Houston Texans wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins was revealed as the 19th-best player on the latest episode of "The Top 100 Players of 2016." Hopkins is the highest-ranked player from the 2013 draft class, a group which includes guys like Le'Veon Bell, Tyrann Mathieu, Sheldon Richardson, Ezekiel Ansah, Jamie Collins, Tyler Eifert, Kawann Short, Jordan Reed and Travis Kelce.
Several of the top selections from the 2013 class have proven underwhelming in the NFL thus far, bringing one question to mind: In a re-draft, who would you take with the first overall pick?
"The Top 100 Players of 2016" will conclude next Wednesday, July 6 at 8 p.m. ET on NFL Network. The conversation will continue on the "Top 100 Players Reactions" show, airing immediately after at 10 p.m. ET.
If you look at the top two teams in this draft -- Kansas City and Jacksonville -- they were both looking for a guy to anchor the left tackle position for a decade. Neither the
Chiefs' No. 1 overall pick (Eric Fisher) nor the Jags' No. 2 pick (Luke Joeckel) have proven to be
that guy. However, Johnson (the fourth overall pick in 2013) certainly has been.
Calvin Johnson was the No. 2 overall pick in 2007, and I think Hopkins, who went 27th in 2013, is worthy of at least that same slot with what he's accomplished early in his career.