My Top-50 Projections for Defensive Linemen in 2017

[lukkynumber13]

These aren't my ranks in that this is necessarily how I'd draft them, but rather this is how I'm projecting them to finish at season's end.

Solos / TFL / Assists / Sacks
1. JJ Watt: 56/28/20/16
2. JPP: 46/16/22/11
3. Danielle Hunter: 40/12/23/13
4. Everson Griffen: 38/15/14/13
5. Joey Bosa: 38/18/16/12
6. Carlos Dunlap: 39/18/19/11
7. Trey Flowers: 47/12/24/8
8. Fletcher Cox: 48/10/17/8
9. Leo Williams: 45/12/37/4
10. Melvin Ingram: 45/12/12/8
11. Ziggy Ansah: 36/15/15/10
12. Olivier Vernon: 39/17/16/7
13. Marcell Dareus: 45/11/20/6
14. Aaron Donald: 34/17/14/8
15. Brandon Graham: 39/13/16/7
16. Deforest Buckner: 38/8/30/6
17. Ndamukong Suh: 38/14/20/6
18. Derek Wolfe: 38/10/17/8
19. Cam Jordan: 32/14/18/8
20. Mo Wilkerson: 36/10/25/6
21. Cam Heyward: 36/12/18/7
22. Frank Clark: 28/14/19/9
23. Kawaan Short: 32/13/20/7
24. Akiem Hicks: 39/12/16/5
25. Geno Atkins: 32/16/12/8
26. Stephon Tuitt: 35/12/14/6
27. Sheldon Richardson: 36/13/18/5
28. Kyle Williams: 45/7/19/3
29. Sheldon Rankins: 38/9/14/6
30. Damon Harrison: 45/3/32/1
31. Manny Ogbah: 33/12/16/6
32. Jurell Casey: 32/10/16/7
33. Calais Campbell: 33/12/14/6
34. Mario Addison: 28/12/9/9
35. Jerry Hughes: 30/9/18/7
36. Demarcus Lawrence: 32/12/13/6
37. Will Gholston: 40/8/16/3
38. Cliff Avril: 22/9/14/10
39. Malik Jackson: 29/12/8/7
40. Gerald McCoy: 28/7/11/8
41. Linval Joseph: 36/4/27/2
42. Myles Garrett: 29/6/8/7
43. Noah Spence: 22/8/11/8
44. Shaq Lawson: 27/7/11/6
45. Derek Barnett: 24/8/10/7
46. Solomon Thomas: 31/7/10/4
47. Yannick Ngakoe: 25/6/7/7
48. Cam Wake: 19/7/6/9
49. Chris Jones: 28/7/12/4
50. Arik Armstead: 25/7/10/5

[bruiser]

Man! I love this.

[lukkynumber13]

Man! I love this.

Thanks! It was fun but also gave me a headache haha.

I can't believe how high Dareus ended up, and same with Trey Flowers. At the same time, I didn't expect Wilkerson and Jerry Hughes to be so low.

[FiremanEd]

Nice work. I'm surprised you expect Leo Williams to only achieve four sacks. Any particular reason? I can easily see twice that. He seems like an outlier when you go down the list.

[saw061600]

Thanks Lucky, always nice to see more rankings. Richardson to Seattle makes me wonder if I should be looking to move Clark; his ranking kind of makes me think yes.

[lukkynumber13]

Nice work. I'm surprised you expect Leo Williams to only achieve four sacks. Any particular reason? I can easily see twice that. He seems like an outlier when you go down the list.

I agree he has the talent, I just don't see him getting a lot of pass rush opportunities this year.

As an owner of Leo on multiple teams, I certainly hope he gets more sacks!

[DynastyDog]

Nice work and Thanks!

[lukkynumber13]

Thanks Lucky, always nice to see more rankings. Richardson to Seattle makes me wonder if I should be looking to move Clark; his ranking kind of makes me think yes.

Yeah I would personally let someone else take Clark if I'm in a startup - he's got real talent but he has serious attitude/off-field red flags, Seattle has a ton of talented linemen that will be rotating, and Clark himself is still healing from an injury.

He may continue on last year's trajectory, and finish with like 42 tackles and 13 sacks, and I'll look a bit silly, but I'll take that risk.

[brewster]

Hey Lukky... nice work on the list!! I noticed that Spence and Lawson are low on your list (related to my recent IDP post).... wondering if I should just let them on the WW.

[lukkynumber13]

Hey Lukky... nice work on the list!! I noticed that Spence and Lawson are low on your list (related to my recent IDP post).... wondering if I should just let them on the WW.

Well I definitely don't think either will be weekly starts THIS year. Spence has a solid ceiling long term tho, but they will most likely have a heavy rotation in Tampa this year.

Lawson, he's a nice player but not a difference maker IMO. He's actually going to have a higher floor this year, most likely, but Spence is the better player.

[GridironGuerilla]

Lucky, I need a preiview or your "Top" list for DB. Choose one. Joseph Addae or Sean Davis?

[lukkynumber13]

Lucky, I need a preiview or your "Top" list for DB. Choose one. Joseph Addae or Sean Davis?

Joseph Addai retired, homie


Jahleel Addae easily over Davis. I expect Addae to be a top 8 Safety this year.

[brewster]

Lucky, I need a preiview or your "Top" list for DB. Choose one. Joseph Addae or Sean Davis?

I'm not Lukky but I'd go with Addae over Davis. Although I think Davis will do well too

[GridironGuerilla]

Lucky, I need a preiview or your "Top" list for DB. Choose one. Joseph Addae or Sean Davis?

Joseph Addai retired, homie


Jahleel Addae easily over Davis. I expect Addae to be a top 8 Safety this year.

I'm getting my Addae's all screwed up lol. Thanks guys.