
Hardly anyone took as much issue with Jeremy Fowler of ESPN’s edge rusher rankings as New Orleans Saints defender Cameron Jordan. But it wasn’t necessarily just Fowler’s selections and placements within the list that upset Jordan; Fowler surveyed NFL executives, coaches, scouts and players to create ESPN’s top-10 rankings for 11 separate positions. One of the positions among these was “edge rusher” which encompassed the traditional “defensive end” terminology.