NFL1000: Ranking the Top 1000 Players from Week 8

November 3, 2016   ·   Doug Farrar   ·   Jump to comments

The Dallas Cowboys and Philadelphia Eagles played an overtime thriller Sunday night, and it wasn't Dak Prescott or Carson Wentz who most informed this week's version of the NFL1000. Instead, it was the two left tackles involved—Dallas' Tyron Smith and Philly's Jason Peters—who came out on top in Dallas' 29-23 win. As our offensive tackles scout Duke Manyweather asserts, Smith was dominant against one of the better defensive fronts in the league.
Smith did allow a sack and a handful of pressures, but he just bowled people over in the run game, making the Eagles defenders look like high school kids at times. When Smith is on, there's little question he's the best in the business, and he earned his spot at the top of the NFL1000 list this week. Peters was nearly as good and wound up at the sixth overall spot.
Washington's Trent Williams is right up there with Smith and Peters—he ranked fifth overall this week—but the Redskins will have to attempt their pl...

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