Ryan Gosling Ranked

Welcome to "Ranked", a weekly series where I rank a franchise or filmography from worst to best and hand out assorted superlatives. This week, I'm profiling the work of Ryan Gosling-whose latest project "The Gray Man" is in theaters now and hits Netflix on Friday. 

Ryan Gosling's Filmography Ranked:

18.Only God Forgives (D)

17.The Notebook (C)

16.Murder by Numbers (C+)

15.First Man (B-)

14.Half Nelson (B-)

13.Blade Runner 2049 (B-)

12.La La Land (B-)

11.The Place Beyond the Pines (B)

10.Fracture (B)

9.The Ides of March (B)

8.Crazy, Stupid, Love (B)

7.Gangster Squad (B+)

6.Lars and the Real Girl (B+)

5.The Big Short (A-)

4.Drive (A-)

3.Remember the Titans (A)

2.Blue Valentine (A)

1.The Nice Guys (A)

Top Dog: The Nice Guys (2016)

In a perfect world, The Nice Guys would've turned into a Lethal Weapon-esque franchise that hammered out a new entry every 2-3 years for a decade or so and cemented Gosling and Russell Crowe as one of cinema's all-time great odd couples. Alas, it didn't do very well at the box office, and was sentenced to an eternity of being a cult movie with a particularly vocal fanbase. Overwhelming disappointment about its commercial failure aside, The Nice Guys is a clever, uproarious dark buddy comedy with noir undertones that will hopefully continue to find new audiences on streaming as the years go by (funnily enough, it was confirmed earlier today that it will start streaming on Netflix on August 9th)    

Bottom Feeder: Only God Forgives (2013)

The second collaboration between Gosling and director Nicolas Winding Refn wasn't the next Drive. Hell, it wasn't even the next Murder by Numbers. Only God Forgives is a wet fart of a crime movie that proved that the impact of Refn's mesmerizing visuals can be wiped out by incoherent storytelling and a cast that seems like they have no desire to be starring in such a scuzzy, brutal movie.

Most Underrated: Blue Valentine (2010)

If certain engaged couples were to watch Blue Valentine at any point before their wedding day, they would break things off with little hesitation and never speak to each other again. By making the decision to constantly switch between timelines to show the blissful start and seemingly imminent demise of a romantic relationship and casting a pair of actors (Gosling, Michelle Williams) as the couple that have the fearlessness and commitment to explore every emotion that needs to be explored to properly tell this story, Derek Cianfrance made a devastating portrait of how even the most loving, supportive relationships can simply erode to an unrepairable degree over time and neither party is at fault. It's a cinematic gut punch that I'm not confident I ever want to experience again, but the raw power and authenticity of the emotions on display here make it an unshakable artistic masterwork.    

Most Overrated: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Blade Runner 2049 is a competent sci-fi epic that features staggering cinematography from Rodger Deakins, a terrific lead performance from Gosling and some of the best VFX in the history cinema. But to best, I've never quite understood why this film has been billed as this groundbreaking masterpiece. Denis Villeneuve himself made better sci-fi movies before (Arrival) and after (Dune) this, its themes of robots trying to find humanity and struggling with their status as second-class citizens haven't been innovative since the original Blade Runner explored them in 1982 and 10-15 minutes could've easily been shaved from the nearly 3-hour runtime-particularly in the glacial early stages of the second act where the story seems to be stalling in order to further build up anticipation for the return of Harrison Ford's Rick Deckard.

Relatively Poorly Received Early-ish Gosling Title That Deserves a Reappraisal: Gangster Squad (2013)

A re-watch last week reaffirmed a take I've had since the film was released all the way back in January 2013: Gangster Squad is fun as hell. As soon as Sean Penn's Mickey Cohen is introduced in a scene where he has a guy who disrespected him killed by ripping him in half via a chain that's connected to two cars that are driving in opposite directions and feeding his corpse to a group of dogs, this film announces itself as a cartoonish romp and keeps pouring on the over-the-top stylized cheese until the credits start rolling. The flurry of big shootouts/car chases/robberies are staged with gusto by director Ruben Fleischer (both Zombieland films, Uncharted), the loaded ensemble cast (Josh Brolin, Gosling, Penn, Anthony Mackie, Michael Pena, Giovani Ribisi, Robert Patrick, Emma Stone, Troy Garity, Nick Nolte) has fun looking cool and chewing up the scenery and the lens of veteran cinematographer Dion Beebe beautifully captures the abundance of picture-esque sleaziness that Los Angeles has to offer.   

Movie Review: Where the Crawdads Sing

Speaking as someone who can't comment on the quality of the adaptation (given there's been no significant backlash from the fans of the book, I'll assume that it's at least pretty faithful), it's easy to see why Where the Crawdads Sing was a bestselling novel. It's basically a period soap opera that mixes several crowd-pleasing genres (romance, mystery, legal drama, coming-of-age, good old-fashioned misery/poverty porn) together with just enough salaciousness to make the jaws of middle-aged people whose primary entertainment consumption comes from the CBS primetime lineup drop to the floor. 

To be fair, the story it tells about a reclusive young woman named Kya (Daisy Edgar-Jones) who gets arrested for the murder of a young man (Taylor John Smith) that she previously had a romantic relationship with despite no evidence linking her to the crime being found at the scene isn't an uncompelling one. There's some intrigue to be had in watching Kya-who grew up mostly alone in a secluded marsh-attempt to navigate a murder trial in a North Carolina town where nearly everyone has viewed her as a vile, scary freak for her whole life and Edgar-Jones is a captivating lead who brings understated feelings of pain, resilience and pride to Kya that helps roots the character in a tangible humanity that likely wasn't present in the script's stage directions.    

