Pro Football Focus recently named the top 101 players of last decade and both Harrison Smith and Adrian Peterson made the top half of the list. Sam Monson of PFF joined Matthew Coller to talk about each player's value and why they were so high on the list. Monson is also releasing a project on Randy Moss's 1998 season. He discusses how Moss changed the game and what made him so great.
The show opens with an analysis of Harrison Smith's versatility and what makes different safeties unique. What's the difference between a player who can play everywhere and a pure deep safety?
Adrian Peterson ranked 35th on PFF's list of the players of the 2010s despite having several of his top seasons coming before the start of the decade. Was Peterson's one-dimensional nature overcome by his sheer excellence?
In the final quarter of the show, Monson talks about how Randy Moss's 1998 season was completely off the charts. What made him so much better than everyone else? How much did circumstance help elevate him to the No. 1 receiver in the NFL?
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