The NFL Network will trot out their annual Top-100 players for 2020 list starting this Sunday, July 26, at 8:00 PM EST.
Last season four Eagles landed on the list and three more players were deserving of the honor as well. With the players voting amongst their peers, we list seven Eagles are most likely to land on the Top-100 list for 2020:
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1. Fletcher Cox
Cox was No. 28 on the list in 2019 and although his stats were down in the sack department, the Eagles star was still just as dominant. Pro Football Focus ranked Cox as the fifth-best interior lineman in 2019 and only Aaron Donald has generated more quarterback pressures than the 151 Cox has generated over the past two years. In what was deemed a down year, Cox registered four sacks, 42 hurries, and ten additional hits quarterback and his 89.5 overall grade from PFF was the highest for a defender in the NFC East.
Stats don’t tell the whole story and Cox is a game wrecker who’ll have two new running mates this season.
2. Carson Wentz
Wentz has seen the highs and the lows of the Top-100 list going from No. 3 in 2018, to No. 96 entering the 2019 season. All Wentz did last season was carry the Eagles to another division title, another playoff appearance, and the first 4,000 passing season in Eagles franchise history.
Expect him to rise back up the ranks this season.
3. Darius Slay
Slay was No. 86 in 2019 after cracking the top-50 in 2018. Slay had a down season according to the analysts and critics but the Top-100 is voted on by his peers and If fully expect the Eagles star corner to land on the list.
4. Zach Ertz
Ertz was No. 40 on the list in 2019 and although he could slip some in the rankings, he’s no doubt a top-100 player after a season in which he amassed 88 catches for almost 1,000 yards and six touchdowns.
5. Brandon Brooks
Brooks without a doubt should be on the list, but a torn Achilles could get him removed. If we’re judging by numbers and pure production, the guy graded out as the top player in all of the NFC without a doubt deserves a spot on the team.
Brooks was the highest-graded guard in football in 2019, the second-ranked guard on the PFF top 50 list, and the fifth-ranked player on PFF’s 2019 101 lists.
Over the last three seasons, Brooks has started all 48 regular-season games, while playing in 95% of the Eagles offensive snaps and making the. Pro Bowl in each season.
6. Jason Kelce
Kelce was No. 72 on the list last season and as the top center in the NFL, beyond worthy of the recognition after being named an All-Pro.
7. Lane Johnson
An obvious snub in any season he plays, Johnson is the NFL’s top right-tackle and one of the top-10 offensive linemen in football. Johnson played in just 12 games but made the Pro Bowl for the third straight year.
