Pro Football Focus names three Cowboys among the top 101 players in the NFL. How do the rest of the NFC East compare?
Pro Football Focus listed their top 101 players in the NFL heading into the offseason.
The Dallas Cowboys only had three selections with some surprising names being omitted from the list. How did the Cowboys compare to the rest of the NFC East?
Dallas Cowboys
No. 5 LB Micah Parsons
No. 49 RB Tony Pollard
No. 50 WR CeeDee Lamb
Parsons was the top-ranked player in the NFC East. surprisingly Dak Prescott, Trevon Diggs and Zach Martin were all excluded from the list.
PFF chose nine quarterbacks over Prescott who did struggle taking care of the ball this year. Prescott was tied for the regular season lead in interceptions thrown despite missing five games with injury.
Diggs made his second straight Pro Bowl berth but was excluded from the PFF top 101 for the second year in a row as well.
Martin is the most stunning exclusion considering he was selected as the Associated Press 2022 NFL All-Pro first-team selection at guard and was ranked as the fourth-best player on their previous edition of the list.
How did the rest of the NFC East fare?
Washington Commanders
The last-place NFC East team during the 2022 season was a middling team in search of a quality starter at quarterback. The Commanders also had three players selected.
No. 42 DL Montez Sweat
No. 87 WR Terry McLaurin
No. 93 Kamren Curl
New York Giants
The third playoff team from the NFC East far exceeded expectations not only making the playoffs but beating the Vikings on the road.
The next step for the Giants is to figure out what they want to do with free agents Daniel Jones and Saquon Barkley after both had impressive seasons. The Giants had three players in the top 101.
No. 15 DL Dexter Lawrence
No. 16 OT Andrew Thomas
No. 62 Saquon Barkley
Philadelphia Eagles
The Super Bowl LVII losers were regarded as one of the most talented rosters in the NFL and PFF agreed with 13 players ranked in the top 101, more than any other team in the NFL.
No. 9 OT Lane Johnson
No. 17 C Jason Kelce
No. 20 WR A.J. Brown
No. 24 QB Jalen Hurts
No. 36 DL Brandon Graham
No. 38 LB Hasson Reddick
No. 47 OT Jordan Mailata
No. 72 Javon Hargrave
No. 79 LB T.J. Edwards
No. 80 TE Dallas Goedert
No. 82 DL Josh Sweat
No. 84 CB Darius Slay
No. 89 CB James Bradberry
