Pete Prisco's list of the NFL's Top 100 players drops Wednesday morning (check it out on CBSSports.com) but Bryant McFadden and I got a sneak peek and WE HAVE SOME ISSUES. Neither of us can believe last year's TD-catch leader isn't on it, and Bryant explains exactly what's wrong with putting Kirk Cousins above Big Ben ... and Ben's not the only major Steelers snub.
John Breech doesn't know what to do with himself during quarantine, so he decided to comb through ALL 32 NFL SCHEDULES and find the five easiest stretches any team will face. Of course, that's exactly what Breech would be doing if there were no quarantine, but this gave him an excuse to do it; frankly, it's not fair this team is at No. 1.
What would happen if every top QB from the 2018 draft class through the 2021 class was thrown into the same group and ranked? How does Trevor Lawrence stack up with Lamar Jackson? Tua with Kyler Murray? Chris Trapasso sized up 15 QBs using such criteria, and while the reigning NFL MVP is at the top, some young guns are right behind him.
Punishment is a greater deterrent than reward. Jonathan Jones wholeheartedly believes that, and it's why he says, despite the Rooney Rule additions being a positive step, more teeth are needed. There's a fear the league simply added another hurdle for owners to clear before they again circumvent the rule; Jonathan says this is what should've been done.
Before being released by the Patriots in 2003, Lawyer Milloy was one of the NFL's elite safeties: Four Pro Bowls, a First Team All-Pro in '99, named to the All-Decade Team. Despite all that, Bill Belichick let him go, and Milloy still doesn't seem over it. Here's what Belichick did that 'disgusted' him.
