PFF grades for the Cowboys vs Raiders

[Phoenix]

Top 5 Grades:
ED Damontre Moore, 88.9 overall grade

TE Jason Witten, 85.3 overall grade

ED David Irving, 79.9 overall grade

T Kadeem Edwards, 77.9 overall grade

DI Lewis Neal, 77.8 overall grade

Performances of Note:
TE Jason Witten, 85.3 overall grade
The 15-year vet was in mid-season form, hauling in all of his 6 targets for 74 yards and a touchdown. Witten and QB Dak Prescott were consistently on the same page, including on a 28 yard completion up the seam. The two later connected on a well designed play action pass in the red zone for a touchdown.

QB Cooper Rush, 69.3 overall grade
Rush continued his solid play throughout the preseason, playing with the second-team offense and once again stating his case for the backup job. Rush finished with an adjusted completion percentage of 92.3 percent. Rush was on the lucky end of a dropped interception that ultimately lowered his grade.

ED Damontre Moore, 88.9 overall grade
Moore made a living in the Raiders’ backfield as he earned a sack, a hit and a hurry, along with beating his man on several other occasions. He forced a fumble on QB Connor Cook to end a drive as well. Moore has been a force this preseason racking up two sacks, three hits and two hurries on just 44 pass rush snaps.

DI Maliek Collins, 78.8 overall grade
Collins performance was noteworthy from a run defense standpoint, as he made an impact with his disruption on just 11 run snaps. He recorded just 1 run stop but forced the running back to cut into a tackle for loss on another occasion against Gabe Jackson. Outside his one neutral zone infraction, Collins played an excellent game.



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[robjay04]

Since the dropped interception was on a roughing the passer---does the play even technically exist?

 

[jazzcat22]

Since the dropped interception was on a roughing the passer---does the play even technically exist?

It does not, but consider the source, PFF, Pro Football Turd.

 

[dogunwo]

Since the dropped interception was on a roughing the passer---does the play even technically exist?

The problem with their stats when it comes to interceptions, is they don't take into account who was at fault; the receiver or the QB. Now, I am not saying it wasn't Rush's fault, I am just saying PFF doesn't account for that.

 

[JBell]

Since the dropped interception was on a roughing the passer---does the play even technically exist?

Did the roughing the passer cause the near INT? Or do we assume that the roughing the passer happened after he released the ball, therefore having no impact on the throw?

This is why it's difficult to take these grades seriously. There's a lot of subjectivity in football.

 

[gimmesix]

Since the dropped interception was on a roughing the passer---does the play even technically exist?

Still was a bad pass so I don't mind him receiving blame for it. Went to the back-shoulder well one too many times, then threw it too far inside and not enough toward the sideline, giving the defender a better shot at it than Butler.

 

[Oh_Canada]

Still was a bad pass so I don't mind him receiving blame for it. Went to the back-shoulder well one too many times, then threw it too far inside and not enough toward the sideline, giving the defender a better shot at it than Butler.

Play doesn't count....stupid to hold that against him regardless.
The pff ratings especially with Qb's are brutally flawed.

 

[Super_Kazuya]

The problem with their stats when it comes to interceptions, is they don't take into account who was at fault the receiver or the QB. Now, I am not saying it wasn't Rush's fault, I am just saying PFF doesn't account for that.

PFF absolutely does account for that. It's kind of the basis for their existence.

 

[JoeyBoy718]

Seems like Moore and Irving have been our most consistent DEs throughout the entire offseason. Guess who'll be suspended to start the season?

 

[dogunwo]

PFF absolutely does account for that. It's kind of the basis for their existence.

That may be their basis in theory, but how do they know what each responsibility is?

 

[Super_Kazuya]

That may be their basis in theory, but how do they know what each responsibility is?

I assume they just take their best guess. My comment basically was referring to the idea that they just go by box score interceptions. PFF was one of the first, if not the first, to track interceptable passes and enforce the idea that an interception is not always the QB's fault or always a bad thing. Whether they are any good at assigning that responsibility, I have no idea.

 

[dogunwo]

I assume they just take their best guess. My comment basically was referring to the idea that they just go by box score interceptions. PFF was one of the first, if not the first, to track interceptable passes and enforce the idea that an interception is not always the QB's fault or always a bad thing. Whether they are any good at assigning that responsibility, I have no idea.

Fair enough. My comment wasn't clear. I was more commenting on that there's no possible way they can be accurate in assigning fault, not that they don't try.

 

[Phoenix]

Wish there were a way to compare their subjective grades to what the Cowboys staff grades them out to.

 

[manster4ever]

Seems like Moore and Irving have been our most consistent DEs throughout the entire offseason. Guess who'll be suspended to start the season?

Friggin' brutal. I could get plenty excited about both, if they weren't idiots.

 

[ConstantReboot]

Since the dropped interception was on a roughing the passer---does the play even technically exist?

From a bunch of college dropouts masquerading as football analytical specialist yes it does.

 

[xwalker]

It does not, but consider the source, PFF, Pro Football Turd.

I wish that site was blocked here...

 

[Nova]

I'm confused as to how Lewis Neal can have a "top 5 grade" with a grade lower than Maliek Collins...?

 

[rags747]

Moore will be missed greatly those 1st two games, it looks like he may have turned his career around. Seeing him strip sack Cook was a thing of beauty...I don't think we have another lineman with his get off or bend around the corner. I think he could really turn out to be a very nice player for us this yr.

 

[Corso]

Moore will be missed greatly those 1st two games, it looks like he may have turned his career around. Seeing him strip sack Cook was a thing of beauty...I don't think we have another lineman with his get off or bend around the corner. I think he could really turn out to be a very nice player for us this yr.

The plethora, yes, I know what a plethora is, of suspensions and injuries is going to hurt this team the first quarter of the season, at least. I just hope for them to tread water and go into overdrive by the 2nd half of the season, ready to kill by the playoffs.

That's my hope.

 

[gimmesix]

Play doesn't count....stupid to hold that against him regardless.
The pff ratings especially with Qb's are brutally flawed.

It doesn't count on stat sheets, but if I'm grading a QB I'm taking into account that he threw a bad pass that should have been intercepted, unless it was a free play (such as offside). The penalty came after Rush made his bad throw, so I'm all for that being held against him.

I like Rush and think he deserves to be kept over Moore as the backup QB, but I'm not going to overlook his mistakes and it doesn't bother me that PFF isn't, either, when grading him.