{"id":701132,"date":"2026-06-13T05:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/701132\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T05:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:22:10","slug":"seven-players-who-deserve-to-make-their-debut-in-the-nfl-top-100-of-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/701132\/","title":{"rendered":"Seven players who deserve to make their debut in the NFL Top 100 of 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The \u201cIceman\u201d has helped the Bears emerge as a title contender with his spectacular playmaking feats inside and outside the pocket. The Madden NFL 27 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/news\/madden-nfl-27-cover-star-caleb-williams-eager-to-build-on-2025-success-with-bears\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">cover star<\/a> has not only captivated the football world with improvisational skills, but his ability to come through in the clutch has given him a superhero aura in the Windy City. With seven fourth-quarter comebacks in 2025, including the playoffs, and a catalog of highlight-reel throws in closing minutes, the third-year pro is climbing the charts as a top quarterback. He threw for nearly 4,000 yards with a 27:7 TD-INT ratio in his first season under Ben Johnson, despite his inconsistencies as a passer. If Williams continues to refine his game under Johnson\u2019s direction, the league is on the verge of witnessing the birth of a megastar who could rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfl.com\/players\/patrick-mahomes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Patrick Mahomes<\/a> as the ultimate late-game closer.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Projected NFL Top 100 range: Top 50.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The \u201cIceman\u201d has helped the Bears emerge as a title contender with his spectacular playmaking feats inside and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701133,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[4687,178554,14354,3687,29983,8850,1799,1816,118380,1826,5491,4058,95922,1815,349,6257,41421,8852,99],"class_list":["post-701132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-analysis","tag-azeez-al-shaair","tag-caleb-williams","tag-carolina-panthers","tag-carson-schwesinger","tag-chicago-bears","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-devin-lloyd","tag-drake-maye","tag-george-pickens","tag-houston-texans","tag-jaxon-smith-njigba","tag-new-england-patriots","tag-nfl","tag-no-minute","tag-scouts-notebook","tag-seattle-seahawks","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701132"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701132\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}