The problems with Where the Crawdads Sing just about exclusively lie with how the story is told. All of the transitions between the flashbacks and present timeline are clumsy enough to ensure that the jarring nature of the time jumps (along with the genre shifts that often coincide with them) are fully felt and the development of Kya's key relationships with her abusive father (Garret Dillahunt) that abandons her as a child, the nice man (Harris Dickinson) who breaks her heart as a young adult and man she's accused of killing all feel stunted due to the film's eagerness to set up the next scenario where Kya emotionally or physically suffers. Having an ending that is so sickeningly sappy that it feels like it was lifted straight from the pages of a Nicolas Sparks book seals Crawdads fate as a potentially interesting film that is kneecapped by its dodgy handling of the actual meat of its narrative. While it's never close to bad enough for me to regard it as a painful or unworthy watch, my lasting memories of Where the Crawdads Sing will likely be limited to Edgar-Jones' impressive ability to elevate such average material and the Taylor Swift song that plays during the end credits. 

Grade: C+

Natalie Portman Ranked

Welcome to "Ranked", a weekly series where I rank a franchise or filmography from worst to best and hand out assorted related superlatives. This week, I'm profiling the work of Natalie Portman whose latest project "Thor: Love and Thunder" is in theaters now.

Natalie Portman's Filmography Ranked:

20.Garden State (D+)

19.Brothers (C)

18.Your Highness (C+)

17.Star Wars: Episode II-Attack of the Clones (C+)

16.Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace (C+) 

15.Thor: The Dark World (B)

14.Jane Got a Gun (B)

13.No Strings Attached (B)

12.Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge of the Sith (B)

11.Hesher (B)

10.Mars Attacks! (B)

9.Thor (B)

8.Heat (B)

7.The Darjeeling Limited (B)

6.Thor: Love and Thunder (B+)

5.Annihilation (B+)

4.V for Vendetta (A-)

3.Jackie (A-)

2.Leon: The Professional (A-)

1.Black Swan (A)

Top Dog: Black Swan (2010)

Saying that Darren Aronofsky has gone through a "slump" recently is an overstatement, but Black Swan is definitely the last instance of him making a truly incredible film. This borderline perfect psychological thriller is an unsettling tale of obsession, delusion and lust in the name of art that is anchored by a career-best performance from Portman that is easily among the most astonishingly transformational pieces of acting I've ever seen.

Bottom Feeder: Garden State (2004)

Sundance has done so much good for the world of cinema by simply giving independent filmmakers a big stage to showcase their works on. In the past decade alone, the world might've never known the names Damien Chazelle, Ryan Coogler or Robert Eggers if their work wasn't shown in the hallowed mountains of Park City, Utah. On occasion, something like Garden State shows up on its lineup and I briefly discard just how cool and important this festival is and wish that it never happened again. Zach Braff's insufferable yawnfest launched a blueprint for shitty indie dramedies (inorganic quirk, smug characters that speak like they're being fed lines from an AI program whose only pop culture references are The Catcher in the Rye and Neutral Milk Hotel's discography, a level of melodramatic sentimentality that makes The Notebook looks restrained) that continues the haunt the community today and for this sin alone, I'll always get queasy when Braff's name is mentioned.    

Most Underrated: Jackie (2016)

2016 was a very strong year for awards contenders with the likes of Moonlight, Manchester by the Sea, Hell or High Water, Hacksaw Ridge and Arrival having a heavy presence on Oscar night. While Portman was rightfully nominated for her exceptional turn as Jackie Kennedy, Jackie deserved to be recognized across the board like the aforementioned films were. Pablo Larrian made a powerful, riveting character study that focuses on Kennedy's life in the immediate aftermath of her husband's assassination as she has to navigate honoring his legacy in public while fighting her own grief, guilt and unresolved frustrations with him in private. Despite being not completely rooted in facts, it's an intimate look at the psyche and emotions of one of the 20th century's most endearing public figures and this approach has made Larrian the most interesting cinematic biographer working today.   

Most Overrated: Heat (1995)

I considered Garden State here as well, but there's not very many people that view that as a true classic, so I chose to go with Heat. If Heat was just heist sequences, the diner scene between Robert de Niro and Al Pacino and moments where the devastating human cost of committing/fighting crime are fully on display (namely the final scene with Danny Trejo and de Niro and the hotel scene with Portman's character), it would be a raw, electric crime film that ranks among the greatest ever made. But since Michael Mann doesn't know when to rein it in, it's a needlessly drawn-out affair with questionable pacing, a contrived romantic subplot and an ending-which admittedly does feature a great final scene-that comes to pass because of a decision that directly violates de Niro's character's well-documented code to being a successful thief.

Movie Review: Elvis

It only took me 30 years of living on this divine planet known as Earth, but I've finally seen a Baz Luhrmann film. After sitting through Elvis, I wish I'd kept this unintentional boycott intact for at least another 30 years.

Before Austin Butler's Elvis Presley belts out a tune or even utters a word in the film, it becomes evident that Luhrmann fancies himself a showman. The camera whips around like a sports car doing donuts at a 100 MPH, the color palette resembles a Pollack painting that was composed with a liquefied rainbow and rapid dissolves bring the action into new locations/time periods so rapidly that it makes things like time and place feel like restrictive concepts designed to keep mankind in line. It's a fittingly glossy approach for a movie about an entertainer that had a larger-than-life persona when he was alive and has become an otherworldly entity in death. For the opening stretch of the film, this non-stop maximalism is a neat trick that helps distinguish it from other biopics while also showing off the immense talent of cinematographer Mandy Walker and editors Matt Vila and Jonathan Redmond. When the second act begins, this technique starts to feel pretty repetitive. By the time final act comes into focus, it becomes painfully clear that Luhrmann's flashy filmmaking techniques are being used to cover up the fact that he has nothing to say about Elvis the man, the artist or the God.

