ProFootballFocus Top/Bottom at every position, as of Week 14 2021

[TheKillerNacho]

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. Tom Brady 91.5
2. Joe Burrow 90.0
3. Kirk Cousins 88.3
4. Justin Herbert 86.6
5. Kyler Murray 84.7
6. Josh Allen 83.3

Bottom 6:
1. Davis Mills 55.6
2a. Trevor Lawrence 57.1
2b. Zach Wilson 57.1
4. Tyrod Taylor 59.2
5. Jared Goff 59.6
6. Ben Roethlisberger 60.8

RUNNINGBACK

Top 7:
1. Cordarelle Patterson 90.3
2. Tony Pollard 89.1
3. D'Ernest Johnson 88.0
4. Jonathan Taylor 87.7
5. A.J. Dillon 87.0
6. Damien Harris 84.7
7. Khalil Herbert 81.6

Bottom 7:
1. Ty Johnson 53.7
2. Carlos Hyde 53.8
3. David Johnson 55.9
4. Mike Davis 58.8
5. D'Andre Swift 59.7
6a. Latavius Murray 60.8
6b. Rex Burkhead 60.8

FULLBACK

Top 5:
1. Michael Burton 82.4
2. Nick Bawden 79.1
3. Tory Carter 76.3
4. Patrick Ricard 74.6
5. Nick Bellore 72.5

Bottom 5:
1. Giovanni Ricci 45.8
2. Sutton Smith 48.7
3. Khari Blasingame 53.9
4. Jason Cabinda 57.3
5. Andrew Beck 59.3

WIDE RECEIVER

Top 8:
1. Davante Adams 92.0
2. Cooper Kupp 91.2
3. Justin Jefferson 89.9
4. Deonte Harris 86.6
5. CeeDee Lamb 85.8
6. Tyreek Hill 85.1
7. Deebo Samuel 83.6
8. Tee Higgins 82.3

Bottom 8:
1. Freddie Swain 47.3
2. Trinity Benson 48.5
3. Demarcus Robinson 51.0
4a. James Washington 51.2
4b. Damiere Byrd 51.2
6. Dyami Brown 51.7
7. Zach Pascal 53.9
8. Darius Slayton 54.2

TIGHT END

Top 6:
1. George Kittle 91.7
2. Mark Andrews 89.2
3. Dallas Goedert 85.9
4. Rob Gronkowski 82.1
5. Maxx Williams 78.8
6. Kyle Pitts 77.8

Bottom 6:
1. Tommy Sweeney 47.2
2. Anthony Firkser 47.9
3. Eric Ebron 48.4
4. O.J. Howard 49.4
6. Garrett Griffin 50.5

OFFENSIVE TACKLE

Top 7:
1. Trent Williams 99.0
2. Tyron Smith 91.7
3. Michael Onwenu 87.9
4. Tristan Wirfs 84.8
5. Andrew Whitworth 84.0
6. Braden Smith 83.5
7. Jordan Mailata 82.8

Bottom 7:
1. Rashod Hill 42.2
2. Trey Pipkins 42.6
3a. Liam Eichenberg 48.4
3b. Justin Herron 48.4
5. Brandon Parker 50.8
6. Jesse Davis 53.1
7. Matt Nelson 53.7

OFFENSIVE GUARD

Top 7:
1. Zack Martin 94.6
2. Joel Bitonio 92.7
3. Shaq Mason 86.0
4. Wyatt Teller 85.2
5. Ali Marpet 82.4
6. Chris Lindstrom 80.9
7. Wes Schweitzer 79.4

Bottom 7:
1. Alex Leatherwood 41.0
2. Trent Scott 42.1
3. Calvin Throckmorton 42.7
4. Cody Ford 46.7
5. Austin Jackson 47.8
6. Jackson Carman 48.9
7. Tytus Howard 49.1

CENTER

Top 5:
1. Creed Humphrey 90.4
2. Jason Kelce 84.7
3. Corey Linsley 84.2
4. Chase Roullier 81.4
5. Brian Allen 78.0

Bottom 5:
1. Kyle Fuller 46.4
2. Austin Reiter 48.4
3. Trey Hopkins 49.7
4. Sam Mustipher 51.2
5. Pat Elfein 51.6

