PFF Review Week 5

[grandy]

ARZ-DET GRADES: STAFFORD BENCHED, CARDINALS ROUT LIONS
KIERNAN HOGAN
23 HOURS AGO

Here are the top takeaways and highest-graded players from the Cardinals? 42-17 win over the Lions.

Arizona Cardinals
? QB Carson Palmer (+3.5) finished with just 14 pass attempts, but earned a positive grade for the fifth week in a row and currently leads all quarterbacks with a +18.7 overall grade. Palmer faced pressure only four times, and was 11-for-12 for 161 yards and three touchdowns (158.3 QB Rating, +4.0 PFF passing grade) when not pressured.

? The Cardinals offense dominated in the run game, averaging 7.5 yards per carry. Five different players earned run blocking grades of +1.0 or better, and 103 of the team?s 187 rushing yards came before contact. LG Mike Iupati (+1.2) led the team with a +2.4 run blocking grade.

? DE Calais Campbell (+2.0) has earned a positive grade in every game this season, and ranks fifth among 3-4 defensive ends with a +13.0 overall grade. Campbell finished with one hit, two hurries and a +1.6 run defense grade.

Top performers:

QB Carson Palmer (+3.5)

FS Tony Jefferson (+3.1)

DE Calais Campbell (+2.0)

TE Darren Fells (+2.0)

LT Jared Veldheer (+2.0)



Detroit Lions
? QB Matt Stafford finished with a -3.3 grade, and has now earned a negative grade in all five games this season. He was pressured 12 times, but actually earned a lower grade when he had a clean pocket: 14-for-21 for 113 yards, one touchdown and one interception for a -2.3 grade when not pressured. Stafford is currently our lowest-graded quarterback with a -16.5 overall grade. He was even benched for Dan Orlovsky in the second half.

? RG Manuel Ramirez (+1.9) has been excellent this season, grading positively in all five games. Ramirez earned a season-best +3.0 pass blocking grade yesterday after allowing just one hurry on 76 pass-blocking snaps. His +6.9 overall grade ranks eleventh among NFL guards.

? It was a quiet debut for LB DeAndre Levy (-0.7). Levy was our third-highest ranked 4-3 OLB in 2014, but missed the first four games of 2015 due to injury. He played 17 snaps yesterday, but failed to register on the stat sheet and left the game after aggravating his injured hip.

Top performers:

LT Riley Reiff (+4.1)

TE Brandon Pettigrew (+2.1)

RG Manuel Ramirez (+1.9)

HB Theo Riddick (+1.9)

CB Darius Slay (+1.1)

https://www.profootballfocus.com/bl...grades-stafford-benched-cardinals-rout-lions/

 

[brewer229]

Offense

Best Grades

Riley Reiff: +4.1
Brandon Pettigrew: +2.1
Theo Riddick: +2.0
Manny Ramirez: +1.9

Worse Grades

Matthew Stafford: -3.3
LaAdrian Waddle: -3.1
Laken Tomlinson: -3.0
Golden Tate: -2.2
Tim Wright: -1.9
Zach Zenner: -1.5
Ameer Abdullah: -1.5
Lance Moore: -1.2


Defense

Best Grades

Darius Slay: +1.1
Darryl Tapp: +1.1

Worst Grades

Jason Jones: -1.7
Gabe Wright: -1.2
Josh Wilson: -1.2
Jermelle Cudjo: -1.2

http://www.prideofdetroit.com/2015/...s-an-embarrassing-performance-from-all-phases

 

[brewer229]

I'm surprised by the positive grade for Slay. Seems like he got burned on a deep route and also got beat for another TD. Although the close TD my of been zone and not his responsibility...I wasn't watching closely for part of the game, for obvious reasons.

Overall I can't say there are too many grades I disagree with. I thought as a whole the o-line played a lot better in pass protection.

 

[LKP]

Slay was close on the deep ball. Brown is just really fast. Executed well. He got beat on a slant to Fitz for the TD. Not much he could do really. He didn't give up much else.

LB coverage and nickel coverage were the bigger issues. And run D without Ngata and later Levy.

 

[dubbsco]

They must be finding something I am missing, because I thought Slay and Reiff were absolutely atrocious.

 

[LKP]

70 dropbacks and no sacks. PFF loves Reiff's run blocking. 4th best tackle in league at run blocking.

Slay didn't give up much other than 2 plays. And had good coverage on Brown, just a great play and throw. Brown is really fast.

 

[LKP]

Here is a fun one. PFF ranks former Lions Michael Williams as the second best blocking TE in the league.

 

[dubbsco]

But giving up two massive plays is the difference in a game.

 

[Mitchrapp]

Like I said before.. Matt doesn't need bad blocking to stink.

 

[LKP]

But giving up two massive plays is the difference in a game.

The grade is based on a good coverage though. Brown caught it but the coverage was there.

And the Fitz slant it was already 28-7 before that TD.

 

[brewer229]

2 big plays on 14 pass attempts is giving up a big play nearly 15% of the time. That is not a very good game.

 

[dubbsco]

If you give up two giant plays, you didn't do your job. I cannot see how PFF gives him anything other than a negative grade.

 

[Mitchrapp]

If you give up two giant plays, you didn't do your job. I cannot see how PFF gives him anything other than a negative grade.

I'm curious, related to the 2nd one, if they devalue a play if it's not a close game.

 

[tomdalton22]

I'm curious, related to the 2nd one, if they devalue a play if it's not a close game.

if they do it would be insanely stupid!

 

[dubbsco]

This site seems to be all over the place with grading sometimes. They gave Warford last year, one of the highest rated games of all time in the history of guards??? That just blew my mind.

 

[LKP]

There is more to his grade than just coverage. Penalty and run defense factors.

.6 run D, .5 coverage, .1 on penalty

And it's all cumulative. 17 coverage snaps he played. Coverage counts on sacks too

20 coverage plays in the game. 14 attempts Palmer, 2 sacks and 4 attempts Stanton. Slay on field for 17 of them.

 

[dubbsco]

Slay is getting picked on early and often. People are making plays around, behind, and over top of him. I'm just not seeing how he can be graded positive.

 

[LKP]

One play. And he had decent coverage on the play to Brown one on one. He had good coverage on the Thomas and Sanders plays too.

I gurantee he didn't get the -2 or whatever the worst you can get is on those plays. They add each play grade together. So if you have one -2 but a bunch +.2 on all the other snaps, you can have a good day.

Of course everyone notices the completions. There are alot of no targets and incompletes too. No targets could be good or bad coverage too. But most likely good. There are run D snaps that go into a grade. Nobody notices that other than PFF. Which is why PFF is good.

Fans make a judgment on two plays. You don't remember the two yard pass to someone else where Slay had good coverage on his guy.

 

[dubbsco]

It's good to have you back.

 

[tomdalton22]

One play. And he had decent coverage on the play to Brown one on one. He had good coverage on the Thomas and Sanders plays too.

I gurantee he didn't get the -2 or whatever the worst you can get is on those plays. They add each play grade together. So if you have one -2 but a bunch +.2 on all the other snaps, you can have a good day.

Of course everyone notices the completions. There are alot of no targets and incompletes too. No targets could be good or bad coverage too. But most likely good. There are run D snaps that go into a grade. Nobody notices that other than PFF. Which is why PFF is good.

Fans make a judgment on two plays. You don't remember the two yard pass to someone else where Slay had good coverage on his guy.

It sounds like they don't have a large enough negative number for big plays. If a security guard does a good job with 20 people that come into the store but then falls asleep and the 21st guy robs the store blind PFF would grade him out with a plus grade.