Von Miller (58) of the Denver Broncos causes a fumble on Cam Newton (1) of the Carolina Panthers in the fourth quarter. The Denver Broncos played the Carolina Panthers in Super Bowl 50 at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, Calif. on Feb. 7, 2016. (John Leyba, The Denver Post)
Super Bowl 50 MVP Von Miller led a group of six Broncos on , which was released Thursday.
Miller was the top-ranked Denver player, coming in at No. 7 on the list.
From PFF:
Over the regular season, he was a key player on the best defense in the league, but there was no better postseason than the one Von Miller displayed, ending with four-straight dominant displays (including a must-win Week 17 encounter) in which he totaled seven sacks and 30 pressures.
Cornerback Chris Harris Jr., who was No. 4 last year, finished at No. 36 in 2015.
If you take away the two games against the Steelers, Harris would likely have been in the top 10 once again. He earned a +23.4 cumulative overall grade against the rest of the league this season, and a -7.4 grade in those two games against Pittsburgh (keep in mind that 0.0 is considered average on PFF’s cumulative grading scale).
Wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders is the Broncos’ first offensive player on the list at No. 69. He was No. 42 last season.
You wouldn’t ordinarily expect to hear about a receiver being held back by having Peyton Manning as his quarterback, but that’s a very legitimate argument to be made for Sanders in 2015.
Defensive end Malik Jackson finished No. 75, followed by guard Evan Mathis at No. 76. Defensive end Derek Wolfe rounded out the Broncos, coming in at No. 90.
The No. 1 player on the list was Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald, who ousted Houston’s J.J. Watt from his three-year reign.
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