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          '13 Player Rankings, Offense: 100-91

          • ESPN.com
          Aug 19, 2013, 03:00 AM ET

          ESPN.com is ranking NFL players and counting them down (follow on Twitter -- @ESPNNFL) from No. 100 to No. 1 on offense and on defense, 10 per day for 10 days. The top 10 on both sides of the ball will be revealed on Friday, Aug. 30.

          What is #NFLRank?

          #NFLrank is the Twitter hashtag to use if you want to get involved in the discussion or just follow along.

          You can also follow along here: @ESPNNFL (NFL on ESPN) and on Facebook.

          How did we rank the players?

          We polled 63 experts to rate each player on a 0-to-10 scale, with 10 being the best regardless of position in the NFL. Ties, as denoted by an asterisk, were broken by determining which player had more ballots with the higher number (if players are tied, the player with three 10s is ranked higher than the player with two 10s; if the tied players had the same amount of highest numbers -- each with two 10s -- we moved to the next number: three 9s beats two 9s).

          Here is the full list of voters from ESPN.com, ESPN TV, ESPN Radio, ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Insider (including Football Outsiders and Pro Football Focus), ESPN Fantasy, ESPN Boston, ESPN Chicago, ESPN Dallas, ESPN New York and ESPN Stats & Information.

          Since Miller's rookie season in 2005, he has 36 receiving touchdowns in the red zone. Only four players -- Antonio Gates, Larry Fitzgerald, Tony Gonzalez and Marques Colston -- have more over that span.
          -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)

          92

          6.60*

          Jonathan Goodwin | @jgoody59
          San Francisco 49ers | C | Age: 34 | NFL experience: 12th year
          ESPN Fantasy rank: 49ers' projections

          The 49ers averaged 3.85 yards before contact on rushes up the middle last year, the highest of any team in the past four seasons.
          -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)

          93

          6.60*

          DeSean Jackson | @DeseanJackson10
          Philadelphia Eagles | WR | Age: 26 | NFL experience: 6th year
          ESPN Fantasy rank: WR27

          From 2008 to 2011, Jackson had 52 catches in which he gained at least 25 yards, the most in the NFL. He had just seven such plays last season, which tied for 35th.
          -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)

          94

          6.57*

          Matthew Stafford | @Staff_9
          Detroit Lions | QB | Age: 25 | NFL experience: 5th year
          ESPN Fantasy rank: QB9

          For his career, Stafford is just 1-22 against teams that finished the season with a winning record. His only win came in Week 8 of last season against the Seahawks. Stafford threw 727 passes in 2012, breaking Drew Bledsoe's single-season record of 691 from 1994.
          -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)

          95

          6.57*

          Antonio Brown | @AntonioBrown84
          Pittsburgh Steelers | WR | Age: 25 | NFL experience: 4th year
          ESPN Fantasy rank: WR23

          Brown has been the Steelers' top third-down threat since 2011, leading the team in receptions (46), targets (73) and first downs (39). Brown ranks in the top 15 in the NFL in all three categories over that span.
          -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)

          96

          6.56

          Michael Roos | @MichaelRoos
          Tennessee Titans | OT | Age: 30 | NFL experience: 9th year
          ESPN Fantasy rank: Titans' projections

          Only the Panthers (37) and Vikings (32) have more 20-yard rushes outside the tackles than the Titans in the past four seasons (31). Roos has appeared in more than 98 percent of Tennessee's snaps over that span.
          -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)

          97

          6.52

          Jay Cutler | Team Twitter: @ChicagoBears
          Chicago Bears | QB | Age: 30 | NFL experience: 8th year
          ESPN Fantasy rank: QB19

          Since Cutler came to Chicago in 2009, the Bears are 32-8 when he throws one or fewer interceptions. When he throws at least two picks, the Bears are just 2-14. Over that same span, only two quarterbacks -- Christian Ponder and Mark Sanchez -- have a worse Total QBR in losses.
          -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)

          98

          6.51*

          Jordan Gross | @J2theGross
          Carolina Panthers | OT | Age: 33 | NFL experience: 11th year
          ESPN Fantasy rank: Panthers' projections

          In the past five seasons, no team has more 10-yard rushes outside the tackles than the Panthers (137). Gross has played more than 85 percent of snaps over that span (4,217 of 4,910, 85.9 percent).
          -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)

          99

          6.51*

          Miles Austin | @MilesAustinIII
          Dallas Cowboys | WR | Age: 29 | NFL experience: 8th year
          ESPN Fantasy rank: WR35

          Since 2009, Austin has 18 touchdown catches from outside the red zone, second in the NFL behind only Mike Wallace, despite ranking just 18th in targets outside the red zone.
          -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)

          100

          6.48

          Cam Newton | @CameronNewton
          Carolina Panthers | QB | Age: 24 | NFL experience: 3rd year
          ESPN Fantasy rank: QB5

          In two seasons, Newton has 62 total touchdowns (40 passing and 22 rushing). The only player in NFL history with more total touchdowns over his first two seasons is Dan Marino. Newton does take a beating though, getting hit on 25 percent of his rushes and drop-backs in 2012 (no other player was over 20 percent; NFL average is 12 percent).
          -- ESPN Stats & Information (@ESPNStatsInfo)