The NFL wrapped up its annual Top-100 players list on Monday. 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo came in at 90 while cornerback Richard Sherman came in at 64. Once again Patriots quarterback Tom Brady came in at number one, his second year in a row.
Now that we have the list, let’s go through the 49ers schedule and see what players off the Top-100 they’ll face. The 49ers opponents have 46 of the 100 players on their roster. If we subtract the two 49ers from the list, that means they are facing 47 percent of the list (46/98) this season.
Two of their opponents, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Chicago Bears, did not have a representative on the list. Meanwhile, the Minnesota Vikings and Los Angeles Rams each had seven players on the list, marking the highest totals among 49ers opponents. Both teams missed the playoffs in 2016, but bounced back in a big way in 2017. The NFL Network Top 100 is a player vote, so it’s easy to see players getting into the spotlight unexpectedly pushing them up the ballot.
Week 1: @Minnesota Vikings
Everson Griffen, DE (No. 19)
Adam Thielen, WR (No. 36)
Harrison Smith, S (No. 46)
Xavier Rhodes, CB (No. 55)
Stefon Diggs, WR (No. 65)
Linval Joseph, DT (No. 83)
Kirk Cousins, QB (No. 94)
Week 2: vs. Detroit Lions
Matthew Stafford, QB (No. 31)
Darius Slay, CB (No. 49)
Week 3: @ Kansas City Chiefs
Travis Kelce, TE (No. 24)
Kareem Hunt, RB (No. 33)
Tyreek Hill, WR (No. 40)
Week 4: @ Los Angeles Chargers
Joey Bosa,DE (No. 37)
Keenan Allen, WR (No. 41)
Philip Rivers, QB (No. 56)
Casey Hayward,CB (No. 59)
Melvin Ingram, DE (No. 76)
Week 5 and Week 8: vs. Arizona Cardinals
Patrick Peterson, CB (No. 23)
Larry Fitzgerald, WR (No. 27)
Chandler Jones, DE (No. 28)
Week 6: @ Green Bay Packers
Aaron Rodgers, QB (No. 10)
Davante Adams, WR (No. 45)
Jimmy Graham, TE (No. 89)
David Bakhtiari, T (No. 91)
Mike Daniels, DT (No. 93)
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, S (No. 100)
Week 7 and Week 17: vs. Los Angeles Rams
Todd Gurley, RB (No. 6)
Aaron Donald, DT (No. 7)
Jared Goff, QB (No. 38)
Aqib Talib, CB (No. 53)
Ndamukong Suh, DT (No. 61)
Marcus Peters, CB (No. 79)
Andrew Whitworth, T (No. 87)
Week 9: vs. Oakland Raiders
Khalil Mack, DE (No. 16)
Derek Carr, QB (No. 60)
Bruce Irvin, LB (No. 85)
Week 10: vs. New York Giants
Odell Beckham Jr., WR (No. 77)
Landon Collins, S (No. 92)
Week 12: @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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Week 13 and Week 15: vs Seattle Seahawks
Russell Wilson, QB (No. 11)
Bobby Wagner, LB (No. 21)
Earl Thomas, S (No. 42)
Kam Chancellor, S (No. 75)
Doug Baldwin, WR (No. 99)
Week 14: vs. Denver Broncos
Von Miller, LB (No. 9)
Case Keenum, QB (No. 51)
Chris Harris Jr., CB (No. 86)
Week 16: vs. Chicago Bears
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