In an NFL landscape where every debate must be embraced, why not let a couple of rankings duke it out, too?
Monday's NFL Rank project saw ESPN ask a panel of our NFL experts to rate players based on performance expectations for the 2023 season in comparison to their peers. The project arrived about a month after we put a bow on our annual Top 10s project, in which NFL executives, coaches and scouts ranked the top players at each position entering 2023.
A review of the two rankings shows plenty of similarities in the order of each position -- and a whole bunch of differences. We took some of the most significant points of debate and the league's hot-button questions about the 2023 campaign to our network of NFL insiders, and that group weighed in on the finer points:
(All ranks reflect 2023 NFL Rank placement.)