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Published in Kickers & Special Teams
September 1, 2019

Modern Positional Average

Note that over the last fifteen years, there was only one Place Kicker and Punter and no Special Teamers, thus we elected not to feature that average and input based on our elective opinion.

Published in Cornerbacks
August 30, 2019

Cornerbacks: Champ Bailey (2019), Ty Law (2019), Ed Reed (2019), Charles Woodson (2021), Darrelle Revis (2021) & Ronde Barber (2021)

Note that in 2019, all Defensive Backs were grouped together, and were Champ Bailey, Brian Dawkins, Ty Law, Ed Reed and Aeneas Williams. Cornerbacks and Safeties were split in 2020, but kept at four in both categories to keep everything modern. Last year, Barber and Revis entered and with Bailey, Law & Reed entering in the same year, we have six comprsing the Modern Positional Average. As we progress forward, Interception numbers will likely decline as elite Corners are rarely thrown to.

Here are the statistics that we are using based on the last group of Cornerbacks to enter the Pro Football Hall of Fame:

Games Played: 205.3
Approximate Value: 139
Approximate Value per Games Played: 0.6771
Games Started: 199.2
Approximate Value per Games Started: 0.6979
Approximate Value per Five-Year Peak: 70.8
Approximate Value’s Best Five Results: 74
Top Five Defensive Player of the Year Finishes**: 4
Pro Bowls: 7.8
First Team All-Pros*: 3.5
Interceptions: 51.7
Interceptions Five-Year Peak: 26.5
Top Five Interception Finishes**: 10
Combined Tackles: 898.2
Combined Tackles Five-Year Peak: 347.3
Super Bowl Wins: 1.5
Super Bowl Appearances: 1.2

*This is an aggregate of the Top Five finishes (5^th = 1, 4^th = 2, 3^rd = 3, 2^nd = 4^th, 1^st = 5)

**This is a reminder that the All-Pros we use are from the AP.

Published in Defensive Linemen/Linebackers: Pass Rushers/EDGE
August 28, 2019

#13 Overall, Khalil Mack: Los Angeles Chargers, #5 Defensive Lineman/Linebacker: Pass Rusher

2025 Pre-Season Rank #8, 2024 Pre-Season Rank #12, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #14, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #19, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #26, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #29. Peak Period: 2015-19.

Oakland. Chicago. Los Angeles.

Everywhere Khalil Mack goes, Khalil Mack dominates.

The Outside Linebacker made history last season as the first player to secure three Pro Bowls on three different teams, when he added Pro Bowl number nine in year three with the Chargers. The celebrated pass-rusher has 113 career Sacks, a Defensive Player of the Year Award (2016 with the Raiders), the longevity, the consistency, and the dominance that the PFHOF would want.

He may not dominate the defensive headlines like he used to, but Mack remains the “Mack.”

Published in Defensive Lineman/Linebackers Interior Lineman
August 28, 2019

#3 Overall, Bobby Wagner: Free Agent Linebacker, #1 Defensive Lineman/Linebacker: Interior Lineman

2025 Pre-Season Rank #2, 2024 Pre-Season Rank #3, 2023 Pre-Season Rank #3, 2022 Pre-Season Rank #6, 2021 Pre-Season Rank #10, 2020 Pre-Season Rank #18. Peak: 2016-20

Bobby Wagner is currently a Free Agent, and we aren’t sure if he will ever play another snap in the National Football League.

If that is the case, it should not matter, as the longtime Middle Linebacker can retire as one of the most explosive tackling machines that ever lived.

A Super Bowl Champion with the Seattle Seahawks, Wagner earned nine Pro Bowls in Seattle, with a tenth as a Washington Commander. Recording 15 picks, Wagner is currently third overall in Combined Tackles with an even 2,000, and is only 59 behind Ray Lewis, meaning that if he finds work this year, he can grab the official all-time lead.

As great as he was in the interior, Wagner’s versatility saw him record 39.5 Sacks and 15 Interceptions. Regardless of whether he plays again, his legacy is complete, whether or not his name has transcended football. The Pro Football Hall of Fame voters will recognize Wagner for his overall career, and he should be a first-ballot Hall of Fame inductee based on the patterns we have seen so far.