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ProFootballFocus Top/Bottom at every position, Final 2018 Grades

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TheKillerNacho

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Here we go... let's see how PFF does with a whole season of "data" under their belt...

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%).

QUARTERBACK

Top 6:
1. Drew Brees 94.7
2. Patrick Mahomes 93.2
3. Andrew Luck 91.1
4. Philip Rivres 90.8
5. Tom Brady 90.7
6. Aaron Rodgers 89.9

Bottom 6:
1. Ryan Tannehill 45.3
2. Josh Rosen 49.1
3. Jeff Driskel 52.6
4. Brock Osweiler 52.7
5. Lamar Jackson 58.5
6. Mitchell Trubisky 63.0

RUNNINGBACK

Top 7:
1. Nick Chubb 87.5
2. Derrick Henry 87.0
3. Melvin Gordon 86.2
4. Saquon Barkley 85.9
5. Chris Carson 85.6
6. Austin Ekeler 85.1
7. Alvin Kamara 84.1

Bottom 7:
1. LeGarrette Blount 45.9
2. Carlos Hyde 52.8
3. Elijah McGuire 56.3
4. Wendell Smallwood 56.5
5. T.J. Yeldon 56.6
6. Chris Thompson 58.5
7. Alfred Morris 61.1

FULLBACK

Top 5:
1. Anthony Sherman 80.0
2. Michael Burton 75.9
3. Roosevelt Nix 71.3
4. Tre Madden 70.3
5. Andy Janovich 69.8

Bottom 5:
1. Orson Charles 44.9
2. C.J. Ham 50.9
3. Jamize Olawale 52.5
4. Tommy Bohanon 53.8
5. Tra Carson 55.8

WIDE RECEIVER

Top 7:
1. DeAndre Hopkins 92.5
2. Michael Thomas 91.3
3. Julio Jones 90.9
4. Keenan Allen 90.3
5. Odell Beckham Jr. 90.0
6. Tyreek Hill 89.6
7. Adam Thielen 89.5

Bottom 7:
1a. John Ross 49.4
1b. James Washington 49.4
3. Michael Floyd 50.1
4. T.J. Jones 50.4
5. Laquon Treadwell 51.4
6. D.J. Chark 52.4
7. Marcell Ateman 53.5

TIGHT END

Top 5:
1. George Kittle 89.8
2. O.J. Howard 89.4
3. Travis Kelce 88.6
4. Gerald Everett 82.2
5. Lee Smith 79.0

Bottom 5:
1. Jeremy Sprinkle 46.2
2. Antony Auclair 46.5
3. Eric Tomlinson 48.6
4. Mike Gesicki 50.7
5. Jermaine Gresham 50.8

OFFENSIVE TACKLE

Top 6:
1. David Bakhtiari 88.3
2. Terron Armstead 87.7
3. Rob Havenstein 84.4
4. Mitchell Schwartz 82.9
5. Andrew Whitworth 82.7
6a. Ryan Ramcyk 82.2
6b. Joe Staley 82.2

Bottom 6:
1. Martinas Rankin 42.1
2. Josh Walker 42.2
3. Brandon Parker 46.4
4. Chad Wheeler 47.1
5. Kolton Miller 48.2
6. Halapoulivaati Vaitai 48.8

OFFENSIVE GUARD

Top 6:
1. Shaq Mason 82.1
2. Zack Martin 80.5
3. Marshal Yanda 77.5
4. Joel Bitonio 74.5
5. Kevin Zeitler 74.4
6. Quenton Nelson 74.3

Bottom 6:
1. Ted Larsen 42.6
2. Xavier Su'a-Filo 43.3
3. Andrus Peat 43.4
4. Caleb Benenoch 43.6
5. Cam Erving 43.8
6. Dan Feeney 43.9

CENTER

Top 5:
1. Jason Kelce 84.9
2. Matt Paradis 79.0
3. Alex Mack 77.3
4. Rodney Hudson 76.5
5. Brandon Linder 74.8

Bottom 5:
1. Pat Elfein 43.5
2. Spencer Long 45.6
3. Ryan Groy 46.7
4. Billy Price 49.4
5. Mason Cole 50.8

