Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top 50 Cleveland Browns.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following:

1. Advanced Statistics.

2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Browns were a trendy pick to make it to the Super Bowl, but not only did that not happen, they failed to make the playoffs. This did not impact a new entrant occurring as well as two significant elevations from occurring.

As always, we present our top five, which had no changes.

1. Jim Brown

2. Otto Graham

3. Joe Thomas

4. Lou Groza

5. Ozzie Newsomb

You can find the entire list here.

Joel Bitonio, who has starred on the Browns O-Line for the past half-decade, rocketed to #24 from #38.

Defensive End, Myles Garrett advances to #32 from 44.

Running Back, Nick Chubb, makes his first appearance at #44.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

The Cleveland Browns have always loved their Running Backs, and if you are going to find a good one; a great place to look is an SEC power.

Chubb starred at the University of Georgia, and went early in the Second Round of the 2018 Draft to Cleveland. After a decent rookie year where he had 996 Rushing Yards, Chubb entered 2019 as the undisputed lead back. In his first four years, Chubb rushed for over 1,000 Yards, and had a career-high of 1,525 in 2022

Chubb's four-year streak of elite-level rushing came to an end in 2023 when he suffered a knee injury in week 2, and he was out for the rest of the season with a damaged ACL.  He returned to play 10 games for the Browns in 2024, but only had 332 Rushing Yards.  Chubb left the Browns for Houston as a Free Agent, and overall had 7,885 Yards From Scrimmage with 56 TDs.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022 revision of our top 50 Cincinnati Bengals.

As for all of our top 50 players in football we look at the following:

1. Advanced Statistics.

2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Football League.

3. Playoff accomplishments.

4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Bengals made it to their second straight AFC Championship Game, though could not make their second consecutive Super Bowl. 2022 brought us one new entrant and one elevation.

As always, we present our top five, which had no changes.

1. Anthony Munoz

2. Ken Anderson

3. Geno Atkins

4. Ken Riley

5. Boomer Esiason

You can find the entire list here.

Running Back, Joe Mixon went up ten spots to #35.

The lone new entrant is Quarterback, Joe Burrow, who debuts at #48.

We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.

There are two distinct images for us with Joe Burrow in 2020.

The first is the QB leading LSU to a National Championship, which he punctuated with a celebratory stogie.

The second was in his parents’ humble home, where he was drafted #1 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Burrow felt like a special player right away, despite the cautiousness of the Bengals faithful, who have endured a lot of suffering from disappointing Quarterbacks. Burrow only won two Games as a rookie and was injured at that time with a torn ACL and PCL. This still did not make it a bust year for Burrow, who showed why he was taken number one.

Bouncing back in 2021, Burrow won the AP Comeback Player of the Year, throwing for 4,611 Yards, 34 Touchdowns, and an NFL-leading 70.4 Pass Completion Percentage. Burrow led the Bengals to their third Super Bowl appearance, and though they did not win, it was their best performance to date.

Burrow had another great year in 2022 (4,475 Yards & 35 TD), where he had a Pro Bowl and took Cincinnati to the AFC Conference Game.  The QB only appeared in 10 Games in 2023 due to injury, though he was very good when healthy.   Last season, Burrow went through agony and ecstasy as he statistically had his best season to date.  The pivot threw for an NFL-leading 4,918 Yards and 43 Touchdowns while surrendering only 9 Interceptions.  Despite this stellar performance (that earned him a second Pro Bowl and a fourth-place MVP finish), Cincinnati's defence was poor, and the Bengals went only 9-8.

Going into 2025, the Bengals have a top-five Quarterback and a man who can give them their first title, especially if he remains healthy.