After putting together the best season of his young career, one that ended with him being named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year, Broncos star Patrick Surtain II continues to be disrespected. The latest slap in the face? PFF’s Top 50 Players ranking, which inexplicably placed Surtain at No. 27 overall for the upcoming season.
Let’s be clear: Surtain has been the gold standard of consistency. Quarterbacks avoid him. Receivers get blanketed. He’s a true shutdown corner in an era where those barely exist anymore.
And yet, even by PFF’s own metrics, this ranking makes no sense.