Week 1 highest-graded players on defense:

1. Ricardo Allen - 85.4
2. B.J. Hill - 77.4
3. D.J. Reader - 75.8
4. Germaine Pratt - 75.1
5. Josh Tupou - 74.5

— Andrew Russell (@PFF_AndrewR) September 13, 2021

Ogunjobi 70
Bates 69.9

Week 1 highest-graded players on offense:

1. Joe Mixon - 80.3
2. Quinton Spain - 79.7
3. Ja’Marr Chase - 77.9
4. Tee Higgins - 76.6
5. Jonah Williams - 73.0

Trey Hopkins the weak link along the OL in week 1. He was charged with 2 sacks of Burrow.

— Andrew Russell (@PFF_AndrewR) September 13, 2021

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Several encouraging takeaways for me from week 1, first and foremost the OL.

Williams - 71.9 PB Grade (0 press.)
Spain - 62.5 PB Grade (0 Press.)
Hopkins - horrible, bad, shaking off rust from ACL injury.
XSF - 62.5 PB Grade (2 Press.)
Reiff - 78.6 PB Grade (0 Press)

— Andrew Russell (@PFF_AndrewR) September 13, 2021

Hopkins with a 36.6 is currently the #32 center

5 sacks, 4 charged to OL with the sack in Q1 being a complete jailbreak. Hopkins gave up 2.

7 pressures allowed total.

— Andrew Russell (@PFF_AndrewR) September 13, 2021

We need to talk about Josh Tupou more.
He was constantly getting a push in the
Pocket and had a sack of Cousins but
A holding by apple ruined that

(09-13-2021, 11:42 AM)pally Wrote:

5 sacks, 4 charged to OL with the sack in Q1 being a complete jailbreak. Hopkins gave up 2.

7 pressures allowed total.

— Andrew Russell (@PFF_AndrewR) September 13, 2021

PFF is wrong here.

1 Sack was Drew Sample vs Danielle Hunter, 1 sack was Samaje Perine vs Harrison Smith, 2 sacks were Trey Hopkins vs Michael Pierce, and 1 was a jailbreak Nick Vigil sack looked like a miss communication on Quinton Spain.

Yikes to the Hopkins numbers. He's gotta clean that up yesterday.

No surprise the interior is still crap

Better than last year, but still crap. A liability

(09-13-2021, 12:05 PM)Synric Wrote: PFF is wrong here.

1 Sack was Drew Sample vs Danielle Hunter, 1 sack was Samaje Perine vs Harrison Smith, 2 sacks were Trey Hopkins vs Michael Pierce, and 1 was a jailbreak Nick Vigil sack looked like a miss communication on Quinton Spain.

You know more about the X's and O's than I do big time, but this is what my eyes saw as well. Both Sample and Perine gave up sacks, and they both looked bad doing it. Hopkins gave up 2 and there was an obvious miscommunication on at least 1 that just looked messy in general. 

Hopkins has a little bit of an excuse after coming back from injury, but I hope he steps it up and improves as the season goes on. 

(09-13-2021, 12:05 PM)Synric Wrote: PFF is wrong here.

1 Sack was Drew Sample vs Danielle Hunter, 1 sack was Samaje Perine vs Harrison Smith, 2 sacks were Trey Hopkins vs Michael Pierce, and 1 was a jailbreak Nick Vigil sack looked like a miss communication on Quinton Spain.

Good post.   Thats exactly how I remember each of them as well.   Was curious as to the assignments on the last one you referenced on the Vigil sack.  

do they have the crowd noise Decimal level?

(09-13-2021, 12:23 PM)Dr.Z Wrote: Good post.   Thats exactly how I remember each of them as well.   Was curious as to the assignments on the last one you referenced on the Vigil sack.  

Vigil looking good out there for the most part.

Ricardo Allen looked great out there yesterday. Made several nice tackles and was constantly around the ball. Great pick up.

(09-13-2021, 12:36 PM)wcu Wrote: Ricardo Allen looked great out there yesterday.  Made several nice tackles and was constantly around the ball.  Great pick up.

Wasn't spoke of by comparison to some of the other signings, but he was an awesome value signing for the locker room/ leadership as well as for being a pretty solid player. 

