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PFF ranked the 50 best players in the league heading into the 2021 season and at No. 1 was Donald, just ahead of Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce and Nos. 2 and 3, respectively. PFF:
No matter how good you think Donald is, you’re probably underselling it. The Los Angeles Rams star is an outlier the likes of which we haven’t seen in 15 years of grading at the NFL level. He is a unicorn in a league full of physical freaks and talented superstars.
Donald led the league in total pressures last season with 98, the third time in four seasons he has led the league in that category. He is the only full-time interior defender we have ever seen lead the league in pressure, since J.J. Watt played more snaps on the edge than the interior in the two seasons he led the league in pressure. Donald’s biggest perceived weakness is the run game, but he has been the best-graded interior lineman against the run over the last three seasons.
Donald will attempt to become the first player ever to win Defensive Player of the Year four times in his career. He’s already claimed a spot in Canton as a future Hall of Famer, and he should be a first-ballot selection, too.