To be clear this is not a ranking of how good the players are. That’s part of it, but also popularity, team, reputation, aura all weigh in

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I’d put Caleb above most of these people tbh. He had a weird amount of publicity and fan support last year. The guys who absolutely should have gotten it over him in order are Myles Garrett, JSN, Stafford, Darnold, and Will Anderson.

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Surtain that high? Last time a corner was on the cover it was Sherman

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Last two defensive players to go on the cover were Sherman and Ray Lewis. So that eliminates pretty much every current defensive player except Myles Garrett who you failed to include. You also can’t have someone that could be traded, so that eliminates Crosby and Garrett and many others who aren’t a rookie. A TE ain’t getting it and Burrow had a bad year. JJ and Chase need to be on a cover but both were just far from their best year. Prolly not Bijan or Gibbs cause they getting a contract, even

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Kelce 😭

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I’m very surprised they didn’t do jsn dunking. I think Myles Garrett needs to be higher on this

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