This time of year has brought upon list upon list ranking the best players, the best players at each position, and entire position groups. Most of these lists have ignored Deshaun Watson entirely whenever they landed on the quarterbacks. Stuck in the purgatory between sexual assault allegations and a trade request, Watson isn’t expected to play this season, anywhere at all, and has been ignored and forgotten during this run of lists.
Former NFL quarterback Bruce Gradkowski of Pro Football Focus recently ranked the five best quarterbacks. He ranked Watson right below Russell Wilson, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, and Patrick Mahomes, putting him in the NFL’s elite.