matt miller's player rankings

i tought is rankings were in detail as he watched a lot of film
where some 49ers ranked


Note: rankings are based soley on 2012 season not previous years
http://bleacherreport.com/nfl1000


he breaks every position down to critical categories expected of the position so if you would like to see where indivisual players strong and weak points lie according to miller click the link above and find the position and player you would like to see
QB:
alex smith- 14/50
collin kaepernick - 43/50


FB:
Bruce miller: 9/14

TE:
Vernon davis:6/50
Delante Walker: 20/50

LT:
Joe staley: 16/32

RT
Anthony Davis: 20/32

C:
Jonathan Goodwin: 16/32

LG
Iupati: 2/32

RG
Snyder: 32/32

DE:
Justin smith 1/64 (called him best defensive player in nfl)
Ray McDonald 10/64

DT
Iassiac Sopoaga: 30/64 ( remember DT included not just NTs where he may be one of the best)

CB
Carlos Rogers: 6/100
Terrel Brown 29/100
Chris Culliver: 47/100 (called him and up and coming CB)

ILB:
Patrick Willis: 1/64
Navarro Bowman: 2/64

FS:
Goldson: 7/32

SS
Donte WhitnerL 6/32

P
Andy Lee: 1/32

K: 2/32


WR, OLB, RB yet to come

#1 & #2 ILB - damn straight.

Pretty accurate, honestly.

better than espn or nfl.com IMO

Defense is f**king stacked

Iupati as the third best gaurd overall is impressive.

Originally posted by walker807:
Iupati as the third best gaurd overall is impressive.

He's our best lineman by far. Beast!

Originally posted by WillistheWall:
better than espn or nfl.com IMO

agreed

i may disagree on some but thats the homer in me speaking overall cant really complain about the rankings

Two top-ten DEs, #1-#2 ILBs, and two great edge pass-rushers.

Miller is basically calling this the best front 7 in NFL history. Pretty cool that we have a top 10 secondary and great special teams to go along with it.

stopped reading at bleacherreport

Originally posted by susweel:
stopped reading at bleacherreport

Matt Miller is going to be writing for SI or ESPN some day

Originally posted by susweel:
stopped reading at bleacherreport

Bleacher Report has hired "real" writers in the last year to contribute to making their site more than just an awful fan-thing. They are trying to climb out of that hole since their site generates enough traffic to pay some talented contributors for some real work.


This ranking thing is evidence that they are giving it a good effort. Yes, a lot of the user generated content on BR is terrible, but they are bringing people on now that know sports and are respected, quality writers.

Vd is at least top 3 but other than that, very good. Vd would be the best te if he was on a better team with a better qb. See Bree's or brady

Originally posted by elguapo:
Vd is at least top 3 but other than that, very good. Vd would be the best te if he was on a better team with a better qb. See Bree's or brady

and a big problem was vernon was called in to block first 10 or so weeks because he didnt understand the offense

Thanks 49ersall, great read and much more valid than many lists. I enjoyed reading the breakdowns. Snyder at 32/32 was a bit of a surprise to me...thought he would be a bit higher.

I can't argue with these rankings.

Justin Smith is the top 3-4 End in the NFL IMO. McDonald is also a top 15 DE at least, and is only gonna get better.

Willis/Bowman is the best ILB tandem on any 3-4 team.

Delanie is a top 20 TE also IMO, and I don't want to see him let go after 2012. Thats why I wouldn't draft fleener. Rather have the proven in Delanie.

Vernon is a top 5 TE at least, I would put Vernon over Tony Gonzalez, I also think he is better than Aaron Hernandez and Jason Witten. But both are hell of TE's.

Iupati is a top 5 Guard, I remember 2010 when we were on the clock, I was hoping for Iupati. It was between Pouncey or Iupati, but Pouncey went before Iupati. Would of been happy with either.

Akers and Lee are top 2 at their positions, need to lock up Lee soon, as he is a UFA after 2012.

Can't beat #6 CB for Rogers, some good ones above him, Nnamdi, Revis, Woodson and Haden.

Interested to see where Gore, Aldon and Brooks are at.