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#49 Overall, Fred Warner, San Francisco 49ers Linebacker, #4 Defensive Lineman/Linebacker: Interior Lineman
2023 Pre-Season Rank #79, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #118, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #142. Peak Period: 2019-23
Warner has arguably been the best Middle Linebacker in the NFL since 2020, and the career Niner is looking to add his fourth First-Team All-Pro and third consecutive in 2024. He has at least 130 Combined Tackles in the last three seasons, and his big play moments have increased. He has also been instrumental in San Francisco’s last two NFC Championships.
#76 Overall, A.J. Brown, Philadelphia Eagles, #14 Wide Receiver
2023 Pre-Season Rank #106, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #142, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #141. Peak Period: 2019-23
Brown had a breakthrough year in 2020 on an explosive Tennessee offense but was not able to build on that in 2021. Tennessee surprisingly traded him to Philadelphia in the following off-season, and what we thought was an early crossroads for Brown would see the Wide Receiver take the correct fork in the road. Brown added two Pro Bowls in his two years in Philadelphia, and as Jalen Hurts’ primary weapon, he should be able to add more honors to his trophy case.
#84 Overall, Nick Chubb: Cleveland Browns, #5 Running Back
2023 Pre-Season Rank #91, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #114, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #140. Peak Period: 2018-22
Chubb emerged as the top rusher for an improving Browns offense and was a perennial Pro Bowl Selection from 2019 to 2022. He likely would have been again last year, but he tore his ACL in Week 2 and is not expected back until October. If Chubb returns to what he was, he can reclaim that HOF momentum.
#39 Overall, Josh Allen, Buffalo Bills, #7 Quarterback
2023 Pre-Season Rank #69, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #98, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #117. Peak Period: 2019-23.
Josh Allen is in contention as the top dual-threat Quarterback in football and is least in the conversation as one of the most exciting. That is all fine and good, but Quarterbacks have to win it all, and while Allen has taken the Bills deep into the playoffs multiple times, the Hall looks for more.
Past that, Allen is a two-time leader in Approximate Value, but he is the leader of a rebuilding Bills team. Like Dak Prescott of Dallas, he is a Super Bowl win away from seeing that probable PFHOF bust.