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In response to the NFL Network’s player-voted ‘Top 100: Players of 2012′, Shek offers his own (superior) list of 53 players, then debates its virtues with Rank and Heath Evans; the former Pats & Saints fullback defends the inclusion of fullbacks on the Top 100 and weighs in on Spygate vs Bountygate, Brady vs Brees, and donuts vs. all other food. Plus, Black Tie’s Black List addresses NFL rookies, T.O., and the late, great Dick Dawson.
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Dameshek’s Top 53 Players in the NFL
- Aaron Rodgers
- Calvin Johnson
- Tom Brady
- Darrelle Revis
- Ben Roethlisberger
- Drew Brees
- DeMarcus Ware
- Larry Fitzgerald
- Julius Peppers
- Shady McCoy
- Adrian Peterson
- Cam Newton
- Haloti Ngata
- Arian Foster
- Patrick Willis
- Jared Allen
- Patriots O-Line
- Maurice Jones-Drew
- Terrell Suggs
- Rob Gronkowski
- Jimmy Graham
- Dwight Freeney
- Nnamdi Asomugha
- Ray Rice
- Vernon Davis
- Andre Johnson
- Jason Pierre-Paul
- Clay Matthews
- Steve Smith
- Brandon Flowers
- Saints O-Line
- Eli Manning
- Troy Polamalu
- Matt Forte
- Brian Urlacher
- Steven Jackson
- Hakeem Nicks
- Wes Welker
- Texans O-Line
- Justin Tuck
- AJ Green
- Justin Smith
- NoVorro Bowman
- Aldon Smith
- Fred Jackson
- Ndamukong Suh
- Michael Vick
- Devin Hester
- Roddy White
- Tamba Hali
- Broncos O-Line
- Charles Woodson
- Matthew Stafford
OTHERS RECEIVING VOTE:
Jamaal Charles; Chris Long; Peyton Manning; James Harrison; Lamarr Woodley; Cameron Wake; Mike Wallace; Dwayne Bowe; Tony Romo; Jerod Mayo; Ravens O-Line; Carlos Rogers; Jason Babin; Bengals O-Line
