RazorStar 4,025 Posted January 24, 2013 You notice how the NFL does one of these every year, and every year the list looks awful? Well, that's because the voting process is awful. They get about 10% of the players in the league to submit a top 20 list, and then those top 20 guys get in, and anyone who threw a biased vote for a player will often find guys like Michael Vick and Tim Tebow sneaking into the bottom of the list. So I'm trying to the improve the process. I have a simple way to start, and that's narrowing the field a bit. There's approximately 1600 active players in the league (50ish on 32 teams) an obviously they were not all created equal. Each day I'll go position by position and you guys will give me your list of players who you think may qualify as a top 100 player. Taking QB's for example, if you're unsure about a guy like Cam Newton, put him on anyway, and let the wisdom of crowds narrow it down. If my projections are right, once I go through all the positions there will be well over 100 players on this list, but enough to narrow the field significantly. Just put in the players who you think are top 100 caliber. Be generous if you're unsure, and I'll say anyone who appears who appears on about 1/3rd of the lists can qualify. If you want to go the extra mile, project where you think each player would fit in the top 100. Also... before we get too far, I want to stress that while value is important the quality of player is much more important. This will be more important once we get past the qualifying round. Matt Stafford may be way more valuable to his team, but Calvin Johnson is certainly a better player on the same team. Today we have Offensive Guards and Centres. Any interior lineman, now is your time to shine. Keep your guards and centres separate though, and don't count a guy who played both positions on both lists, just put him on the position he played more. Also, leave tackles for the tackles list. Simple stuff. Offensive Guards Marshal Yanda Mike Iupati Evan Mathis Zane Beadles Alex Boone Andy Levitre Brandon Moore Josh Sitton Jahri Evans Carl Nicks Chris Snee Louis Vasquez Ben Grubbs Centres Nick Mangold John Sullivan Will Montgomery Chris Myers Mike Pouncey Max Unger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
seanbrock 1,684 Posted January 25, 2013 Guards Mathis Yanda Evans Iupati Sitton Moore Boone Grubbs Levitre Snee Vasquez Sims Zeitler Beadles Mangold Unger Mike Pouncey Mack Goodwin Montgomery Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kayoh 1 Posted January 25, 2013 Evan Mathis Marshal Yanda Alex Boone Brandon Moore Mike Iupati John Sullivan Brian De La Puente Max Unger Will Montgomery Ryan Wendell Nick Mangold Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteVo+ 3,702 Posted January 25, 2013 Evan Mathis Mike Iupati Ben Grubbs Andy Levitre Marshal Yanda Josh Sitton Jahri Evans Alex Boone John Sullivan Max Hunger Will Montgomery Chris Myers Mike Pouncey Bria De La Puente Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ATL_Predator+ 1,196 Posted January 25, 2013 Evan Mathis Marshal Yanda Alex Boone Brandon Moore Mike Iupati John Sullivan Brian De La Puente Max Unger Will Montgomery Ryan Wendell Nick Mangold This. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oochymp 2,393 Posted January 25, 2013 Guards Jahri Evans Carl Nicks Chris Snee Marshall Yanda Mike Iupati Logan Mankins Ben Grubbs Josh Sitton CentERs Chris Myers Mike Pouncey Max Unger Nick Mangold Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bay 2,003 Posted January 25, 2013 CentERs Picks later. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
housemd 338 Posted January 26, 2013 Offensive Guards Mike Iupati Evan Mathis Zane Beadles Marshall Yanda Alex Boone Andy Levitre Josh Sitton Jahri Evans Zane Beadles Carl Nicks Chris Snee Ben Grubbs Centers Nick Mangold John Sullivan Chris Myers Mike Pouncey Max Unger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RazorStar 4,025 Posted January 27, 2013 Current Tally (7 ballots up to housemd) Offensive Guards Marshal Yanda 7 Mike Iupati 7 Evan Mathis 6 Alex Boone 6 Josh Sitton 5 Jahri Evans 5 Ben Grubbs 5 Brandon Moore 4 Andy Levitre 4 Chris Snee 4 Zane Beadles 3 Carl Nicks 3 --- Louis Vasquez 2 Rob Sims Logan Mankins Kevin Zeitler Centres Max Unger 7 Nick Mangold 6 Will Montgomery 5 John Sullivan 5 Mike Pouncey 5 Chris Myers 4 Brian De La Puente 3 --- Ryan Wendell 2 Alex Mack Johnathan Goodwin Get those ballots in peoples. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bay 2,003 Posted January 30, 2013 I'm pretty bad with OL, here goes... Guards - Yanda, Wade Smith, Zane Beadles, Evan Mathis, Jahri Evans, Harvey Dahl, Alex Boone, Mike Iupati, Centers - Max Unger, Johnathan Goodwin, John Sullivan, Will Montgomery, Chris Myers, Alex Mack, Matt Birk, Nick Mangold, Eric Wood Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Thanatos 2,847 Posted January 30, 2013 Marshal Yanda Carl Nicks Andy Levitre Mike Iupati Evan Mathis Zane Beadles Alex Boone Jahri Evans Ben Grubbs Josh Sitton Chris Myers Nick Mangold John Sullivan Max Unger Brian De La Puente Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RazorStar 4,025 Posted January 31, 2013 You know you want to get your ballots in. We're almost at 10. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RazorStar 4,025 Posted February 16, 2013 final tally I guess: Offensive Guards Marshal Yanda 9 Mike Iupati 9 Evan Mathis 8 Alex Boone 8 Jahri Evans 7 Josh Sitton 6 Ben Grubbs 6 Zane Beadles 5 Andy Levitre 5 Chris Snee 4 Brandon Moore 4 Carl Nicks 4 --- Louis Vasquez 2 Rob Sims Harvey Dahl Wade Smith Logan Mankins Kevin Zeitler Centres Max Unger 9 Nick Mangold 8 John Sullivan 7 Will Montgomery 6 Chris Myers 6 Mike Pouncey 5 Brian De La Puente 4 --- Ryan Wendell 2 Alex Mack 2 Johnathan Goodwin 2 Matt Birk Eric Wood Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
