ProFootballFocus Top/Bottom at every position, as of Week 4

[TheKillerNacho]

Friend with the subscription sent me the updated numbers so I'm sending them to you. A disclaimer: I do not own a PFF subscription but my friend does and sent me this list to post it. PFF is obviously flawed, and in some cases downright laughable, I do not necessarily share their opinions on the top/worst players. Still, this should be interesting. Keep in mind their new player grade scale lists players via a 1-100 format. Also keep in mind that players who do not have a certain Snap % are not included (not sure what exactly the minimum snap count is... I think its like 25%).

I'll be posting these every four weeks or so... the next one will be after Week 8.

QUARTERBACK

Top 5:
1. Jared Goff 93.1
2. Drew Brees 92.3
3. Patrick Mahomes 91.6
4. Ryan Fitzmagic 90.8
5. Andy Dalton 88.9

Bottom 5:
1. Sam Bradford 41.4
2a. Josh Allen 46.9
2b. Tyrod Taylor 46.9
4. Sam Darnold 47.2
5. Blaine Gabbert 51.9

RUNNINGBACK

Top 6:
1. Austin Ekeler 91.2
2. Matt Breida 79.8
3. Marshawn Lynch 79.5
4. Jordan Howard 77.1
5. Royce Freeman 76.2
6a. Alvin Kamara 75.6
6b. Chris Ivory 75.6

Bottom 6:
1. Rashaad Penny 49.4
2. Carlos Hyde 51.9
3. T.J. Yeldon 53.4
4. Devonate Booker 53.7
5. Tevin Coleman 54.0
6. Jalen Richard 55.5

FULLBACK

Top 5:
1. Anthony Sherman 86.1
2. Kyle Juszczyk 79.8
3. Tre Madden 75.8
4. Andy Janovich 73.6
5. Derek Watt 70.8

Bottom 5:
1. Keith Smith 47.3
2. Zach Line 48.3
3. Roosevelt Nix 50.3
4. James Develin 53.6
5. Patrick Ricard 56.0

WIDE RECEIVER

Top 7:
1. DeSean Jackson 91.1
2. Julio Jones 88.9
3. DeAndre Hopkins 88.8
4. Will Fuller 86.4
5. Michael Thomas 86.3
6. Mike Evans 86.1
7. Chris Godwin 84.0

Bottom 7:
1. D.J. Chark 47.7
2. Marquez Valdes-Scantling 48.6
3. Tre'Quan Smith 49.0
4a. Michael Gallup 50.1
4b. Robert Foster 50.1
6. Robby Anderson 50.7
7. Torrey Smith 51.1

TIGHT END

Top 5:
1. George Kittle 90.0
2. O.J. Howard 86.9
3. Jared Cook 81.8
4. Travis Kelce 78.6
5. Jesse James 78.3

Bottom 5:
1. Jonnu Smith 45.8
2. Chris Manhertz 46.1
3. Lance Kendricks 47.1
4. Ian Thomas 49.3
5. Dion Sims 49.8

OFFENSIVE TACKLE

Top 6:
1. Andrew Whitworth 87.9
2. David Bakhtiari 84.6
3. Taylor Moton 81.1
4. Terron Armstead 80.8
5. Charles Leno 80.6
6. Rob Havenstein 79.1

Bottom 6:
1. Donald Penn 47.0
2. Chad Wheeler 47.2
3. Germain Ifedi 47.6
4. LaAdrian Waddle 47.8
5. Martinas Rankin 48.8
6. Denzelle Good 49.8

OFFENSIVE GUARD

Top 6:
1. Connor McGovern 81.1
2. Rodger Saffold 80.4
3. Will Hernandez 79.3
4. Austin Blythe 76.9
5. Zack Martin 75.4
6. Ali Marpet 75.0

Bottom 6:
1. Dan Feeney 32.9
2. Josh LeRibeus 40.9
3. Caleb Benenoch 45.3
4a. Alex Lewis 48.8
4b. D.J. Fluker 48.8
6. Mike Iupati 49.8

CENTER

Top 5:
1. Jason Kelce 78.9
2. David Andrews 77.8
3. Matt Paradis 75.8
4. Rodney Hudson 75.2
5. Corey Linsley 73.7

Bottom 5:
1. Ryan Groy 42.3
2. Mason Cole 44.3
3. Pat Elfein 51.6
4. Ryan Jensen 52.9
5. Daniel Kilgore 53.6

CORNERBACK

Top 7:
1. Byron Jones 90.6
2. Patrick Peterson 82.1
3. Prince Amukamara 82.0
4. Bryce Callahan 80.1
5. Eli Apple 78.6
6. Jason McCourty 78.5
7a. Quinton Dunbar 78.4
7b. Richard Sherman 78.4

