After two years starting at Florida State, Derwin James established himself as one of the top Safeties of the 2018 Draft, and he was the second one taken (17th Overall) by the Chargers, where his rookie year was so incredible that he was a First Team All-Pro and the runner-up for the Defensive Player of the Year.

Blessed with a high football IQ and versatility at the Safety position, James’ ascent was derailed in his sophomore year with right foot issues that held him to five Games, and he lost his third season (2020) with knee issues.  Despite the ailments, James bounced back in 2021 and recorded over 100 Combined Tackles each season from 2021 to 2023 and was a Pro Bowler three times in four seasons.

James begins the 2025 season as the top Defensive Back in L.A., and could potentially be a top-twenty all-time Charger.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Kansas City Chiefs.

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 that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Chiefs had another outstanding campaign, going 15-2 with a combination of elite skill and incredible luck.  The squad marched to their third consecutive Super Bowl, but could not win the third straight, as Philadelphia easily dispatched them.  There was a pair of elevations with a new entrant.

As always, we present our top five, which saw a change. 

1. Len Dawson
2. Derrick Thomas
3. Tony Gonzales
4. Patrick Mahomes
5. Bobby Bell

You can find the entire list here.

Mahomes moved up within the top five by one spot to #4.

Of note, Travis Kelce remains at #7.

The phenomenal defensive star, Chris Jones, advanced from #19 to #12.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

Yes, we know that this is taking a while!

As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we maintain and update our existing Top 50 lists annually.  As such, we are delighted to present our post-2024 revision of our top 50 Jacksonville Jaguars.

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 that are not reflected in a stat sheet.

Last year, the Jaguars were terrible, winning only four Games, but regardless, there were three elevations on this year’s Top 50.

As always, we present our top five, which remain unchanged.

1. Jimmy Smith
2. Fred Taylor
3. Tony Boselli
4. Mark Brunell
5. Maurice Jones-Drew

You can find the entire list here 

Linebacker Josh Hines-Allen went to #28 from #43.

Quarterback Trevor Lawrence climbed to #33 from #40.

Cam Robinson, who is now with the Minnesota Vikings, moved up one slot to #46.

We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.

1981 SEMI-FINAL RESULTS:

Thank you for your participation in the Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project. If you are unaware of what that is, we acted like the PFHOF had its first class in January 1946.

We have completed the years up to 1980.

For “1981,” a Preliminary Vote with nearly 100 players whose playing career ended by 1975. We are also following the structure, where players have 20 years of eligibility, and if they do not make it into the Hall, they are relegated to the Senior Pool.

Each voter was asked to select 25 names from the preliminary list, and the top 25 vote-getters were named Semi-Finalists.

A week later, the voters were asked to pick 15 names from the 25 Semi-Finalists, and next week, they will pick five from the remaining 15. We will continue this process every week until we catch up to the current year.

30 Votes took place, with the top fifteen advancing.

This is for the “Modern Era”

Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals: 

This is for the “Senior Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

This is for the “Coaches/Contributors Era”

*Bold indicates they advanced to the Finals:

We will post the Class of 1980 Pro Football Hall of Fame Revisited Project next Saturday.

Thank you to all who contributed. If you want to be part of this project, please let us know!