You knew we’d have to wait a while before we heard Davante Adams’s name called in the NFL Top 100 players list. Tonight they counted all the way down and, as you would expect, Adams landed in the single digits. He came in at No. 7 as voted on my his peers.
Buy Raiders TicketsThe newest playmaker for the Silver and Black ☠️@Raiders WR @tae15adams catches spot No. 7 on the #NFLTop100! pic.twitter.com/1CSvPJoQYg
— NFL Network (@nflnetwork) August 29, 2022
Yes, Adams finished just ahead of Patrick Mahomes and three spots ahead of Mahomes’s top target Travis Kelce (10).
Here is how the full top ten shook out:
1. QB Tom Brady
2. DT Aaron Donald
3. QB Aaron Rodgers
4. WR Cooper Kupp
5. RB Jonathan Taylor
6. DE T.J. Watt
7. WR Davante Adams
8. QB Patrick Mahomes
9. CB Jalen Ramsey
10. TE Travis Kelce
Adams becomes the fifth current Raiders player to land in this year’s NFL Top 100. There others were:
58. TE Darren Waller
59. DE Maxx Crosby
62. DE Chandler Jones
65. QB Derek Carr
Adams is not the highest ranked Raiders player ever. That would go to Kalil Mack who was ranked at 5 overall in 2017.
Adams, of course, has been arguably the league’s best receiver the past few years, even though he’s the second ranked wide receiver on this list. He put up huge numbers with third ranked Aaron Rodgers throwing him the ball. We’ll see if he can continue to be ranked among the best with college teammates and 65th ranked Derek Carr throwing him passes now.
