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These are the ten guys I think... Number one... Josh Allen's the best quarterback in this sport... Lamar Jackson is eleven, Dak is twelve.

Here we go top ten. Number one... Josh Allen's the best quarterback in this sport... Lamar Jackson is eleven, dak is twelve.

Josh Allen is the top guy... He got the most first place votes, 41% of the first place votes in this [Mahomes at two]... That's really the reason he's number four [Burrow]... I I I kept, Lamar for the end here. He's fifth... I was surprised that Drake May was number eight in this exercise... 17 is is too too high. I think he should be somewhere more in that 10 to 15 range [Jalen Hurts]

So I put it to them. Jackson Smith and Jake, but Puka Nkua, Nico Collins, Devonte Smith, Terry McLaren, Mike Evans, Brian Thomas Junior, Zay Flowers, Marvin Harrison Junior, Alec Pierce.

Now let's show you ESPN's 10 best quarterbacks based based on a yearly survey of executives, coaches, and scouts... It's Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes, one two again... Joe Burrow fourth... Dak Prescott at six, Drake May at eight, Caleb Williams at 10... Justin Herbert at number seven... Jared Goff is all the way at nine... Jaden Daniels, I mean, this is a guy who was number five last year, falls to number 12.

So if I were gonna make this list, I'd have my big four... Allen, Mahomes, Lamar. That's a big three. Excuse me. And to me, the next tier is Love, Herbert, and Burrow. ... Now if I were gonna do a ranking, I would probably have Joe Burrow, Justin Herbert ahead of Jordan Love.

I'm going Uh, Pooka, Uh, Chase, and CD.

For me, Pookah and Chase are no brainers... Yeah, for me, it's Pooka chasing Jedda

Chase, Chase, Jefferson, Pooker... I'm going with those three... I said Chase first

Josh Allen, number one. That means Patrick Mahomes is number two. Matthew Stafford, reigning MVP, number three. Joe Burrow, number four. Lamar Jackson rounds out the top five. Dak Prescott, number six. Justin Herbert, number seven. Drake May, eight. Jared Goff, nine, and Caleb Williams, 10.

I'm gonna go from 10 to one. K? Number 10 is Jordan Davis of the Philadelphia Eagles... Number nine is Milton Williams of the New England Patriots... Number eight is Zach Allen of the Denver Broncos... Number seven is Dexter Lawrence... Number six... Quinton Williams... Derrick Brown, who's number five... Number four is Chris Jones... Number three is Jalen Carter... Number two is Jeffrey Simmons... And number one was Leonard Williams.

My first tier is just called first. I'm gonna be early on Sunny Styles and Arvel Rees... it's Devin Bush at eight Foyol... Foyol Oluokin, Jamie and Sherwood, and Ernest Jones... Earned it in 2025. Carson Swashinger at four and Jordan Brooks at three... Jack Campbell is sitting at number two for me... It's Fred Warner in the and still category. Number one, it's Fred Warner. He's the best linebacker in football.

I'm a Stiles, number 10... Number nine, Cedric Gray from the Tennessee titans, and number eight, Jordan Brooks for the Miami Dolphins... Number seven, Aziz Alshayir. Number six, Carson Swessinger. And number five, Devin Lloyd... Number four, Zach Vaughn, and number three... This is Fred Warner... my final tier that's called move over, Fred... Number two, Ernest Jones, and number one, Jack Campbell.

Devin Lloyd, number 10. Edron Cooper, number nine. Carson Schwesinger, number eight. Diane Henley, number seven. And Jordan Brooks, number six... We have Ernest Jones coming in at five, Roquan Smith at four, and Jack Campbell making his jump in here to number three... This is not Fred Warner, but he's good. It's Zach Vaughn... Mine is, Fred Warner... Clearly the number one linebacker in the NFL.

One, Bijon Robinson. Two, Jameer Gibbs. Three, Saquon Barkley. Four, Christian McCaffrey. Five, Jonathan Taylor. Six, Derrick Henry. Seven, James Cook. Eight Devon Achan, Kenneth Walker at nine, and Breece Hall at ten.

My list would be Mahomes, Lamar, Josh, Burrow, Deck, Stafford, Love, and then I don't care... But that would be my top seven.

But I will go Mahomes. I will go, certainly, Lamar, Allen, Burrow, Dak, Stafford.

Already have Sonny Styles at number one, Johnny Newton at number two, and Trey Amos at number three for our breakout candidates list on the defensive side of things here in 2026... Mikey Sainter still he's he's three a... Number four, Joshua Joseph's defensive lineman, the rookie.

What you know Mahomes, by the way, is gonna be fifty eighth on this list. Oh, it's gonna be it's gonna be so egregiously bad

So my tenth ranked running back for this season is one player by himself, Jeremiah Love... James Cook... lands him in the Leonard Williams tier at number nine... Number eight, Breece Hall. Number seven, Devon A chain... It's Derek Henry at number six... We got Christian McCaffrey at number five, Jonathan Taylor at number four, and Saquon Barkley at number three... Number two, Jahmier Gibbs. And number one, Bijon Robinson.

So number 15 is Chase Brown. Number 14 is Jeremiah Love. Number 13 is Javonte Williams. Number 12 is Deandre Swift, and number 11 is Kyran Williams... Number 10, Travis ETN. Number nine, Kenneth Walker. And number eight, Breece Hall... this is number seven, Derrick Henry, and number six, Saquon Barkley... This is number five, Devon Achain, number four, James Cook, and number three, Christian McCaffrey... Number two, Jameer Gibbs, and number one, Bijon Robinson... He would have been number three. Push everybody down a spot. Kenneth Walker would have been number 10. Travis ETN would have been off my list.

it is gonna go Kyron Williams at number 10... Kenneth Walker is number nine... he's sitting there at number eight for me... I went with Saquon bark Barkley at seven, Derrick Henry at six, and James Cook at five... I'm going Devon h Chain at number four... Jonathan Taylor... And Jameer Gibbs... It's Bijon Robinson for me

It's it's Jeremiah Love sneaks into the top 10 of running backs, for, for 2026... Then Hall, McCaffrey, Henry, Taylor, Cook, H. Chan, Barkley, Gibbs, and Bijon.

Ledyard's picks across the 32-quarterback draft: Josh Allen first overall, Mahomes third, Drake May fifth, Stafford seventh, Jordan Love ("he'd be eighth for me") ninth, Jared Goff eleventh, Jayden Daniels thirteenth, "CJ. Stroud is the guy" fifteenth, Sam Darnold seventeenth, Baker Mayfield nineteenth, Daniel Jones twenty-first, "Fernanda Mendozo" twenty-third, Cam Ward twenty-fifth, Jackson Dart twenty-seventh, Geno Smith twenty-ninth, "Aaron Rodgers thirty-first".

Rosenthal's picks: Lamar Jackson second, "I'm gonna go Joe Burrow forth", "I'm gonna take Herbert sixth overall", "I'm going to go with Dak Prescott next" (eighth), Brock Purty tenth, Trevor Lawrence twelfth, "I'll pair him with Caleb Williams next at fourteen", Bo Nix sixteenth, Jalen Hurts eighteenth, "I have Kyler Murray next at twenty", Tyler Shuck twenty-second, Bryce Young "at twenty four", "Malik Willis at twenty six", Mac Jones twenty-eighth, Kirk Cousins thirtieth, Jacoby Brissett thirty-second.