Ranking the top 25 players under 25, plus the NFL's best offenses revealed and Harry Kane's NFL chances
Hello friends, and welcome to the Thursday edition of the Pick Six newsletter! If you want to watch the NFL today, I have some bad news: It's July, and there is no NFL on TV right now. However, you can watch the next best thing: NFL players trying to play golf. The American Century Championship will be teeing off this weekend from Lake Tahoe and it will feature multiple current and former NFL players , including Trevor Lawrence, Baker Mayfield, Davante Adams, Kyle Hamilton, Drew Brees, Jerry Rice, Marcus Allen, Derek Carr, Jerome Bettis, Larry Fitzgerald, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Jason Kelce, and, of course, Tony Romo. And since I work at CBS Sports, I will obviously be rooting for Romo. There is also World Cup soccer on today, but I still haven't mentally recovered from the bludgeoning the USMNT took on Monday, so I'll probably stay away from soccer for at least the next 48 hours. One thing I won't be staying away from is today's newsletter. I'll be on vacation next week, so this is the last time you'll be hearing from me around these parts until July 20. As always, here's your reminder to tell your friends to sign up for the newsletter . Let's get to the rundown. If you haven't noticed by now, we've been making our way through the dead part of the offseason by unveiling a new ranking pretty much every week here at CBS Sports. Three weeks ago, we revealed Prisco's list of the top 100 players in the NFL. Two weeks ago, we unveiled our list of the top quarterbacks , and today, we're ranking the top 25 players under the age of 25. Before we get to Tyler Sullivan's ranking, there are two very important rules to go over: Now that we have the rules out of the way, let's check out the top three players on Tyler Sullivan's list: 1. Falcons RB Bijan Robinson (24 -- turns 25 on Jan. 30, 2027). Bijan Robinson has turned into a cheat code. He's arguably the best dual-threat running back in the league and has put together a start to his career unlike anything we've seen before. Robinson's 2,298 scrimmage yards led the NFL in 2025 and set a new franchise record. So far, he's compiled 5,648 yards from scrimmage, the most by a player age 23 or younger in NFL history. Those scrimmage yards also rank fourth-most through a player's first three seasons in NFL history. 2. Rams WR Puka Nacua (25 -- turns 26 on May 29, 2027). Pound for pound, Puka Nacua has an argument as the best wide receiver in the NFL. The Rams receiver led the league in receptions (129) and receiving yards per game (107.2) last season. His career average of 95.3 receiving yards per game is also the highest in NFL history. 3. Lions OT Penei Sewell (25 -- turns 26 on Oct. 9, 2026). Penei Sewell is becoming the gold standard for offensive tackles in the NFL. He's elite as both a pass blocker and a run blocker. He's been a first-team All-Pro in each of the last three seasons, and it's not hard to see why. Although Sewell ranked in the top three this year, he won't be in the top three next year and that's because he'll be 26, so he won't be eligible for the list. Remember, there are 25 names on our list, and if you want to see the full ranking, you can do that here . If you've spent the offseason wondering which team is going to have the best offense in the NFL this year, I think we might finally have the answer. Jared Dubin created a system to rank each team's offensive infrastructure, and it's so complicated that I'm just going to assume his ranking is 100% right. Here's a quick summary of his rating system: Hopefully, that explanation makes sense, because we're moving on to his actual rankings. Based on Dubin's formula, here are the two best teams and the worst team in the ranking: 1. Rams 2. Bears Dubin's take on the two teams: Ben Johnson and Sean McVay are two of the very small handful of best offensive minds in the league. The pass-catching groups have either huge stars (Rams) or great depth (Bears). The offensive lines are above-average to good, and the running ba [... truncated ...]
