's Aaron Glenn, 's Frank Smith, and ' John Fa sel were identified as the top-ranked defensive, offensive and special teams coordinators in the , according to a survey of players conducted by the NFL Players A sociation during the 2023 season.The survey is conducted as part of the union's broader "report card" initiative that launched last Alec Mills Jersey season and surveyed players throughout the league based on various topics related to their teams, including ownership, practice facilities, and coaching, among others.In this year's installment, the union wanted to include more topics in the questionnaire, which included coordinators.ADVERTISEMENT "We got really great participation in last year's report card survey, but we wanted to think about what other areas matter to guys day-to-day," NFLPA president J.C. Tretter said Thursday, . "So, the idea of evaluating the coordinators was brought up. They're a major factor in your day-to-day life as a player, and we wanted to make sure players had a voice in promoting the good ones."According to Tretter, more than 1,700 players participated in this year's survey, and it will be released around the scouting combine in late February Justin Steele Jersey or early March as it was last year. Nonethele s, the union wanted to release the lists of the top five coordinators now in order to conjure positive attention for those who will be candidates in the annual head coaching hiring cycle."We hope it will help these really qualified leaders get the Duane Underwood Jr. Jersey chance to move on in the next cycle and have a chance to become head coaches," Tretter added.Specifically, the survey asked offensive players to rate their offensive coordinators, and defensive players to rate their defensive coordinators, as well as special teams players to rate their special teams coordinators on a scale of one to 10. According to the NFLPA, 864 offensive players answered the survey, as well as 774 defensive players and 1,025 players who participated on special teams.The survey ran from late August Danny Hultzen Jersey through mid-November."Just about every player, when asked publicly, is trained not to give a negative answer," Tretter explained. "So, we feel, because the responses are protected, this is a barometer of how players feel about their coaches."So far, the NFLPA has only released the top five coordinators from each category in order to highlight strong head-coaching candidates, but also to avoid the i sue of playoff-bound teams that might have lowly-rated coordinators on their staff ahead of playoff games.Here are the lists of the top five offensive, defensive, and special teams coordinators according to the NFLPA report card survey:Offensive1. Frank Smith, Miami Dolphins2. Thomas Brown, 3. Brian Schottenheimer, Dallas Cowboys4. Brian Callahan, 5. Kellen Moore, Defensive1. Aaron Glenn, Detroit Lions2. Steve Wilks, 3. Dan Quinn, Dallas Cowboys4. Brian Flores, 5. Raheem Morris, Special Teams1. John Fa sel, Dallas Cowboys2. Chris Tabor, Carolina Panthers (also current interim head coach)3. Matt Daniels, Minnesota Vikings4. Dave Fipp, Detroit Lions5. Darren Rizzi, FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience National Football League Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow Ian Happ Jersey leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily.