list<\/a> when he was No. 22, while Hunter moved up two spots from No. 25.<\/p>\nHere is where they stand in this year’s Top 100, as of Thursday.<\/p>\n
100. New Orleans Saints DE Cameron Jordan<\/p>\n
99. Indianapolis Colts OG Quenton Nelson<\/p>\n
98. Carolina Panthers QB Bryce Young<\/p>\n
97. Seattle Seahawks LB Ernest Jones IV<\/p>\n
96. New Orleans Saints RB Travis Etienne Jr.<\/p>\n
95. New York Jets LB Demario Davis<\/p>\n
94. Kansas City Chiefs C Creed Humphrey<\/p>\n
93. Cleveland Browns LB Carson Schwesinger<\/p>\n
92. Houston Texans LB Azeez Al-Shaair<\/p>\n
91. Chicago Bears DE Montez Sweat<\/p>\n
90. Carolina Panthers DE Derrick Brown<\/p>\n
89. Los Angeles Rams RB Kyren Williams<\/p>\n
88. Detroit Lions LB Jack Campbell<\/p>\n
87. Carolina Panthers WR Tetairoa McMillan<\/p>\n
86. Los Angeles Chargers LB Tuli Tuipulotu<\/p>\n
85. San Francisco 49ers QB Brock Purdy<\/p>\n
84. Los Angeles Rams LB Byron Young<\/p>\n
83. Tennessee Titans DT Jeffery Simmons<\/p>\n
82. Pittsburgh Steelers CB Jalen Ramsey<\/p>\n
80. New England Patriots WR A.J. Brown<\/p>\n
79. Kansas City Chiefs TE Travis Kelce<\/p>\n
78. Arizona Cardinals LB Josh Sweat<\/p>\n
77. Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Baker Mayfield<\/p>\n
76. Carolina Panthers CB Jaycee Horn<\/p>\n
75. Arizona Cardinals S Budda Baker<\/p>\n
74. Green Bay Packers RB Josh Jacobs<\/p>\n
73. Denver Broncos DE Zach Allen<\/p>\n
72. Green Bay Packers QB Jordan Love<\/p>\n
71. Baltimore Ravens WR Zay Flowers<\/p>\n
70. Green Bay Packers S Xavier McKinney<\/p>\n
69. Baltimore Ravens QB Lamar Jackson<\/p>\n
68. Denver Broncos WR Courtland Sutton<\/p>\n
67. Miami Dolphins LB Jordyn Brooks<\/p>\n
66. Atlanta Falcons WR Drake London<\/p>\n
65. Baltimore Ravens LB Roquan Smith<\/p>\n
64. New Orleans Saints WR Chris Olave<\/p>\n
63. Baltimore Ravens S Kyle Hamilton<\/p>\n
62. Jacksonville Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence<\/p>\n
61. New England Patriots S Kevin Byard<\/p>\n
60. Las Vegas Raiders TE Brock Bowers<\/p>\n
59. Denver Broncos QB Bo Nix<\/p>\n
58. Houston Texans WR Nico Collins<\/p>\n
57. Buffalo Bills OT Dion Dawkins<\/p>\n
56. Philadelphia Eagles QB Jalen Hurts<\/p>\n
55. Dallas Cowboys WR CeeDee Lamb<\/p>\n
54. San Francisco 49ers LB Fred Warner<\/p>\n
53. Los Angeles Rams WR Davante Adams<\/p>\n
52. Tampa Bay Buccaneers OT Tristan Wirfs<\/p>\n
51. Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams<\/p>\n
50. Los Angeles Chargers S Derwin James Jr.<\/p>\n
49. Chicago Bears G Joe Thuney<\/p>\n
48. Jacksonville Jaguars EDGE Josh Hines-Allen<\/p>\n
47. Philadelphia Eagles CB Quinyon Mitchell<\/p>\n
46. San Francisco 49ers TE George Kittle<\/p>\n
45. Philadelphia Eagles LB Zack Baun<\/p>\n
44. Cincinnati Bengals QB Joe Burrow<\/p>\n
43. Kansas City Chiefs DT Chris Jones<\/p>\n
42. Denver Broncos OT Garett Bolles<\/p>\n
41. Pittsburgh Steelers LB T.J. Watt<\/p>\n
40. San Francisco 49ers OT Trent Williams<\/p>\n
39. Los Angeles Chargers QB Justin Herbert<\/p>\n
38. Philadelphia Eagles CB Cooper DeJean<\/p>\n
37. Detroit Lions OT Penei Sewell<\/p>\n
36. Dallas Cowboys WR George Pickens<\/p>\n
35. Cleveland Browns EDGE Jared Verse<\/p>\n
34. Philadelphia Eagles RB Saquon Barkley<\/p>\n
33. Detroit Lions QB Jared Goff<\/p>\n
32. Denver Broncos LB Nik Bonitto<\/p>\n
31. Dallas Cowboys QB Dak Prescott<\/p>\n
30. Detroit Lions DE Aidan Hutchinson<\/p>\n
29. Philadelphia Eagles DT Jalen Carter<\/p>\n
28. New England Patriots CB Christian Gonzalez<\/p>\n
27. Carolina Panthers LB Devin Lloyd<\/p>\n
26. Miami Dolphins RB De’Von Achane<\/p>\n
25. Houston Texans CB Derek Stingley Jr.<\/p>\n
24. Las Vegas Raiders DE Maxx Crosby<\/p>\n
23. Houston Texans DE Danielle Hunter<\/p>\n
Crosby was one of the headliners of the offseason, as he was traded to the Baltimore Ravens before the AFC North team backed out<\/a> of the deal because of medical concerns.<\/p>\nThat means one of the league’s top pass-rushers is still in Las Vegas and will look to help lead the team into contention in the AFC West while adding to his own list of individual accolades.<\/p>\n
He is a five-time Pro Bowler with four seasons of double-digit sacks, including last year when he posted 10 in 15 games. He also tallied 28 tackles for loss, which was more than his totals in 2022 (22) and 2023 (23) when he led the league in the category in back-to-back years.<\/p>\n
While Crosby’s immediate future seemed up in the air this offseason, his talent is unquestionable. <\/p>\n
And that is why he is on this list.<\/p>\n
But he is looking up at a fellow pass-rusher in Hunter, who was a major reason Houston’s defense was so dominant last season. The Texans finished first in the league in yards allowed and second in points allowed while reaching the AFC Divisional Round.<\/p>\n
Hunter is also a five-time Pro Bowler and is coming off another excellent season that saw him named to the All-Pro Second Team.<\/p>\n
The LSU product finished with 54 tackles, 15 sacks, three passes defended, three forced fumbles and one fumble recovery while appearing in all 17 games. It was his fourth straight season with double-digit sacks.<\/p>\n
He and Will Anderson make up one of the best one-two punches in terms of pass-rush in the league, and it would be anything but a surprise if the Texans defense was once again among the NFL’s best with them leading the way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maxx Crosby and Danielle Hunter are undoubtedly two of the best players in the NFL. The 24th- and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":856836,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[436],"tags":[49,48,514,82],"class_list":["post-856835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-nfl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856835"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856835\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/856836"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}