10-01-2021, 05:18 PM
FWIW, here is the defense.
I am not advocating PFF as the Bible, or saying that they get everything right. But usually, at a big picture level, they tend to get stuff right. Burrow has been excellent the last two weeks. All the receivers have been good. Williams & Spain have been our best OL. Hopkins has been poor. All that stuff tracks with my eye test. A bit too harsh on the rookie Carman? Yes.
Same with the D. Do I think Hendrickson should be higher? Yeah. But he, Reader, Wilson, Bates, and Bell being our highest rated starters certainly validates my eye test. So does Awuzie as the best corner. As does Tupou & Hill being highly rated amongst the rotation guys.
Of course, our level of competition has not been the highest yet, and that is about to change.
Defensive PFF grades + snap counts thru 4 games:
Hendrickson: 71.3. 222.
Reader: 80.9. 174.
Ogunjobi: 58.6. 201. (Seems a tad low)
Hubbard: 64.2 238.
L. Wilson: 76.8. 257.
Pratt: 66.5. 156.
Waynes: 55.2. 53.
Awuzie: 65.7. 189.
Hilton: 59.6. 242.
Bell: 72.6. 287
Bates: 75.6. 230.
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Apple: 43.3. 281.
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Tupou: 76.5. 98
Hill: 79.7. 97.
C. Sample: 53.9. 92.
ADG: 65.0. 88
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Phillips: 59.0. 57.
B. Wilson: 61.9. 56
Ray: 70.7. 45
J. Evans: 55.9. 38
R. Allen: 85.4. 21.
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S. Davis: 42.1. 13
J. Davis: 56.8. 8
M. Bailey: 69.8. 7
Hodge: 52.3. 6
Need to get Bates & Awuzie back. Kareem and Allen would be nice as well.
I am not advocating PFF as the Bible, or saying that they get everything right. But usually, at a big picture level, they tend to get stuff right. Burrow has been excellent the last two weeks. All the receivers have been good. Williams & Spain have been our best OL. Hopkins has been poor. All that stuff tracks with my eye test. A bit too harsh on the rookie Carman? Yes.
Same with the D. Do I think Hendrickson should be higher? Yeah. But he, Reader, Wilson, Bates, and Bell being our highest rated starters certainly validates my eye test. So does Awuzie as the best corner. As does Tupou & Hill being highly rated amongst the rotation guys.
Of course, our level of competition has not been the highest yet, and that is about to change.
Defensive PFF grades + snap counts thru 4 games:
Hendrickson: 71.3. 222.
Reader: 80.9. 174.
Ogunjobi: 58.6. 201. (Seems a tad low)
Hubbard: 64.2 238.
L. Wilson: 76.8. 257.
Pratt: 66.5. 156.
Waynes: 55.2. 53.
Awuzie: 65.7. 189.
Hilton: 59.6. 242.
Bell: 72.6. 287
Bates: 75.6. 230.
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Apple: 43.3. 281.
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Tupou: 76.5. 98
Hill: 79.7. 97.
C. Sample: 53.9. 92.
ADG: 65.0. 88
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Phillips: 59.0. 57.
B. Wilson: 61.9. 56
Ray: 70.7. 45
J. Evans: 55.9. 38
R. Allen: 85.4. 21.
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S. Davis: 42.1. 13
J. Davis: 56.8. 8
M. Bailey: 69.8. 7
Hodge: 52.3. 6
Need to get Bates & Awuzie back. Kareem and Allen would be nice as well.
