Four Saints Make PFF’s Top 50 NFL Players The Saints recently landed four players in Pro Football Focus’ list of the top 50 NFL players for 2018. Wide receiver Michael Thomas ranked 39th overall. His 93.0 overall rating was second only to Antonio Brown’s 93.7 overall rating. Even though Thomas only spent 22.3% of his snaps lined up in the slot
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