Calling Elvis hollow doesn't feel like an adequate way to describe the emptiness of this film. Its storytelling is so rudderless, cold and impersonal that it makes Presley's Wikipedia page feel like an emotional powerhouse packed with the exhaustive detail of a tell-all memoir. If Luhrmann harbors some kind of affection, fascination or even slight curiosity towards Elvis' music and legacy, it didn't make its way to the screen. Elvis' complicated, fascinating life story and deep musical catalog are reduced to background noise for the main attraction: Baz Luhrmann. 

This movie is so openly in love with its stylistic choices that it's borderline shocking that it's not titled Baz. Every performance, triumph and tragedy involving Elvis that is portrayed in the film are just perfunctory details designed to serve as the gas for whatever busy, over-the-top montage or editing choice Luhrmann has cooked up for the scene in question. I'm as sick of watered down, generic life-to-death music biopics as anyone, but if the alternative is some egomaniacal director delivering the cinematic equivalent of an AND1 Mixtape for nearly 3 hours instead of actually exploring the person/group they decided to make a movie about, I'll happily accept safe, mildly entertaining fan fiction like Bohemian Rhapsody for what it is and never ask for anyone to deviate from that mediocre formula ever again.  

It needs to be noted that the actors are in no way responsible for Elvis' failures. Butler looks and sounds like Presley every step of the way, Tom Hanks' choice to turn Colonel Tom Parker into a cartoony villain is fitting for a guy who was a career grifter and Olivia DeJonge may not look anything like Priscilla Presley, but her Kacey Musgraves cosplay is unbelievably accurate. They can't help that they got stuck in Luhrmann's deep void of neon-colored nothingness and their efforts deserved better than glorified bit players in a vanity project for a filmmaker who somehow manages to make chaos dreadfully dull. If Hollywood decides to produce an Elvis Presley biopic someday, these folks should all be in the running to star in it.     

Grade: D

Movie Review: The Princess

The only thing separating The Princess from a Scott Adkins vehicle is a company of legit Hollywood actors (Joey King, Dominic Cooper, Olga Kurylenko, Vernonica Ngo) appearing in place of random American martial artists and struggling actors they pulled out of casting agencies in Sofia or Zagreb. Is this a bad thing? Not at all. All this means is The Princess is a low budget, loosely scripted film that gets by solely on the strength of its fight sequences. 

King acclimates nicely to the action genre as the title heroine who has to fight for her and her family's freedom after she's locked away in a tower by the vengeful wannabe tyrant (Cooper) who her father (Ed Stoppard) arranged for her to marry and succeed him as the ruler of whatever unknown kingdom he presides over. Director Le-Van Keit's (Furie, this year's widely torched VOD shark movie The Requin) have a scrappy energy to them that suits its down-and-dirty style well and King proves she has a future in this space if she wants to pursue it by committing to the intricate fight choreography and seemingly having a good time kicking people's asses on screen.

If Keit didn't insist on constantly cutting back to dull dramatic scenes featuring Cooper plotting to kill the royal family for embarrassing him during and flashbacks of The Princess calling her dad an asshole for not believing she could run the kingdom herself, it could've easily matched the gritty fury of one of Adkins' Undisputed sequels or his more recent standout Avengement. But since The Princess grinds its momentum to a halt after nearly every sequence of King (and sometimes with the aid of Ngo-who plays her mentor) using her wits and extensive combat/weapons training to dispatch legions of admirable fighters, the movie never builds up the breakneck level of energy it needed to fulfill its goal of being the gender-flipped medieval version of The Raid. With that being said, 2022 has been a huge action movie desert to date and I'm willing to embrace anything that displays competence in the execution of its actual action at this stage of the calendar. 

Grade: B- 

Movie Review: Thor: Love and Thunder

With the thoroughly excellent Ragnarok, Taika Waititi became the savior of the Thor franchise. His vibrant energy and goofy humor were exactly the lightning rod the God of Thunder needed to be elevated out of the doldrums of the MCU's basement and finally get a long-overdue piece of the sweet center stage action that Iron Man, Captain America and The Guardians of the Galaxy have been soaking up for years. Of course, the downside to making a beloved film that's widely considered to be one of the franchise's best is the wave of buzz that comes with it and that resulted in some absurdly high expectations being placed on its sequel Love and Thunder. In typical superhero follow-up fashion, these high hopes resulted in a lot of fans walking away disappointed with what Love and Thunder delivered. While I do agree that Love and Thunder isn't as special as Ragnarok, it still has plenty of charms that make it a worthwhile follow-up for Waititi and co.

If Ragnarok was the Thor's franchise Appetite 4 Destruction, this is the series Use Your Illusion I and II. Waititi takes what worked about Ragnarok (absurdist humor, a kaleidoscope color palette, irreverent weirdo supporting characters), cranks the camp amp up to a million and let's that glitter bomb behemoth run wild for 119 minutes. This corny, glam metal-infused monster cranks out absurdist gags and tonal shifts so quickly that it will make some unsuspecting viewers wish the theaters passed out barf bags to deal with all of the genre-jumping sensory overload on display. Within a matter of 5 minutes, it goes from being a romantic power ballad to a loud, goofy radio rock anthem to an over-the-top amusement park haunted house that blurs the line between spooky and silly and back again. This brand of brazenly spastic cheese harkens back to the underrepresented era of the 80's where entertainment wanted to evoke as many emotions as humanly possible while also being the most unapologetically silly shit the creative team in charge could cook up and it's a hoot to watch something that takes such pleasure in being a multi-faceted cornball opus.

