NFC North Top 50 Players: 40-31

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Several days ago we took a look at my 50-41 best players in the NFC North.

Now it’s time to dive into our next 10.

40. Pernell McPhee – DE – Chicago

A lot of people hadn’t heard of Pernell McPhee when the Bears sent $8 million per year his way in free agency. It will be interesting to see how McPhee is used in Chicago. He is best suited as a 3-4 end, yet the Bears already have Houston and Ray McDonald. This might mean McPhee is asked to stand up and play outside linebacker which we haven’t seen him do often. McPhee could very well prove to be too low on this list. That said, there are a lot of unknowns here and it is difficult to put him ahead of more…