PLAYERS:
LeSean McCoy,
Michael Vick,
Peyton Manning,
Eli Manning
TEAMS: Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos, New York Giants
TEAMS: Philadelphia Eagles, Denver Broncos, New York Giants
Running back LeSean McCoy was the last member of the Philadelphia Eagles to be featured on the NFL Network’s countdown of the league’s top 100 players of 2012. Shady came in at number 18.
Though McCoy wasn’t as displeased about his rating as quarterback Mike Vick, the opinions of his peers are still important to him. And he plans to prove them wrong in next year’s countdown. Shady took to Twitter to reveal his feelings on the ranking, saying, “Rating me #18 out of the whole NFL …. Next year top 5.”
This just in: Mike Vick is rich
Forbes recently published its list of the world’s richest athletes, and no shocker here—Mike Vick is on the list. He comes in at number 50, to be precise, having made $22 million from June of 2011 to June of this year.
Boxer Floyd Mayweather topped the list, with an estimated $85 million in earnings in the past year. Well damn.
The highest NFL player on the list is Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning, whose earnings in the past year made him the 10th ...
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