Pro Football Focus has continued cranking out rankings this offseason, and their latest is a look at the top 50 players in the NFL heading into the 2020 season.
Players 11-40 have been released, and Seahawks linebacker Bobby Wagner came in at No. 17 overall, the only Seattle player on the list so far.
Wagner came in at No. 3 overall before the 2019 season, but he posted a 76.1 grade in 2019 – which is still well above average, but certainly not up to his usual performance by PFF’s standards.
Wagner did finish with a league-leading 159 combined tackles, while making the Pro Bowl and being selected as an All-Pro, so it is clear he remains among the game’s very elite heading into his age 30 season.
Seattle’s defense suffered as a whole in 2019, with virtually no pass rush and an insistence on remaining in the 4-3 base defense on passing downs, often forcing Wagner into more difficult coverage situations – which is not his forte.
Still, Wagner is among the best linebackers in the entire league, and there’s little doubt he will be a top 20, maybe even top 10, player in the NFL during the 2020 season.