Underneath all of the silly jokes and gaudy pageantry, Love and Thunder is really a story of Thor re-discovering his purpose in the world and this is where the film manages to shine brightest. Following the destruction of Asgard and the death of his father Odin in Ragnarok and the death of his brother Loki in Infinity War, Thor has been a lost soul. At the start of Love and Thunder, Thor is 3 years into his travels with the Guardians of the Galaxy that started at the conclusion of Endgame and things aren't going great. The entire Guardians crew is fed up with Thor's antics as he's anointed himself the de facto leader of their group and taken sole credit for their victories in a long string of intergalactic battles. Following a messy win on a distant alien planet, the Guardians part ways with Thor and Korg (voiced by Waititi). After receiving a distress call from his old friend Sif (Jamie Alexander)-who informs him that a man named Gorr (Christian Bale, in a deeply creepy performance that fuels the film's darker moments) has gotten hold of the Necromancer-a cursed sword that is capable of killing Gods- and is headed to wipe out his people next, he returns to New Asgard. Shortly after his arrival, he unexpectedly reconnects with ex-girlfriend Jane Foster (a very funny and charismatic Natalie Portman)-who has gained the powers of the Mighty Thor for reasons that are too spoiler-y to discuss here-and soon sets out on a crazy adventure with Jane, Korg and Valkryie (Tessa Thompson) to save New Asgard from imminent destruction. 

The reunion with Foster and the danger that Gorr poses to his people sends Thor down a path of self-exploration that eventually leads him to shedding his ego, re-learning the selflessness that's supposed to drive heroism and accepting love for the powerful driving force that it can be when it's coming from a pure place. As gushy and overbearingly sentimental as this journey proves to be, this arc makes a lot of sense for Thor at this stage of the MCU and the writing from Waititi and Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (Someone Great, Unpregnant) along with Hemsworth's performance balance the sincere with the schmaltz gracefully enough to make the character's steady growth over the course of the film feel earned.

Like the other recent "polarizing" MCU titles Eternals and Multiverse of Madness, Love and Thunder is a movie that would've benefited from a bit more time in the oven. The script is a draft or two away from figuring out to juggle all its narrative threads, Bale and Thompson are both relatively underutilized and Marvel's tight scheduling demands caused the inclusion of a bunch of CGI that unsurprisingly looks very cheap and rushed. Also like the aforementioned films, it's undeniably a product of the director that made it and isn't afraid to venture into darker, weirder and campier territory than the typical MCU project. Sure, this phase has produced some films that don't have the carefully curated polish that the bulk of the earlier films had, but the trade-off for having messier storytelling are movies that are more ambitious and specific to the director's vision than just about anything that came before them. From where I'm sitting, that's a huge win for creatives and hopefully Kevin Feige and Disney will let this era of minimal studio interference continue for as long as possible. 

Grade: B+

2022 NFL Position Rankings: Full Series Recap

Quarterbacks:

25.Davis Mills (Texans)

24.Mitch Trubisky (Steelers)

23.Tua Tagovailoa (Dolphins)

22.Carson Wentz (Guardians)

21.Jameis Winston (Saints)

20.Jared Goff (Lions)

19.Mac Jones (Patriots)

18.Jalen Hurts (Eagles)

17.Baker Mayfield (Panthers)

16.Jimmy Garoppolo (49ers)

15.Ryan Tannehill (Titans)

14.Kyler Murray (Cardinals)

13.Matt Ryan (Colts)

12.Derek Carr (Raiders)

11.Kirk Cousins (Vikings)

10.Lamar Jackson (Ravens)

9.Dak Prescott (Cowboys)

8.Justin Herbert (Chargers)

7.Joe Burrow (Bengals)

6.Russell Wilson (Broncos)

5.Matthew Stafford (Rams)

4.Josh Allen (Bills)

3.Tom Brady (Buccaneers)

2.Patrick Mahomes (Chiefs)

1.Aaron Rodgers (Packers)

Running Backs:

50.Rex Burkhead (Texans)

49.Darrel Williams (Cardinals)

48.Mark Ingram (Saints)

47.Boston Scott (Eagles)

46.Alexander Mattison (Vikings)

45.Khalil Herbert (Bears)

44.Gus Edwards (Ravens)

43.Darrell Henderson Jr. (Rams)

42.Kenyan Drake (Raiders)

41.Ronald Jones (Chiefs)

40.Sony Michel (Dolphins)

39.J.K. Dobbins (Ravens)

38.Rashaad Penny (Seahawks)

37.Chris Carson (Seahawks)

36.Devin Singletary (Bills)

35.Jamaal Williams (Lions)

34.Rhamondre Stevenson (Patriots)

33.Nyhiem Hines (Colts)

32.Clyde Edwards-Helaire (Chiefs)

31.D'Andre Swift (Lions)

30.Michael Carter (Jets)

29.AJ Dillon (Packers)

28.Cam Akers (Rams)

27.Chase Edmonds (Dolphins)

26.Elijah Mitchell (49ers)

25.Miles Sanders (Eagles)

24.Tony Pollard (Cowboys)

23.Javonte Williams (Broncos)

22.Saquon Barkley (Giants)

21.Cordarrelle Patterson (Falcons)

20.Antonio Gibson (Commanders)

19.James Conner (Cardinals)

18.Kareem Hunt (Browns)

17.Leonard Forunette (Buccaneers)

