- 96
"Thuney finished the 2022 season with the best PFF pass-blocking grade among guards. He allowed just 20 total pressures in 18 games for the Chiefs and didn’t have a single performance all year with a below-average PFF pass-blocking grade."
7. L'Jarius Sneed- 99
"Sneed played both in the slot and out wide for the Chiefs this season and was the team’s best cornerback. He allowed 9.3 yards per reception and made a massive 44 defensive stops including the playoffs, the most of any cornerback in the league."
The Chiefs have the second most players on this list with seven, as the Philadelphia Eagles have the most with 13, which also helps show just how crazy of a Super Bowl win that was.
In a way, the Chiefs still had star power this season. Some players had some of the best seasons of their careers, and man, was it amazing to see.
You can read the rest of the list here.
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