Totally agree with the post on the sacks. 2 on Hopkins, one on Sample, one on Perine (yes, we miss Gio in pass protection), and a jailbreak miscommunication. PFF is wrong there.

But their ratings on D confirmed the eye test, that our DT play was fantastic. Hill, Reader, and Tupou in the top 5 squares with what I saw. Thought Ogunjobi was also good.

Our weakest spots continue to be Head Coach and IOL. Apple was rotten for a stretch in this one as well. Hope Waynes is back soon.

(09-13-2021, 12:57 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Totally agree with the post on the sacks. 2 on Hopkins, one on Sample, one on Perine (yes, we miss Gio in pass protection), and a jailbreak miscommunication. PFF is wrong there.

But their ratings on D confirmed the eye test, that our DT play was fantastic. Hill, Reader, and Tupou in the top 5 squares with what I saw. Thought Ogunjobi was also good.

Our weakest spots continue to be Head Coach and IOL. Apple was rotten for a stretch in this one as well. Hope Waynes is back soon.

And PFF being wrong on the cause for at least 3 sacks means their grades on O linemen are also wrong. 

(09-13-2021, 12:57 PM)Isaac Curtis: The Real #85 Wrote: Totally agree with the post on the sacks. 2 on Hopkins, one on Sample, one on Perine (yes, we miss Gio in pass protection), and a jailbreak miscommunication. PFF is wrong there.

But their ratings on D confirmed the eye test, that our DT play was fantastic. Hill, Reader, and Tupou in the top 5 squares with what I saw. Thought Ogunjobi was also good.

Our weakest spots continue to be Head Coach and IOL. Apple was rotten for a stretch in this one as well. Hope Waynes is back soon.

(09-13-2021, 12:05 PM)Synric Wrote: PFF is wrong here.

1 Sack was Drew Sample vs Danielle Hunter, 1 sack was Samaje Perine vs Harrison Smith, 2 sacks were Trey Hopkins vs Michael Pierce, and 1 was a jailbreak Nick Vigil sack looked like a miss communication on Quinton Spain.

I actually put the Vigil on Mixon who was on check and release and decided to chip a blocked edge rather than working inside out and catching Vigil.

(09-13-2021, 12:05 PM)Synric Wrote: PFF is wrong here.

1 Sack was Drew Sample vs Danielle Hunter, 1 sack was Samaje Perine vs Harrison Smith, 2 sacks were Trey Hopkins vs Michael Pierce, and 1 was a jailbreak Nick Vigil sack looked like a miss communication on Quinton Spain.

Saw the same. Hopkins had a rough game but those were mismatches the Defense of the Vike's took advantage of.

Sample shouldn't be taking on the D's best End. Spain had a miss communication. Need to clean these things up.

Spain had a good day though as well as everybody on the OL but Hopkins. If Hopkins continues to play like that we need to think
about starting Trey Hill at Center. Still, nice seeing us get a tough win against a quality opponent. Think good things are to come.

(09-13-2021, 12:36 PM)wcu Wrote: Ricardo Allen looked great out there yesterday.  Made several nice tackles and was constantly around the ball.  Great pick up.

Yeah, Ricardo is a damn good Safety. We have quite the trio with his addition.

Just to add to Pally's PFF post. 2020 grade in ().

Burrow: 69.7 (missed a wide open TD & they dropped a pick). (75.1)
Mixon: 80.3 (65.3)
Chase: 77.9 (n/a)
Higgins: 76.6 (75.9)
Boyd: 65.2 (75.8)
Uzomah: 68.1 (58.8)
Jonah: 73.0 (70.1)
Spain: 79.7 (56.7)
Hopkins: 36.3 (63.8)
XSF: 59.6 (59.1).
Reiff: 62.2 (71.4)
Sample: not rated (61.4)
Perine: 57.4 (76.7)
Thomas: 57.6 (55.2)

The missed TD pass to Mike Thomas hurt.

(09-13-2021, 01:27 PM)Big Boss Wrote: The missed TD pass to Mike Thomas hurt.

At least it didn't cost us the game. Good D saved our ass. Germaine Pratt namely.