3 Rams make PFF’s top 101 players of 2019

from PFF: The top 101 players from the 2019 NFL season

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2. DI AARON DONALD, LOS ANGELES RAMS
Aaron Donald’s 2019 season is being overlooked because, compared to his season a year ago, it just doesn’t stack up. His 2018 season, though, was one of the greatest defensive single-season performances in NFL history, and it’s unfair to hold him to that exceptionally high standard a year later. Including the playoffs (which Donald didn’t play in), he still led all interior defenders in total pressures in 2019, with 80, which were 11 clear of anybody else. He had the second-best pass rush win rate of any player regardless of position, and he did so while being double-teamed on more snaps than most pass-rushers. Donald’s 2019 wasn’t as good as a year ago, but it was still better than any other defender’s.

74. TE TYLER HIGBEE, LOS ANGELES RAMS
The Rams took a significant step back this season overall, but one member of the team who went in the other direction was their tight end, Tyler Higbee. Higbee more than doubled his previous career-high figures for receptions and receiving yards while receiving more than twice the targets he did a season ago. He broke seven tackles after the catch and hauled in 80.2% of the passes thrown his way over the season.

90. LB CORY LITTLETON, LOS ANGELES RAMS
One of the best coverage linebackers in the game, Cory Littleton makes the PFF Top 101 for the first time after his second consecutive excellent year in coverage. This season, his play in other facets of the game were better, and so his overall grade jumped to a career-best mark of 78.9. Littleton had two interceptions and seven pass breakups on the year, and he tallied 45 defensive stops across both coverage and the run game. He now gets to enter free agency coming off the best season of his career, with a proven track record in the most valuable area of linebacker play.