16.Josh Jacobs (Raiders)

15.Melvin Gordon (Broncos)

14.Najee Harris (Steelers)

13.James Robinson (Jaguars)

12.Ezekiel Elliott (Cowboys)

11.David Montgomery (Bears)

10.Damien Harris (Patriots)

9.Christian McCaffery (Panthers)

8.Austin Ekeler (Chargers)

7.Aaron Jones (Packers)

6.Alvin Kamara (Saints)

5.Joe Mixon (Bengals)

4.Nick Chubb (Browns)

3.Jonathan Taylor (Colts)

2.Dalvin Cook (Vikings)

1.Derrick Henry (Titans)

Wide Receivers: 

50.Gabriel Davis (Bills)

49.Mecole Hardman (Chiefs)

48.DeVante Parker (Patriots)

47.JuJu Smith-Schuster (Chiefs)

46.Julio Jones (Free Agent)

45.Kendrick Bourne (Patriots)

44.Jarvis Landry (Saints)

43.Amon-Ra St. Brown (Lions)

42.Michael Gallup (Cowboys)

41.Russell Gage (Buccaneers)

40.A.J. Green (Cardinals)

39.Jakobi Meyers (Patriots)

38.Christian Kirk (Jaguars)

37.Tyler Boyd (Bengals)

36.Corey Davis (Jets)

35.Kenny Golladay (Giants)

34.Brandon Aiyuk (49ers)

33.Marquise Brown (Cardinals)

32.Odell Beckham Jr. (Free Agent)

31.Jaylen Waddle (Dolphins)

30.Darnell Mooney (Bears)

29.Robert Woods (Titans)

28.Courtland Sutton (Broncos)

27.Hunter Renfrow (Raiders)

26.Michael Pittman Jr. (Colts)

25.Dionate Johnson (Steelers)

24.Michael Thomas (Saints)

23.Tee Higgins (Bengals)

22.Amari Cooper (Browns)

21.Brandin Cooks (Texans)

20.CeeDee Lamb (Cowboys)

19.Adam Thielen (Vikings)

18.Allen Robinson (Rams)

17.Mike Williams (Chargers)

16.Terry McLaurin (Commanders)

15.D.J. Moore (Panthers)

14.Mike Evans (Buccaneers)

13.D.K. Metcalf (Seahawks)

12.Tyler Lockett (Seahawks)

11.Keenan Allen (Chargers)

10.Chris Godwin (Buccaneers)

9.Ja'Marr Chase (Bengals)

8.AJ Brown (Eagles)

7.Deebo Samuel (49ers)

6.DeAndre Hopkins (Cardinals)

5.Justin Jefferson (Vikings)

4.Stefon Diggs (Bills)

3.Cooper Kupp (Rams)

2.Tyreek Hill (Dolphins)

1.Davante Adams (Raiders)

Tight Ends:

20.Gerald Everett (Chargers)

19.C.J. Uzomah (Jets)

18.Cole Kmet (Bears)

17.David Njoku (Browns)

16.Logan Thomas (Commanders)

15.Dawson Knox (Bills)

14.Pat Friermuth (Steelers)

13.Noah Fant (Seahawks)

12.Zach Ertz (Cardinals)

11.Tyler Higbee (Rams)

10.Dalton Schultz (Cowboys)

9.Hunter Henry (Patriots)

8.Mike Gesicki (Dolphins)

7.T.J. Hockenson (Lions)

6.Kyle Pitts (Falcons)

5.Dallas Goedert (Eagles)

4.Darren Waller (Raiders)

3.Mark Andrews (Ravens)

2.George Kittle (49ers)

1.Travis Kelce (Chiefs)

Tackles:

30.Jonah Williams (Bengals)

29.Taylor Lewan (Titans)

28.Donovan Smith (Buccaneers)

27.Andrew Thomas (Giants)

26.Charles Leno Jr. (Commanders)

25.Brian O'Neill (Vikings)

24.Rob Havenstein (Rams)

23.Penei Sewell (Lions)

22.Elgton Jenkins (Packers)

21.Jordan Mailata (Eagles)

20.Orlando Brown Jr. (Chiefs)

19.Taylor Decker (Lions)

18.Kolton Miller (Raiders)

17.Dion Dawkins (Bills)

16.La'el Collins (Bengals)

15.Braden Smith (Colts)

14.Garrett Bolles (Broncos)

13.Jake Matthews (Falcons)

12.Laremy Tunsil (Texans)

11.Rashawn Slater (Chargers)

10.Jack Conklin (Browns)

9.Ronnie Stanley (Ravens)

8.Taylor Moton (Panthers)

7.Tyron Smith (Cowboys)

6.Terron Armstead (Dolphins)

5.Lane Johnson (Eagles)

4.Tristan Wirfs (Buccaneers)

3.David Bakhtiari (Packers)

2.Ryan Ramcyzk (Saints)

1.Trent Williams (49ers)

Guards:

30.Gabe Jackson (Seahawks)

29.David Edwards (Rams)

28.Graham Glasgow (Broncos)

27.Nate Davis (Titans)

26.Ezra Cleveland (Vikings)

25.Jonah Jackson (Lions)

24.Issac Seumalo (Eagles)

23.Dalton Risner (Broncos)

22.Mark Glowinski (Giants)

21.Andrew Norwell (Commanders)

20.Alijah Vera-Tucker (Jets)

19.Austin Corbett (Panthers)

18.James Daniels (Steelers)

17.Alex Cappa (Bengals)

16.Trey Smith (Chiefs)

15.Michael Owenu (Patriots)

14.Cody Whitehair (Bears)

13.Rodger Saffold (Bills)

