More accurately, Watt said he shouldn’t be No. 35 on NFL Network’s latest ranking of the league’s top 100 players.

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Watt, a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year, missed 13 regular-season games and two playoff games last season because of a back injury that required surgery.

NFL players vote on the Top 100. Seems as though they’re applying the same rigorous standards they use for Pro Bowl voting.