with preseason football upon us, i thought it was a good time to look at which nfl player brands are thriving. one of the best indicators of this is to examine the sales of nfl player jerseys. as of today’s post, the chicago bears’ new quarterback, jay cutler, tops the list. interesting. chicago is not the largest market and cutler has not been a favorite around the nfl. in fact, the reason he landed in chicago had everything to do with him falling out of favor in denver. click on for the rest of the top 20 list – you may or may not be surprised by the rest of the players.
here are the 20 best-selling nfl jerseys (as of august 13, 2009):
1. jay cutler, chicago bears
2. peyton manning, indianapolis colts
3. ladainian tomlinson, san diego chargers
4. tom brady, new england patriots
5. ely manning, new york giants
6. mark sanchez, new york jets
7. ben roethlisberger, pittsburgh steelers
8. david garrard, jacksonville jaguars
9. chad johnson (a.k.a ochocinco), cincinatti bengals
10. randy moss, new england patriots
11. calvin johnson, detroit lions
12. adrian peterson, minnesota vikings
13. tony romo, dallas cowboys
14. tony gonzalez, atlanta falcons
15. reggie bush, new orleans saints
16. brian urlacher, chicago bears
17. brandon jacobs, new york giants
18. santonio holmes, pittsburgh steelers
19. jamal lewis, cleveland browns
20. lendale white, tennessee titans