12.Matt Feiler (Chargers)

11.Connor Williams (Dolphins)

10.Laken Tomlinson (Jets)

9.Kevin Zeitler (Ravens)

8.Chris Lindstrom (Falcons)

7.Brandon Scherff (Jaguars)

6.Wyatt Teller (Browns)

5.Joe Thuney (Chiefs)

4.Shaq Mason (Buccaneers)

3.Joel Bitonio (Browns)

2.Quenton Nelson (Colts)

1.Zach Martin (Cowboys)

Centers:

20.Ted Karras (Bengals)

19.Ethan Pocic (Browns)

18.Tyler Biadasz (Cowboys)

17.Bradley Bozeman (Panthers)

16.Matt Hennessy (Falcons)

15.Mitch Morse (Bills)

14.Brian Allen (Rams)

13.Connor McGovern (Jets)

12.Ryan Kelly (Colts)

11.Erik McCoy (Saints)

10.Chase Roullier (Commanders)

9.Ryan Jensen (Buccaneers)

8.Creed Humphrey (Chiefs)

7.Rodney Hudson (Cardinals)

6.Frank Ragnow (Lions)

5.J.C. Tretter (Free Agent)

4.David Andrews (Patriots)

3.Ben Jones (Titans)

2.Jason Kelce (Eagles)

1.Corey Linsley (Chargers)

Defensive Ends:

35.Kwity Paye (Colts)

34.Deatrich Wise Jr. (Patriots)

33.Gregory Rousseau (Bills)

32.Dean Lowry (Packers)

31.Chris Wormley (Steelers)

30.Harrison Phillips (Vikings)

29.Charles Harris (Lions)

28.Trevis Gibson (Bears)

27.Carl Lawson (Jets)

26.A'Shawn Robinson (Rams)

25.Shelby Harris (Seahawks)

24.Josh Sweat (Eagles)

23.Sam Hubbard (Bengals)

22.Jonathan Greenard (Texans)

21.Brandon Graham (Eagles)

20.Akiem Hicks (Buccaneers)

19.Jerry Hughes (Texans)

18.Brian Burns (Panthers)

17.Jadeveon Clowney (Browns)

16.Montez Sweat (Commanders)

15.Denico Autry (Titans)

14.John Franklin-Myers (Jets)

13.Marcus Davenport (Saints)

12.J.J. Watt (Cardinals)

11.Chase Young (Commanders)

10.Emmanuel Ogbah (Dolphins)

9.Leonard Williams (Giants)

8.Calias Campbell (Ravens)

7.Robert Quinn (Bears)

6.DeMarcus Lawrence (Cowboys)

5.Trey Hendrickson (Bengals)

4.Von Miller (Bills)

3.Nick Bosa (49ers)

2.Cameron Jordan (Saints)

1.Myles Garrett (Browns)

Defensive Tackles:

35.Armon Watts (Vikings)

34.Christian Barmore (Patriots)

33.Maliek Collins (Texans)

32.Matt Ioannadis (Panthers)

31.Sebastian Joseph-Day (Chargers)

30.DaQuan Jones (Bills)

29.Daron Payne (Commanders)

28.Derrick Brown (Panthers)

27.Greg Gaines (Rams)

26.Lawrence Guy (Patriots)

25.Shy Tuttle (Saints)

24.D.J. Jones (Broncos)

23.Michael Pierce (Ravens)

22.Grover Stewart (Colts)

21.Ed Oliver (Bills)

20.Quinnen Williams (Jets)

19.B.J. Hill (Bengals)

18.Fletcher Cox (Eagles)

17.Dexter Lawrence (Giants)

16.Poona Ford (Seahawks)

15.Javon Hargrave (Eagles)

14.David Onyemata (Saints)

13.Dalvin Tomlinson (Vikings)

12.Grady Jarrett (Falcons)

11.Kenny Clark (Packers)

10.D.J. Reader (Bengals)

9.Christian Wilkins (Dolphins)

8.Jeffrey Simmons (Titans)

7.Vita Vea (Buccaneers)

6.Arik Armstead (49ers)

5.Jonathan Allen (Commanders)

4.DeForest Buckner (Colts)

3.Chris Jones (Chiefs)

2.Cameron Heyward (Steelers)

1.Aaron Donald (Rams)

Outside Linebackers:

35.Uchenna Nwosu (Seahawks)

34.Odafe Oweh (Ravens)

33.Kyzir White (Eagles)

32.Lorenzo Carter (Falcons)

31.Melvin Ingram (Dolphins)

30.Kyle Van Noy (Chargers)

29.Samson Ebukam (49ers)

28.Markus Golden (Cardinals)

27.Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah (Browns)

26.Bradley Chubb (Broncos)

25.Andrew Van Ginkel (Dolphins)

24.Shaq Thompson (Panthers)

23.Harold Landry (Titans)

22.Randy Gregory (Broncos)

21.Alex Highsmith (Steelers)

20.Tyus Bowser (Ravens)

19.Leonard Floyd (Rams)

18.Bud Dupree (Titans)

17.Za'Darius Smith (Vikings)

16.Justin Houston (Free Agent)

15.Matt Milano (Bills)

14.Rashan Gary (Packers)

13.Matthew Judon (Patriots)

12.Haason Reddick (Eagles)

11.Chandler Jones (Raiders)

10.Preston Smith (Packers)

9.Josh Allen (Jaguars)

8.Micah Parsons (Cowboys)

7.Danielle Hunter (Vikings)

6.Maxx Crosby (Raiders)

5.Darius Leonard (Colts)

4.Shaq Barrett (Buccaneers)

3.Khalil Mack (Chargers)

2.Joey Bosa (Chargers)

1.T.J. Watt (Steelers)

Inside Linebackers:

25.Jordyn Brooks (Seahawks)

24.Bobby Okereke (Colts)

23.David Long Jr. (Titans)

22.Cole Holcomb (Football Team)

21.Deion Jones (Falcons)

20.Jerome Baker (Dolphins)

19.Denzel Perryman (Raiders)

18.Leighton Vander Esch (Cowboys)

17.Anthony Walker (Browns)

16.Ja'Whaun Bentley (Patriots)

15.Nick Bolton (Chiefs)

14.Jayon Brown (Raiders)

13.Logan Wilson (Bengals)

12.Pete Werner (Saints)

11.T.J. Edwards (Eagles)

10.Blake Martinez (Giants)

9.Jordan Hicks (Vikings)

8.Zach Cunningham (Titans)

7.Roquan Smith (Bears)

6.De'Vondre Campbell (Packers)

5.Eric Kendricks (Vikings)

4.Bobby Wagner (Rams)

3.Fred Warner (49ers)

2.Demario Davis (Saints)

1.Lavonte David (Buccaneers)

Cornerbacks:

50.Mike Hughes (Lions)

49.Jackrabbit Jenkins (Free Agent)

48.L'Jarius Sneed (Chiefs)

47.Troy Hill (Rams)

46.Cameron Dantzler (Vikings)

45.Kristian Fulton (Titans)

44.Emmanuel Moseley (49ers)

43.Sidney Jones (Seahawks)

42.Rasul Douglas (Packers)

41.Rashad Fenton (Chiefs)

40.Levi Wallace (Steelers)

39.Avonte Maddox (Eagles)

38.Nate Hobbs (Raiders)

37.Chauncey Gardner-Johnson (Saints)

36.Eric Stokes (Packers)

35.Greg Newsome II (Browns)

34.Jalen Mills (Patriots)

33.Steven Nelson (Texans)

32.Taron Johnson (Bills)

31.Jonathan Jones (Patriots)

30.William Jackson III (Commanders)

29.Charvarius Ward (49ers)

28.Jaylon Johnson (Bears)

27.Patrick Surtain II (Broncos)

26.Shaq Griffin (Jaguars)

25.Darious Williams (Jaguars)

24.Mike Hilton (Bengals)

23.D.J. Reed Jr. (Jets)

22.Byron Jones (Dolphins)

21.Trevon Diggs (Cowboys)

20.James Bradberry (Eagles)

19.Stephon Gilmore (Colts)

18.Kendall Fuller (Commanders)

17.Casey Hayward Jr. (Falcons)

16.Carlton Davis (Buccaneers)

15.Chidobe Awuzie (Bengals)

14.Marcus Peters (Ravens)

13.Jamel Dean (Buccaneers)

12.Kenny Moore (Colts)

11.Adoree' Jackson (Giants)

10.Tre'Davious White (Bills)

9.Denzel Ward (Browns)

8.Marlon Humphrey (Ravens)

7.A.J. Terrell (Falcons)

6.Xavien Howard (Dolphins)

5.Marshon Lattimore (Saints)

4.Darius Slay (Eagles)

3.J.C. Jackson (Chargers)

2.Jaire Alexander (Packers)

1.Jalen Ramsey (Rams)

Safeties:

50.Mike Edwards (Buccaneers)

49.Jaquiski Tartt (Eagles)

48.DeShon Elliott (Lions)

47.Kareem Jackson (Broncos)

46.Terrell Edmunds (Steelers)

45.Taylor Rapp (Rams)

44.Trevon Moehrig (Raiders)

43.Nasir Adderley (Chargers)

42.Jalen Thompson (Cardinals)

41.Anthony Harris (Eagles)

40.Eddie Jackson (Bears)

39.Rodney McLeod (Colts)

38.Xavier Woods (Panthers)

37.Bobby McCain (Commanders)

36.Eric Rowe (Dolphins)

35.Tracy Walker (Lions)

34.Jayron Kearse (Cowboys)

33.Jevon Holland (Dolphins)

32.Justin Reid (Chiefs)

31.Chuck Clark (Ravens)

30.Kamren Curl (Commanders)

29.Juan Thornhill (Chiefs)

28.Jimmie Ward (49ers)

27.Jeremy Chinn (Panthers)

26.Amani Hooker (Titans)

25.Darnell Savage (Packers)

24.Jordan Whitehead (Jets)

23.Marcus Maye (Saints)

22.Kyle Dugger (Patriots)

21.Xavier McKinney (Giants)

20.Jamal Adams (Seahawks)

19.Jordan Fuller (Rams)

18.Devin McCourty (Patriots)

17.Vonn Bell (Bengals)

16.Quandre Diggs (Seahawks)

15.Adrian Phillips (Patriots)

14.Tyrann Mathieu (Saints)

13.Budda Baker (Cardinals)

12.John Johnson III (Browns)

11.Jordan Poyer (Bills)

10.Jessie Bates III (Bengals)

9.Minkah Fitzpatrick (Steelers)

8.Adrian Amos (Packers)

7.Antoine Winfield Jr. (Buccaneers)

6.Derwin James (Chargers)

5.Harrison Smith (Vikings)

4.Justin Simmons (Broncos)

3.Micah Hyde (Bills)

2.Marcus Williams (Ravens)

1.Kevin Byard (Titans)

Kickers:

20.Matt Prater (Cardinals)

19.Greg Joseph (Vikings)

18.Cairo Santos (Bears)

17.Zane Gonzalez (Panthers)

16.Ryan Succop (Buccaneers)

