The NFL Network is doing their top 100 players now. Green Bay Packers defensive lineman Mike Daniels is on that list.
He moved up from No. 95 last year to No. 84 this year. Daniels didn’t have the huge year on the stat sheet in 2016 that we hoped for. He finished the year with 33 tackles and four sacks.
Daniels’ career highs in those categories are 49 (2015) and 6.5 (2013). So, it was somewhat of a disappointing campaign.
That said, Daniels was the only guy on the Packers’ defensive line that the opposition had to bother double teaming and they usually did. There were times I saw Daniels get triple teamed. So that could help explain the decrease in production.
Obviously, the other players in the league respect Daniels. We do too, but we’d really like to see him dominate.
So would Mike Daniels.
Mike Daniels is not pleased with how last season ended and he is holding Mike Daniels accountable.
That’s right. Like many great men before him — George Costanza comes immediately to mind — Mike Daniels is now referring to himself in the third person.
.@Mike_Daniels76 holds Mike Daniels accountable for not finishing 2016 the way he wanted. @packers @nflnetwork #NFLTop100 Extended Content 👇 pic.twitter.com/pnSngQ1zTe
— NFL Films (@NFLFilms) May 3, 2017
Here’s the Network segment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1TU6YoibHY
Clay Matthews was also on the list at No. 82.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_qxkXs6sUs