Pro Football Network Ranks Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase, DJ Reader Among NFL's Top 100 Players

Cincinnati did not have a player in the top-10 group.

CINCINNATI — Pro Football Network's Dalton Miller released his top 100 NFL players list this week and three Bengals players made it. 

None of which were ranked in the top 10. Joe Burrow (No. 11), Ja'Marr Chase (No. 47), and DJ Reader (No. 100) all made the cut.

"DJ Reader missed a chunk of the 2022 NFL season, but that isn’t enough to bump him from the top 100," Miller wrote. "Reader has never splashed with high sack totals – he’s made a career collapsing the pocket while also being one of the most consistent run-defending defensive tackles in the NFL. No. 98 makes Logan Wilson and Germaine Pratt’s jobs easier. And because Reader’s got enough pass-rushing juice to emit danger, he helps the edge rushers in their pursuit of the QB by occupying multiple defenders."

Chase was the sixth-ranked receiver on the list.

"Ja’Marr Chase is already one of the best wide receivers in the NFL today, and he’s still not nearly as clean a player as he could be," Miller wrote. "Chase has a long way to go as a route runner and nobody would confuse his hands for DeAndre Hopkins, but he’s a big-play threat every time he touches the ball. Chase proved that he can be a high-volume target as well as a downfield savant. He actually saw six more targets in 12 games in 2022 than he did in 2021 in a full 17 games. If he continues to sharpen his technical side, Chase could end up being as unguardable as anybody in recent memory."

Burrow rounds out the list as the second-best quarterback behind No. 1 overall player, Patrick Mahomes.

'Although it’s probably unfair to consider Joe Burrow a pocket passer from a traditional perspective, he is one of the few who fit the modern mold of a pocket passer. Statues don’t exist anymore," Miller wrote. "The Mannings and Bradys and Riverses are no more. Burrow can still get himself into trouble against the rush, but he’s a wizard at escaping pressure, and his continued improvements in the quick-passing game have made that offense more efficient over the past few seasons. He’s deadly accurate and has enough gunslinger in him to allow his elite receivers to make plays."

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