CORNERBACK

Top 7:
1. Stephon Gilmore 90.7
2. Desmond King 90.4
3. Chris Harris Jr. 86.0
4. Kareem Jackson 85.7
5. Levi Wallace 83.5
6a. Jason McCourty 83.1
6b. Byron Jones 83.1

Bottom 7:
1. Nick Nelson 39.1
2. Jamar Taylor 43.5
3. Ahkello Witherspoon 44.9
4. Sidney Jones 47.4
5. Mike Ford 48.9
6. Ken Crawley 50.7
7. Nate Hairston 51.6

SAFETY

Top 7:
1. Eddie Jackson 93.2
2. Jamal Adams 89.7
3. Anthony Harris 89.0
4. Kevin Byard 88.4
5. Derwin James 88.3
6. John Johnson 84.3
7. Micah Hyde 84.0

Bottom 7:
1. Adrian Colbert 31.7
2. Marcell Harris 40.0
3. Isaiah Johnson 40.1
4. Derrick Kindred 46.9
5. Montae Nicholson 47.2
6. Kentrell Brice 51.0
7. Mike Adams 51.4

LINEBACKER

Top 7:
1. Bobby Wagner 91.9
2. Luke Kuechly 90.7
3. Zach Brown 89.2
4. Leighton Vander Esch 84.9
5. Jaylon Smith 84.4
6. Darius Leonard 82.0
7. Benardrick McKinney 81.9

Bottom 7:
1. Austin Calitro 29.2
2. Anthony Hitchens 40.5
3. Ardarius Taylor 42.2
4. Tae Davis 42.3
5. Reuben Foster 42.9
6. Damien Wilson 43.2
7. Duke Riley 44.2

"DEFENSIVE INTERIOR"

Top 7:
1. Aaron Donald 95.5
2. Fletcher Cox 92.6
3. Damon Harrison 92.2
4. Akeim Hicks 91.7
5. Grady Jarrett 91.0
6a. Shelby Harris 90.8
6b. Michael Pierce 90.8

Bottom 7:
1. William Gholston 34.1
2. Olsen Pierre 45.4
3. Justin Jones 48.8
4. Trevon Coley 50.4
5. Jordan Phillips 52.0
6. Damion Square 52.3
7. Grover Stewart 53.4

"EDGE DEFENDER"

Top 7:
1. Calais Campbell 91.1
2. J.J. Watt 90.7
3a. Khalil Mack 90.4
3b. Trey Flowers 90.4
5. Von Miller 90.2
6. Cameron Jordan 89.7
7. Demarcus Lawrence 89.5

Bottom 7:
1. Vic Beasley 42.2
2. Wes Horton 42.4
3. Andre Branch 46.9
4. Connor Barwin 48.6
5. Jordan Jenkins 52.2
6. Markus Golden 52.3
7. Nick Perry 53.1

Let's here the chorus of boos... I know Derrick Henry turned it up the last couple weeks... but 2nd best RB in the NFL? Hah.

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For the most part, PFF usually gets these right insofar as “these 5 guys were good and these 5 guys were bad”. There’s usually some oddities in there every year or players who are mis-graded because their role doesn’t fit what they’re being expected to do. But outside of the few randomly placed guys that seemingly don’t belong anywhere near where they end up, and squabbles about which guy they belongs over which, there’s usually at least something that you can look at and say “I don’t agree with these, but at least 85% of guys are in or close to the right tier”.

 

That all said, what is going on with these secondary rankings? Whole lot of oddities there. 

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Sounds about right for the Browns. Wouldn't say Chubb was the best RB, but he was up there. And I'm also not sure if I'd necessarily put Bitonio and Zeitler in the top five, but they both had very good years.

Not surprising to see Coley, Charles or Kindred near the bottom. Coley was decent for us last year as a UDFA, but he proved this year that he should not be a starter.

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2 hours ago, Malfatron said:

Kevin Byard makes a lot of sense here though.

I think he deserves it.

There’s some that deserve to be there. But more so than any other group, I think there’s some head scratchers, as well as some omissions (and placement of those omissions) that really doesn’t make any sense at all.

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28 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:
30 minutes ago, kingseanjohn said:

No Chris Jones or Dee Ford? I’m curious where they landed. 

Iirc I saw Chris Jones at like 8th or 9th, just missed the cut.

Jones is 8th, Ford is 9th. 

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