The 2024 Defensive Rookie of the Year faces the Cardinals twice and is No. 53 in the top 100.
Last week, the NFL had its fifth week of revealing players in the “NFL Top 100,” giving us players 51-60. On Thurday, they revealed a player at No. 53 who will face the Arizona Cardinals in 2025.
Los Angeles Rams pass rusher Jared Verse debuts in the top 100 coming at No. 53.
Verse was the NFL Defensive Rookie of the Year and was selected to the Pro Bowl. He only had 4.5 sacks but added 11 tackles for loss and 18 quarterback hits. He was credited with 77 quarterback pressures in the regular season by PFF.
Cardinals tight end Trey McBride called Verse “a great player, a guy you could see grow the confidence every single week.”
“He’s going to a force to reckon with for years to come.”
The Cardinals will face Verse and the Rams twice in the final six weeks of the season, at home in Week 14 and on the road in Week 18 to close out the regular season.
He is going to be a problem for years if he keeps it up.
‘NFL Top 100’ opponents for Cardinals in 2025
Of the 50 players in the top 100 revealed as of the end of last week, the Cardinals face the following:
- OLB Jared Verse, LA Rams (No. 53
- DE Nick Bosa, San Francisco 49ers (No. 57)
- RB Joe Mixon, Houston Texans (No. 58)
- QB Matthew Stafford, LA Rams (No. 59)
- RB Bijan Robinson, Atlanta Falcons (No. 62)
- DE Josh Hines-Allen, Jacksonville Jaguars (No. 63)
- QB Jordan Love, Green Bay Packers (No. 68)
- QB Sam Darnold, Seattle Seahawks (No. 72)
- RB Christian McCaffrey, San Francisco 49ers (No. 73)
- DT Vita Vea, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No. 75)
- WR Tee Higgins, Cincinnati Bengals (No. 77)
- QB Dak Prescott, Dallas Cowboys (No. 79)
- DE Rashan Gary, Green Bay Packers (No. 80)
- RB Kyren Williams, LA Rams (No. 85)
- S Jessie Bates III, Atlanta Falcons (No. 92)
- LB Lavonte David, Tampa Bay Buccaneers (No. 96)
- WR Drake London, Atlanta Falcons (No. 97)
- DL Leonard Williams, Seattle Seahawks (No. 99)
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