Bottom 7:
1. P.J. Williams 29.9
2. Jamar Yalor 39.5
3. Aaron Colvin 41.5
4. Ahkello Witherspoon 42.3
5. Brent Grimes 42.8
6. Briean Boddy-Calhoun 45.6
7. Ken Crawley 45.9

SAFETY

Top 5:
1. Earl Thomas 91.3
2. Clayton Fejedelem 90.5
3. HaHa Clinton-Dix 90.4
4. Eddie Jackson 90.1
5. D.J. Swearinger 89.9

Bottom 5:
1. Reshad Jones 35.9
2. Adrian Colbert 36.7
3. Derrick Kindred 41.2
4. Marcus Gilchrist 45.1
5. Jordan Richards 47.6

LINEBACKER

Top 7:
1. Bobby Wagner 91.1
2. Josey Jewell 89.6
3. Blake Martinez 84.9
4. Zach Brown 83.9
5. Leighton Vander Esch 83.6
6. Josh Bynes 82.4
7. Ja'Whaun Bentley 81.7

Bottom 7:
1. Deone Bucannon 28.3
2. Terrance Smith 29.4
3. Austin Calitro 29.7
4. Zach Cunningham 33.6
5. Christian Kirksey 33.7
6. Rashaan Evans 37.2
7. Adarius Taylor 38.0

"DEFENSIVE INTERIOR"

Top 7:
1. Aaron Donald 93.6
2. Fletcher Cox 91.9
3. Akiem Hicks 90.8
4. Lawrence Guy 90.6
5a. Geno Atkins 90.2
5b. Damon Harrison 90.2
7. Kenny Clark 90.1

Bottom 7:
1. William Gholston 33.1
2. Justin Jones 38.7
3. Jordan Phillips 42.5
4. Shamar Stephen 49.8
5. Destiny Vaeao 50.5
6. David Onyemata 50.6
7. Ricky Jean-Francois 51.1

"EDGE DEFENDER"

Top 7:
1. Khalil Mack 92.1
2. J.J. Watt 90.9
3. Trey Flowers 90.0
4. Lorenzo Alexander 89.8
5. Brandon Graham 88.7
6. Myles Garrett 87.9
7. Cameron Jordan 83.8

Bottom 7:
1. Andre Branch 41.9
2. Wes Horton 42.3
3. Vic Beasley 45.7
4. Kareem Martin 46.6
5. Rasheem Green 48.1
6. Dorance Armstrong 50.2
7. Michael Johnson 50.9

There's a few notable snubs/wtfs that I see.

[cddolphin]

12 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

QUARTERBACK

Top 5:
1. Jared Goff 93.1
2. Drew Brees 92.3
3. Patrick Mahomes 91.4
4. Ryan Fitzmagic 90.8
5. Andy Dalton 88.9

This looks about right honestly. Bengals have been flying under the radar through the first quarter of the season.

12 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

5. Dion Sims 49.8

What's up, Bears fans? I liked him in Miami. He was a good #2 for us.

12 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

5. Daniel Kilgore 53.6

12 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

1. Reshad Jones 35.9

Reshad Jones... the worst safety in football..? What??? 

 

[ET80]

7 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

4. DeAndre Hopkins 88.8
5. Will Fuller 86.4

Nuk is Nuk, but the development of Will Fuller has been a revelation this season - he's quietly developed into a well rounded WR, a guy who has track-type speed that can completely scalp the top of a defense, but can run a full route tree and make some spectacular grabs along the sideline or over the middle.

If his hamstring could hold up, he'd find himself in that top 15 range of WRs.

11 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

Bottom 6:
5. Martinas Rankin 48.8
6. Denzelle Good 49.8

Damn, Denzelle Good must be REALLY bad. Rankin is overmatched out there at LT, can't deal with a speed rush or power rush - he's out of position at LT, I can't figure out why he's still there. He might make a good RT or OG, but he's a mess at LT.

13 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

Bottom 7:
3. Aaron Colvin 41.5

Oddly enough, he's been our best CB - which should tell you everything about our CBs. Word is he might be out for the season with a bad ankle injury - so that's both Colvin and Kevin Johnson on IR, leaving 34 year old Jonathan Joseph and street FAs Sharice Wright and Kayvon Webster. 

If you're starting Cole Beasley or Dak Prescott, you're probably gonna win your fantasy matchup this week. Two very good, cheap options if you do FanDuel.

21 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

Top 7:
1. Khalil Mack 92.1
2. J.J. Watt 90.9

Great to see JJ back on the leaderboard, but surprised Jadevion Clowney isn't on the list - his last game was one of the 2-3 "so, that's why you drafted him #1" games he has every year. When he's on, he's quite literally unstoppable - blows up every play like he's Goku going SS1 on Namak. 

