RamView hasn't paid too close attention to NFL Network's countdown of the NFL's top 100 players. That much is obvious, I think this is the first time I've mentioned it here. It's an overblown popularity contest, just like Pro Bowl selection. You know something is overblown when there's actually a one-hour special every week to get reactions to where each player was ranked. (So, Torry Holt, how do you feel about Jason Babin being ranked 85th?) That's a sign your network may have a little too much programming time to fill.
I also never figured the Rams would fare well in these rankings, and they would appear to have topped out at #38, where Steven Jackson was ranked. Players rated ahead of Jackson thus far include Saints guard Jahri Evans and Chiefs RB Jamaal Charles. Evans is a very good player, and Charles has had two very good seasons as a platoon RB, but I find it patently ridiculous to rank either ahead of Jackson.
Other RBs ranked so far: #30, Maurice Jones-Drew, #42, Michael Turner; #56, Ray Rice; #94, Frank Gore, #98, Darren McFadden. I assume Adrian Peterson and Chris Johnson are still to come. Other sources note that LaDainian Tomlinson hasn't appeared on the countdown yet.
Oh, and Arian Foster pulled down #25. Yeah, like Charles, there's another guy with a long track record that deserves ranking him ahead of SJ39 or MJD, or hell, even Frank Gore.
Marshall Faulk agrees that Jackson is rated way too low. And I'm no 49er fan, but 94th is criminally low for Gore. Guy carried my Couch Potatoes fantasy team last year until he broke his hip. And my playoff chances.
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