CORNERBACK

Top 7:
1. A.J. Terrell 85.7
2. Jalen Ramsey 85.3
3. Rashad Fenton 84.0
4. Darius Slay 83.0
5. Mike Hughes 81.3
6. Kendall Fuller 81.1
7. Chidobe Awuzie 80.2

Bottom 7:
1a. Mackensie Alexander 43.7
1b. Brandin Echols 43.7
3. Ugo Amadi 46.5
4. Bashaud Breeland 47.2
5. A.J. Parker 47.7
6. Brandon Facyson 48.4
7. Kyle Fuller 48.7

SAFETY

Top 7:
1. Kevin Byard 89.9
2. Antoine Winfield Jr. 85.1
3. Adrian Phillips 83.1
4. Marcus Williams 82.4
5. Jevon Holland 81.6
6a. Jimmie Ward 80.2
6b. Amani Hooker 80.2

Bottom 7:
1. Lonnie Johnson Jr. 29.1
2. Will Harris 42.3
3. Nick Scott 44.8
4. Daniel Sorensen 48.0
5. Minkah Fitzpatrick 49.5
6. Eric Murray 49.8
7. Tre Norwood 50.3

LINEBACKER

Top 7:
1. Micah Parsons 83.9
2. De'Vondre Campbell 83.1
3. Alexander Johnson 81.1
4. Pete Werner 80.9
5. Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah 79.7
6. Bobby Wagner 77.0
7. Darius Leonard 75.4

Bottom 7:
1. Alec Ogletree 28.4
2. Tae Crowder 29.0
3. Justin Strnad 31.9
4. Derrick Barnes 32.2
5. Alex Anzalone 34.1
6. Devin Bush 34.5
7. Eric Wilson 35.3

"INTERIOR DEFENDER"

Top 7:
1. Aaron Donald 93.9
2. Cameron Heyward 91.5
3. Jonathan Allen 90.5
4. Chris Jones 86.6
5. Calais Campbell 84.4
6. Christian Wilkins 83.1
7. Zach Sieler 80.8

Bottom 7:
1. Vernon Butler 34.9
2. Hassan Ridgeway 35.0
3. Carl Davis 40.0
4. Raekwon Davis 40.7
5. Leki Fotu 41.3
6a. Sheldon RAnkins 43.5
6b. Solomon Thomas 43.5
6c. Naquan Jones 43.5
6d. Danny Shelton 43.5

"EDGE DEFENDER"

Top 7:
1. Myles Garrett 92.1
2. Maxx Crosby 90.9
3. Ogbonnia Okoronkwo 88.9
4. T.J. Watt 88.6
5. Joey Bosa 87.9
6. Nick Bosa 87.5
7a. Marcus Davenport 87.0
7b. Jonathan Greenard 87.0

Bottom 7:
1. Steven Means 47.1
2. Brandon Copeland 48.0
3. K'Lavon Chaisson 48.8
4. Jason Pierre-Paul 48.9
5. Terrell Lewis 50.3
6. Bud Dupree 50.4
7. D.J. Wonnum 51.3

KICKER

Top 5:
1. Justin Tucker 92.8
2. Jake Elliott 86.1
3. Chris Boswell 82.5
4. Zane Gonzalez 81.3
5. Younghoe Koo 79.9

Bottom 5:
1. Josh Lambo 26.7
2. Tristan Vizaino 28.7
3. Alex Kessman 29.3
4. Cody Parkey 32.9
5. Matt Ammendola 35.7

PUNTER

Top 5:
1. A.J. Cole III 85.8
2. Logan Cooke 72.1
3. Bryan Anger 71.0
4. Thomas Morstead 70.9
5. Blake Gillikin 70.2

Bottom 5:
1. Ryan Winslow 43.5
2. Ande Lee 44.6
3. Johnny Townsend 46.6
4. Tommy Townsend 48.2
5. Michael Palardy 51.8

Some spicy takes this time around, for sure...

Week 9's rankings, for reference.

[LeotheLion]

I can't believe there's been 5 punters worse than Hekker this year. 

[JAF-N72EX]

How and why is......nevermind, it's PFF.

[MKnight82]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone have as high of a grade as Trent Williams does.

[kingseanjohn]

I have a few issues. But the most egregious is Tommy Townsend as the 4th worst punter.

He's currently averaging 48.5 yards per punt w/ a net average of 45.9 and a long of 68.