You'll probably get another one from him by week 10, 11. 

[TheKillerNacho]

2 minutes ago, ET80 said:

Damn, Denzelle Good must be REALLY bad. Rankin is overmatched out there at LT, can't deal with a speed rush or power rush - he's out of position at LT, I can't figure out why he's still there. He might make a good RT or OG, but he's a mess at LT.

You seem to be under the impression Denzelle Good is ranked under him... I put the "Bottom" players from worst to first (well, ok, slightly less worst), so Good is ranked ahea dof him. Meanwhile, there are four Tackles that PFF ranks lower than Rankin:

1. Donald Penn 47.0
2. Chad Wheeler 47.2
3. Germain Ifedi 47.6
4. LaAdrian Waddle 47.8

[TheKillerNacho]

5 minutes ago, ET80 said:

Great to see JJ back on the leaderboard, but surprised Jadevion Clowney isn't on the list - his last game was one of the 2-3 "so, that's why you drafted him #1" games he has every year. When he's on, he's quite literally unstoppable - blows up every play like he's Goku going SS1 on Namak.

Per my friend, Jadeveon ranks 55th with 64.3.... pretty surprised he's that low myself.

[ET80]

2 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

You seem to be under the impression Denzelle Good is ranked under him... I put the "Bottom" players from worst to first (well, ok, slightly less worst), so Good is ranked ahea dof him. Meanwhile, there are four Tackles that PFF ranks lower than Rankin:

1. Donald Penn 47.0
2. Chad Wheeler 47.2
3. Germain Ifedi 47.6
4. LaAdrian Waddle 47.8

This is absolutely impossible. Rankin is REALLY not good at football.

[TheKillerNacho]

Also, apparently, my friend sent me the screenshots before they included MNF's game between the Chiefs and Broncos. I updated the OP. Interestingly, it caused Tyreek Hill to drop down to 12th (removing him from the WR list where he was previous 2nd), and some guy named Josey Jewell shot up to 2nd on the Linebacker list, bumping Kuechly down to 8th.

[Dome]

Don’t agree with the Saints in the bottom 5 ranking outside MAYBE P.J. Williams. But he played great last week and I think there’s probably CBs just as bad as him that haven’t had any good games at all this season.

Dont agree with Line being bottom 5 either. He had 2 drops last week and that could’ve hurt him for sure but outside of that he’s really solid for us.

[MookieMonstah]

Just now, Dome said:

Don’t agree with the Saints in the bottom 5 ranking outside MAYBE P.J. Williams. But he played great last week and I think there’s probably CBs just as bad as him that haven’t had any good games at all this season.

Dont agree with Line being bottom 5 either. He had 2 drops last week and that could’ve hurt him for sure but outside of that he’s really solid for us.

PJ Williams should remain surely in the bottom 5 for that atrocious performance against the Falcons.

[dtait93]

42 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

DEFENSIVE INTERIOR"

Top 7:
1. Aaron Donald 93.6
2. Fletcher Cox 91.9
3. Akiem Hicks 90.8
4. Lawrence Guy 90.6
5a. Geno Atkins 90.2
5b. Damon Harrison 90.2
7. Kenny Clark 90.1

Dang no love for Jurrell Casey? Smh.

[TheKillerNacho]

1 minute ago, dtait93 said:

Dang no love for Jurrell Casey? Smh.

He's 10th

[JBURGE]

1 minute ago, dtait93 said:

Dang no love for Jurrell Casey? Smh.

I don't know what Casey's ranking is, but those guys are all in the 90s... Casey can still be playing great and be in the 80s. Is 80+ not considered elite for them?

[Dome]

21 minutes ago, MookieMonstah said:

PJ Williams should remain surely in the bottom 5 for that atrocious performance against the Falcons.

Could be... it doesn't bug me that much cause he was atrocious that game. usually the bottom 5 section is where I disagree with PFF and the top 5 is usually a lot closer. He certainly didn't look like  a bottom 5 CB last week, so I'm hoping he keeps trending in the right direction. Jamming two receivers at the LOS on the play where we sacked Eli to end the game, also forced the fumble earlier in the game. 

 

Still though, Line in the bottom 5 is laughable lol. He's a fine fullback. 

[dtait93]

3 minutes ago, JBURGE said:

I don't know what Casey's ranking is, but those guys are all in the 90s... Casey can still be playing great and be in the 80s. Is 80+ not considered elite for them?

No idea. I'm not sure what formula PFF uses to rate players or how their tiers work or if they even have tiers.

[RandyMossIsBoss]

Surprised to see Graham keep rising their edge defender ranking, it feels like he has been underperforming for us.