15.Jake Elliott (Eagles)

14.Graham Gano (Giants)

13.Joey Slye (Commanders)

12.Greg Zuerlein (Jets)

11.Dustin Hopkins (Chargers)

10.Nick Folk (Patriots)

9.Evan McPherson (Bengals)

8.Robbie Gould (49ers)

7.Tyler Bass (Bills)

6.Younghoe Koo (Falcons)

5.Matt Gay (Rams)

4.Daniel Carlson (Raiders)

3.Chris Boswell (Steelers)

2.Harrison Butker (Chiefs)

1.Justin Tucker (Ravens)

Punters:

20.Mitch Wishnowsky (49ers)

19.Sam Martin (Broncos)

18.Johnny Hekker (Panthers)

17.Brett Kern (Titans)

16.Pat O'Donnell (Packers)

15.Kevin Huber (Bengals)

14.Corey Bojorquez (Browns)

13.Jordan Berry (Vikings)

12.Tommy Townsend (Chiefs)

11.Cameron Johnston (Texans)

10.Thomas Morstead (Dolphins)

9.Blake Gillikin (Saints)

8.Michael Dickson (Seahawks)

7.Logan Cooke (Jaguars)

6.Jake Bailey (Patriots)

5.Andy Lee (Cardinals)

4.A.J. Cole (Raiders)

3.Bryan Anger (Cowboys)

2.Jack Fox (Lions)

1.Tress Way (Commanders)

Top 10 Appearances by Team:

Tampa Bay Buccaneers-9 (Shaq Barrett, Tom Brady, Lavonte David, Chris Godwin, Ryan Jensen, Shaq Mason, Vita Vea, Antoine Winfield Jr., Tristian Wirfs)

Baltimore Ravens-8 (Mark Andrews, Calias Campbell, Marlon Humphrey, Lamar Jackson, Ronnie Stanley, Justin Tucker, Marcus Williams, Kevin Zeitler)

Cincinnati Bengals-7 (Jessie Bates III, Joe Burrow, Ja'Marr Chase, Trey Hendrickson, Evan McPherson, Joe Mixon, D.J. Reader)

Dallas Cowboys-7 (Bryan Anger, DeMarcus Lawrence, Zach Martin, Micah Parsons, Dak Prescott, Dalton Schultz, Tyron Smith)

Green Bay Packers-7 (Jaire Alexander, Adrian Amos, David Bakhitiari, De'Vondre Campbell, Aaron Jones, Aaron Rodgers, Preston Smith)

Los Angeles Chargers-7 (Joey Bosa, Austin Ekeler, Justin Herbert, J.C. Jackson, Derwin James, Corey Linsley, Khalil Mack)

Miami Dolphins-7 (Terron Armstead, Mike Gesicki, Tyreek Hill, Xavien Howard, Thomas Morstead, Emmanuel Ogbah, Christian Wilkins)

San Francisco 49ers-7 (Arik Armstead, Nick Bosa, Robbie Gould, George Kittle, Deebo Samuel, Fred Warner, Trent Williams)

Cleveland Browns-6 (Joel Bitonio, Nick Chubb, Jack Conklin, Myles Garrett, Wyatt Teller, Denzel Ward)

Kansas City Chiefs-6 (Harrison Butker, Creed Humphrey, Chris Jones, Travis Kelce, Patrick Mahomes, Joe Thuney)

Los Angeles Rams-6 (Aaron Donald, Matt Gay, Cooper Kupp, Jalen Ramsey, Matthew Stafford, Bobby Wagner)

Minnesota Vikings-6 (Dalvin Cook, Jordan Hicks, Danielle Hunter, Justin Jefferson, Eric Kendricks, Harrison Smith)

New Orleans Saints-6 (Demario Davis, Blake Gillikin, Marshon Lattimore, Cameron Jordan, Alvin Kamara, Ryan Ramcyzk)

Las Vegas Raiders-5 (Davante Adams, Daniel Carlson, A.J. Cole, Maxx Crosby, Darren Waller)

New England Patriots-5 (David Andrews, Jake Bailey, Nick Folk, Damien Harris, Hunter Henry)

Philadelphia Eagles-5 (A.J. Brown, Dallas Goedert, Lane Johnson, Jason Kelce, Darius Slay)

Tennessee Titans-5 (Kevin Byard, Zach Cunningham, Derrick Henry, Ben Jones, Jeffrey Simmons)

Atlanta Falcons-4 (Younghoe Koo, Chris Lindstrom, Kyle Pitts, A.J. Terrell)

Indianapolis Colts-4 (DeForest Buckner, Darious Leonard Quenton Nelson, Jonathan Taylor)

Pittsburgh Steelers-4 (Chris Boswell, Minkah Fitzpatrick, Cameron Heyward, T.J. Watt)

Arizona Cardinals-3 (DeAndre Hopkins, Rodney Hudson, Andy Lee)

Detroit Lions-3 (Jack Fox, T.J. Hockenson, Frank Ragnow)

Jacksonville Jaguars-3 (Josh Allen, Logan Cooke, Brandon Scherff)

Washington Commanders-3 (Jonathan Allen, Chase Roullier, Tress Way)

Carolina Panthers-2 (Christian McCaffery, Taylor Moton)

Chicago Bears-2 (Robert Quinn, Roquan Smith)

Denver Broncos-2 (Justin Simmons, Russell Wilson)

New York Giants-2 (Blake Martinez, Leonard Williams)

Free Agents-1 (J.C. Tretter)

New York Jets-1 (Laken Tomlinson)

Seattle Seahawks-1 (Michael Dickson)

Houston Texans-0