Chapter 958 Top 100 Superstars
Every offseason, the NFL must maintain the popularity of social networks, summarize the previous season, and make predictions for the next season.
The year-end awards ceremony held during the Pro Bowl is an important part of it. A series of awards including regular season MVP can be regarded as the highest honor of the year.
The list of the league's top 100 players announced during the offseason is another important component.
Whether it is the selection of regular season awards or the list of the league's top 100 players, these are all announced by the official organization of the NFL, and there is no doubt about its authority.
However, the selection methods and content of the two lists are slightly different.
Regular season award selections include regular season MVP, Offensive/Defensive Player of the Year, Coach of the Year, etc., as well as first-team All-American and second-team All-American lineups. These selections will be held after players retire. It is an important honor that defines an entire career.
All selection criteria mainly come from reporters and fan votes. In other words, this is a selection from outside the league.
The list of the league's top 100 players, as the name suggests, uses the entire league's more than 2,000 players as a benchmark to select the strength of the top 100 players and finally list them into the list.
More importantly, the selection criteria are current professional players in the league. Corresponding to the league's official awards, this is a selection from within the league.
It can be simply understood that the regular season awards are judged by onlookers from a relatively objective perspective of outsiders; while the league's top 100 players list is evaluated by participants from a relatively subjective perspective of insiders.
Especially the feedback from opponents in the same field, and even feedback from mortal enemies in the same district, even if it is slightly subjective and biased, it has different meanings.
Different from the long-standing regular season award selection, the league's top 100 players list is specially established by the NFL official to activate offseason interaction -
Goodell's creativity.
This list was created in 2010, and the first issue was announced in the 2011 season, and was included in the league's publicity plan together with the regular season award ceremony.
In the past eight short seasons, it has grown rapidly and expanded its influence. After all, these are the evaluations from colleagues, and the weight is completely different. Players can complain about those reporters and fans who "don't understand anything and just watch the excitement." But he couldn't refuse the recognition from his peers.
Now, the top 100 players list has even surpassed the Pro Bowl and the All-American First Team to some extent, becoming an important honor comparable to the regular season MVP.
Moreover, there is only one seat for the regular season MVP, and it is monopolized by the quarterback all year round. The other players just watch the fun; but the top 100 players list is different. Every position has a chance, including special teams, as long as Being on the list is equivalent to entering the top 5% of the league.
Everyone wants it.
The influence of this list has become an important benchmark for the league. Players may not care about which quarterback wins the regular season MVP, but they will 100% care about the content of the top 100 players list— —
Not only your own position, but also the ranking of your competitors in the same position, the ranking of your opponent players, and who is on the list and who is off the list.
No one is an exception.
It can be seen from here that Goodell once again made a good move.
After the Super Bowl every year, the league begins to collect votes. After official statistics, a special program is produced and broadcast on NFLN.
Once a week, ten people at a time will release the list in reverse order, step by step, igniting the discussion and attention on social networks and warming up for the new season.
But what cannot be ignored is the subjectivity of the league's top 100 players list, which is an important factor. Professional players often tend to ignore the objectivity of game data, and vote more based on personal impressions and subjective attitudes, which also makes the ranking of the list inevitably biased.
For example, the list is particularly harsh on young rookie players. The "front wave" tend to look down upon the "back wave". Rookie players are often ranked lower, even with top performances. Couldn't make the list.
For example, the list is relatively strict for defensive players, especially linebackers and defensive forwards. With the same level of performance, they are often ranked lower than offensive players.
For example, the ranking has a particularly vivid impression on the second half of the season, especially the playoff performance. Players whose regular season performance is mediocre but can break out in the playoffs may experience an astonishing upward trend in the rankings. .
For example, the short-term memory of a single season has a very direct impact. Players who performed mediocrely in previous years but broke out in the contract year may surpass those players who have performed stably for many consecutive years in the rankings with a highlight performance in one season.
For another example, the influence of the news media has exceeded expectations. Players who are frequently active on social networks and appear frequently can make their peers ignore their on-court data performance, overall regular season performance and other factors. , giving these players a ranking that exceeds their ability -
A short video with 10 million reposts and a click rate may only be three seconds of a player's highlight moment in a normal game, and his performance at other times is mediocre. But it can create the illusion that this player relies on his personal strength to turn the game around.
This is traffic.
For example, the top veterans of the Zongheng League for many years can easily maintain their reputation. Their excellent performance for many years has given them a deep foundation in the league. When voting, those names will naturally come to mind, "Choose He can't be wrong."
Players at the four elite quarterback levels are basically in the top ten or twenty all year round.
The most direct example is Peyton Manning. He missed the entire 2012 season due to injury and did not play in a single game. However, he still occupies the 50th place in the league's top 100 players rankings. Location.
Although it is only fifty, which is not too high, it is still an incredible ranking for a player who has not appeared in the entire season.
This is the list.
As long as there is a list, it will inevitably be affected by subjective and objective factors. The ranking cannot satisfy everyone 100%.
However, such a deviation has not affected the extremely high popularity of the top 100 players list -
Inevitably, players are still curious about their reputation and performance rankings among their peers.
Even in the offseason, players are all waiting in front of the TV, waiting for the announcement of each ranking list, looking for their own names.
This year, amidst all the hustle and bustle, the league announced the list of the top 100 players step by step on its official channel NFLN.
A lot of attention.
Whether you like it or not, whether there is controversy or not, no one can deny that the entire momentum and status of the Kansas Chiefs has been completely different after defending the Super Bowl championship. This is also directly reflected in the top 100 players list.
It seems that although the players usually criticize the Kansas Chiefs and make things difficult for them, complaining that they are a "fake strong team", their bodies are extremely honest.
Before the top 20 players on the list were announced, the defending champion Kansas Chiefs had already had six players shortlisted for the list, leading the 32 teams and becoming the largest list of top 100 players. winner.
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