Did Your Guy Make The Jump?
By "Gary Gray"

Pre-Season 2142 (Washington, DC) - 








These guys (top 40) made the biggest jump:

#37 DB 5-year Angelo Smith was ranked #107 last year for MIN, a difference of 70
#13 DB 6-year Carl Haines was ranked #59 last year for BAL, a difference of 46
#32 DL 1-year Ozzie Ellerson was ranked #67 last year for GB, a difference of 35
#37 LB 5-year Carleton Upchurch was ranked #72 last year for OAK, a difference of 35
#22 LB 2-year Owen Buchholtz was ranked #56 last year for MIN, a difference of 34
#17 OL 4-year Jay Wells was ranked #50 last year for MIA, a difference of 33
#36 OL 5-year Keith Williams was ranked #68 last year for OAK, a difference of 32
#25 WR 4-year Cal Julian was ranked #54 last year for MIN, a difference of 29
#33 LB 4-year Randy Phillips was ranked #61 last year for MIA, a difference of 28
#27 DB 4-year Riley Watson was ranked #54 last year for MIA, a difference of 27
#33 OL 4-year Jim Voorhees was ranked #59 last year for NYG, a difference of 26
#40 DL 2-year Chris McKinney was ranked #65 last year for DAL, a difference of 25
#39 OL 7-year Rob Gaffney was ranked #64 last year for NE, a difference of 25


Shaking up the top 10, these players moved up at least 7 slots:

#1 RB 5-year Vince St. John was ranked #9 last year for WAS, a difference of 8
#3 WR 7-year Bill Johnson was ranked #12 last year for NE, a difference of 9
#4 RB 7-year Stanford Tate was ranked #13 last year for GB, a difference of 9
#5 RB 7-year Adam Lyons was ranked #14 last year for MIA, a difference of 9
#6 RB 7-year Danny Peppler was ranked #15 last year for MIN, a difference of 9
#7 DB 5-year Chris Carano was ranked #18 last year for WAS, a difference of 11
#7 LB 5-year Brad Arnold was ranked #20 last year for WAS, a difference of 13
#8 DB 7-year Kenneth Fields was ranked #19 last year for WAS, a difference of 11
#8 WR 5-year Johnny Phillips was ranked #15 last year for KC, a difference of 7
#9 DL 5-year Harry Woods was ranked #31 last year for NE, a difference of 22
#9 LB 6-year Brad Cabrera was ranked #16 last year for MIN, a difference of 7
#9 WR 5-year Nathaniel Shaffer was ranked #20 last year for DET, a difference of 11
#10 DB 6-year Pat Banks was ranked #20 last year for PIT, a difference of 10
#10 LB 5-year Keith Mack was ranked #19 last year for NE, a difference of 9
#10 OL 2-year Maurice Jenkins was ranked #28 last year for GB, a difference of 18

The most improved QB's of the year:

#2 QB 8-year Addison Williams was ranked #5 last year for PIT, a difference of 3
#8 QB 7-year Irv Brock was ranked #11 last year for MIA, a difference of 3
#9 QB 6-year Darryll O'Neal was ranked #13 last year for NYG, a difference of 4
#13 QB 3-year Walt Evans was ranked #16 last year for WAS, a difference of 3

New #1 Players:

#1 K: K 5-year Rodger Barnett was ranked #3 last year for CHI, a difference of 2
#1 RB 5-year Vince St. John was ranked #9 last year for WAS, a difference of 8
#1 TE 5-year Billy Joe Ramsey was ranked #2 last year for WAS, a difference of 1

Old #1 Players:

#1 DB 7-year Tony Kyles was ranked #1 last year for DET, a difference of 0
#1 DL 8-year FP Glenn Flynn was ranked #1 last year for BAL, a difference of 0
#1 LB 7-year FP Alvin Jay was ranked #1 last year for WAS, a difference of 0
#1 OL 7-year FP Andrew Carpenter was ranked #1 last year for WAS, a difference of 0
#1 QB 11-year FP Bruce Stafford was ranked #1 last year for BUF, a difference of 0
#1 WR 8-year Emmett James was ranked #1 last year for HOU, a difference of 0