NFL Trade Rumors Top 100 Players: 90-81

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July is top 100 season in the NFL as everyone tries to kill the days until training camp and the start of the new season. Unfortunately, the official top 100 list from the league sucks. We’re not hating or going out of our way to tear down another outlet; it’s just a well-accepted fact at this point in time. For five years, we’ve been trying to do better. The time has come for the 2026 version of our NFL Trade Rumors Top 100 Players . Instead of using player polls, we aim to better reflect reality with traditional and advanced statistical analysis, evaluations from league personnel, positional value, awards, career trajectory and, of course, the good old-fashioned gut check. Our hope is to give more credit to players who are overlooked, either because they don’t play a glamorous position or because they’re not household names (yet). We’ll have updates daily over the next couple of weeks, so keep checking back! Previous Entries: NFLTR Top 100: 100-91 Resources: Pro Football Reference QB advanced stats Win rates from ESPN for OL and DL PFF advanced stats (grades, pass rush productivity, blocking efficiency, coverage stats) ESPN WR tracking metrics Past NFLTR Top 100s 90 – Broncos QB Bo Nix A fractured ankle in overtime against the Bills robbed Nix of the chance to play for a spot in the Super Bowl. But that shouldn’t diminish what was a fantastic second season for the former Oregon passer. Nix totaled 3,931 passing yards and 25 touchdowns to 12 interceptions, completing 63.4 percent of his passes and adding 356 rushing yards with another five touchdowns. Those numbers don’t jump off the page the way some of the other quarterbacks on this list will, but the Broncos won a staggering 12 one-score games in 2025 — a testament to Nix’s poise and maturity in big moments. What’s remarkable is how Nix is playing almost identical football to how he played in college at Oregon, and that’s exactly what Broncos HC Sean Payton wants. Nix limits mistakes (his 2.9 percent turnover-worthy play rate shows he caught a bit of bad interception luck to have 12 picks) and keeps Denver’s offense on schedule. If he has a superpower, it’s avoiding sacks, as his pressure-to-sack rate of 9.5 percent was the second-best mark of any passer in 2025. All of last season, he elevated his game with big-time throws, scrambles and quick reads in the biggest moments of the Broncos’ season. Look no further than him outdueling Bills QB Josh Allen with a spot in the AFC Championship Game on the line. Is Bo Nix underrated or is it just me? pic.twitter.com/cLxPOvL4in — Polymarket Football (@PolymarketBlitz) July 14, 2026 89 – Eagles DT Jalen Carter Carter is another player not coming off his strongest season. But that doesn’t take away from the body of work he’s compiled over three years in the NFL. He was among the best interior pass rushers in the league as a rookie in 2023, ranking sixth in ESPN’s pass rush win rate among defensive tackles before jumping up to fourth in 2024. He fell to 18th in 2025, but ranking in the top 20 at your position in a down year is an impressive feat. Carter’s rookie season was his best, as he totaled a 16.9 percent pass rush win rate per PFF. That number dropped to 12.8 percent the following season and 11.4 percent last season. Anything over 10 percent for a defensive tackle is among the best in the league, which just goes to show how nuts Carter’s rookie season was. Across all three seasons, Carter has 184 total pressures. Consistency both on and…