19 of his 31 punts have been inside the 20 with only 1 touchback.

Only 15 of his 31 kicks have been returned. Those 15 went for a total of 61yds or 4yds per return.

[FalconFan13]

That a boy Terrell   A.J. been putting the clamps on people all season long.   Now if we could only get another CB to pair with him and some edge rusher were working with something.  Actually him being #1 is even more impressive ot me considering how long he has to cover for with our god awful pass rush group.   We actually have the 2 worst guys listed at edge rusher on our team in Means and Copeland XD

Patterson also has to be by far the best budget pickup for production of any player in the league so far.   That man is almost our whole offense at times >.>     Pitts doing solid work as well for a rookie to be int he top 5 for TE's.

Edited December 15, 2021 by FalconFan13

[JonMcC2018]

3 hours ago, MKnight82 said:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone have as high of a grade as Trent Williams does.

I'm a fan of PFF and listen to the pods (a terrible thing to admit round here). Their message is that Trent Williams is having pretty much the greatest year of any player at any position in at least the last 15 years. And not even by that close of a margin.

[Jakuvious]

1 hour ago, kingseanjohn said:

I have a few issues. But the most egregious is Tommy Townsend as the 4th worst punter.

He's currently averaging 48.5 yards per punt w/ a net average of 45.9 and a long of 68.

19 of his 31 punts have been inside the 20 with only 1 touchback.

Only 15 of his 31 kicks have been returned. Those 15 went for a total of 61yds or 4yds per return.

He's been on the bottom 5 of the list the entire year, and literally the only rationale I can think of is that they nuked his grade with the shank he had against Washington, and since he has the fewest punts of any full-time punter this season, he hasn't kicked enough to climb back from that. Though honestly, the 19 yard punt against Washington makes his average being that high all the more impressive.

CEH was stuck on the bottom five for a good while for the same reason. Even though most weeks he had graded well, the fumble against Baltimore tanked his grade and the injury kept him from getting enough snaps to climb back out. Now he's made it back to a 65 after the 3 games back (that's higher than Darrel Williams, but lower than Derrick Gore, for reference.)

The negatively graded plays just hold so much weight, since most snaps PFF grades as basically nothing. I'm like 99% sure it's the penalties against Dallas and Denver that dropped Trey Smith out of the top 5. I'm kind of surprised Hill is still as high as he is given the drop problems. But he has been stellar otherwise.

[Wyld Stallyns]

-Jonathan Taylor 4th behind a WR and 2 backups. (Kidding, Patterson fans don’t bite my head off) 
-Zach Pascal bottom 8 for WRs showing that blocking ability can only take you so far if you drop passes frequently. 
-Braden Smith top OTs very nice. 
-Darius Leonard showing up on the list at 7 shows how playing through an injury affects your impact and yet he’s still punching balls out at a really good pace. He’s just not piling up the tackle numbers. 

If not for these 4 I would’ve asked if no Colts showed up on the list because of the bye. 

[TheKillerNacho]

7 hours ago, MKnight82 said:

I don’t think I’ve ever seen someone have as high of a grade as Trent Williams does.

Indeed.

I had to double check I read it right.

[MikeT14]

12 hours ago, TheKillerNacho said:

OFFENSIVE TACKLE

Top 7:
1. Trent Williams 99.0

[Deadpulse]

13 hours ago, TheKillerNacho said:

SAFETY

Bottom 7:
5. Minkah Fitzpatrick 49.5

This has to be a product of how ish the team is playing, right?

[Chiefer]

14 hours ago, LeotheLion said:

I can't believe there's been 5 punters worse than Hekker this year. 

Theyre just hating on Tommy Townsend, he just got AFC special team player of the month

[Soko]

Byard being there surprises me. Dude looked cooked and allergic to contact for portions of this year.

[Awsi Dooger]

I've been impressed that PFF has properly rated Raekwon Davis very low all season. It is incredible how clumsy and unaware he is. But PFF rated him very high and touted him last season. Often they play favorites and maintain biases from season to season. If it had happened again with Raekwon Davis they would have lost all credibility with me. Big strong guy who occasionally clogs up the interior. But what a deficit starting a guy like that with no playmaking ability or pass rush ability. Even if he has good plays against someone like the Jets you can throw it out. Not athletic enough to sustain.