Each year Josh Jones Color Rush Jersey , the NFL releases a ten-part weekly series counting down the Top 100 players in the league, as voted on by their peers. That usually comes out in the late spring to help bridge the gap between the NFL Draft and the start of training camps.Pro Football Focus, however, is publishing their list of the Top 101 players in the 2018 season this week. Although the Green Bay Packers did not land a player between 50 and 101, in the third installment — players 26 through 50 — the team is well-represented. Four Packers showed up in that grouping, including three members of the offense. Let’s look at them one-by-one.#48: Wide receiver Davante AdamsWe’ll have to wait to see how many receivers rank ahead of Davante, but he was unquestionably one of the best wideouts in the NFL this year. He finished the season sixth in receptions, seventh in receiving yards, and second in touchdowns, and he would have been higher in at least the first two categories had he not sat out week 17’s game with a knee injury. Although his DVOA numbers don’t match up to his lofty PFF grade (87.8) or raw stats, much of that is likely due to Mike McCarthy’s scheme doing him no favors.#43: Defensive tackle Kenny ClarkLast year: 69thThe monster in the middle of the Packers’ defense, Clark was more than deserving of a Pro Bowl honor in 2018, though he was denied. In 13 games, he racked up six sacks and provided far more pass rush than one would expect from a traditional 3-4 nose tackle. In fact, PFF credited him with a pass-rush grade of 88.8 on the year, while also noting that he ranked 16th among interior linemen in run stop rate (9.9%).#41: Quarterback Aaron RodgersPFF gave Rodgers the sixth-highest grade of any quarterback in the NFL this season, and had him ranked third in passer rating when throwing the ball 20 yards or more downfield. We all know that what we saw from Rodgers in 2018 was less than stellar https://www.thepackersfanshop.com/David-Bakhtiari-Jersey , but his yards per completion number finally climbed back near 12 (11.9, to be exact), the first time it has been above 11.0 since his last MVP season in 2014.#39: Left tackle David BakhtiariLast year: 30thTwo spots ahead of Rodgers is the man named the best pass-protector in the league by PFF. They credited him with allowing just 25 pressures in 16 games, only seven of which resulted in hits on Rodgers.The Packers’ four best players all showed up on the second-to-last portion of this list, so don’t expect any more members of the Green and Gold to appear in the Top 25. The 2017 team also failed to place anyone in the top 25, with Bakhtiari’s #30 ranking being the top spot held by a Green Bay player. Hopefully they won’t be shut out of that upper section for a third year in a row in 2019. Over a two week span, Acme Packing Company takes a look at each position group on the Green Bay Packers and provides grades and insight on how they performed in the 2018 season. Tuesday’s analysis looks at the outside linebacker group.In the 2018 offseason, many who cover the Green Bay Packers believed that outside linebacker was one of if not the most pressing need for the team on defense. Cornerback was a priority, to be sure, but finding some edge rushers with Clay Matthews aging and in the final year of his contract seemed a necessary plan.Instead, the Packers added just one new face to the group, suiting up just four players at outside linebacker all season long. They did get some surprising development from third-year pro Kyler Fackrell, but the team added just a single player to the group by the end of the 2018 NFL Draft, and that player did not suit up for a single game all season. The fact that he did not take the field for one snap in the regular season is one of the more puzzling personnel questions that came out of the end of the 2018 season.Kendall DonnersonHow acquired: 2018 seventh-round draft pick (#248 overall)Active Contract: Two years, $1.05 millionRookie Contract: Four years, $2.531 million, $70 Jason Spriggs Jersey ,952 signing bonus (terminated when Donnerson was released at the end of training camp)2018 Stats: Not active for any gamesKendall Donnerson’s name was one that Packers fans should have known in advance of the 2018 NFL Draft. Green Bay brought the Southeast Missouri State edge rusher in for an official visit after seeing him post a ridiculous workout at Missouri Western’s Pro Day in early April. There, the 6-foot-3, 250-pound Donnerson ran his 40-yard dash in under 4.50 seconds while showing absurd explosiveness with a 1.55-second time in the first ten yards, a 40-inch vertical, and a 10-foot-11 broad jump.That athleticism had Packers fans and this writer in particular salivating, and when the team selected him with their final pick of the 2018 NFL Draft, it seemed a match made in heaven. Although Donnerson would need polishing as a pass-rusher, he had physical tools that would put him in elite company among defensive backs, let alone edge rushers. It was hardly surprising, though, that the Packers cut Donnerson at the end of training camp. He played little and produced even less in the preseason, though he was not really able to let loose his physical abilities. Still, getting him back on the practice squad to develop his technique and the mental aspects of his game was the ideal situation, and that’s exactly what the team did.Then, with four games remaining in the regular season and just a few days after the team fired head coach Mike McCarthy, Donnerson got his call-up to the 53-man roster. Nick Perry had landed on injured reserve a few weeks earlier, giving the Packers just three healthy outside linebackers. They also had received just 14 sacks from their edge rushers to that point in the season. It would seem like a perfect situation to At that time Mike Daniels Color Rush Jersey , however, the 4-7-1 Packers still had a theoretical shot at the postseason and weren’t ready to just play their young players for developmental purposes. That’s fine for a game or two, but after the Packers lost to the Bears to fall to 5-8-1 and officially get eliminated from the postseason, they had two remaining games to play out the string. Donnerson was still inactive for both.Instead of playing this athletic wonder, the team left him in street clothes and kept everyone outside the building wondering why they refused to activate him. Kyler Fackrell, Reggie Gilbert, and Clay Matthews played 113, 88, and 79 snaps respectively over those last two games. Why in the world didn’t Donnerson get 30 to 40 of those reps?Perhaps the team promoted him simply to avoid seeing him sign with another team, knowing that they were only ever going to stash him for 2019 and beyond. Perhaps he was still just that far behind on his learning curve that they did not trust him to take the field yet, even in meaningless games.Packers fans will be left wondering about the answers until OTAs at the earliest, and in all likelihood until the start of training camp. Even if the team brings in new blood at the outside linebacker position — an inevitability this offseason, especially given the talent in the top end of the 2019 NFL Draft class — Donnerson’s tools should still give him a chance to contribute. Here’s hoping that after spending a full spring in the Packers’ offseason program, he’ll be ready for a role as a situational pass-rush specialist in 2019.