PFF Grades Week 1 Recap

[KingintheNorth]

knowing we were weak at safety

The Jones don't like it when "everyone" is saying we need a Safety. They lean into and double down on their poor decisions. Every once in a while (Earl twice, Jamal once) they take a half-hearted swing for the fences and then immediately go back to "we like our guys".

Cliff notes: They have no idea what they are doing, as far as player personnel.

 

[Mr_437]

Ref Corrente decided to erase a 47 yard reception after falling for Ramsey's flop.

The question is based over a two year period.

 

[KingintheNorth]

Rush defense was 45.5. Pass rush was 59.4. Penalties probably hurt him a lot. D law too

That is a significant grading penalty then.

I coached D Line for a while and I hate D-Linemen jumping offsides as much as anyone (you are lined up right by the friggen ball), BUT that's too harsh.

 

[Hennessy_King]

That is a significant grading penalty then.

I coached D Line for a while and I hate D-Linemen jumping offsides as much as anyone (you are lined up right by the friggen ball), BUT that's too harsh.

But didnt he also give them a first down with a penalty?

 

[AbeBeta]

Here are the grades along with how they stack up against the rest of the league. I will update this when tonight's games are updated in terms of rankings. Some guys did not have enough snaps to get ranked but they were graded.

QB: Dak Prescott- 85.0 Grade (5th) Passing grade 78.7 (7th)

RB: Zeke- 82.7 Grade (1st)- Run grade 77.6 (4th)- 82.3 Rec grade (2nd)- 84.8 Pass Pro (1st)
T. Pollard- 66.6 not enough snaps to rank

WR: Amari- 71.3 (24th)
MG- 66.6 (40th)
Ceedee- 55.1 (72nd)
N Brown- 58.1 not enough snaps to rank
C Wilson- 56.7 not enough snaps to rank

TE: Jarwin- 52.0 (50th)
Schultz- 40.9 (56th)

C: Looney- 61.9 (19th)
Biadasz- 60.0

G: Martin- 67.2 (30th)
Williams- 49.5 (53rd)

T: Tyron Smith- 62.3 (42nd)
Steele- 49.8 (56th out of 58)

DT: A. Woods- 61.0 (43rd)
Hill- 57.6 (54th)
Ty Craw- 44.9 (80th)
D. Poe- 37.4 (87th)
Gallimore- 47.2 not enough snaps to rank

DE: A. Smith- 72.6 (20th)
DLaw- 52.1 (72nd)
Griffen- 33.7 (90th)
Armstrong- 56.1 not enough snaps to rank

LB: Joe Thomas- 58.7 (26th)
Vander Glass- 47.0 (39th)
Jaylon- 29.5 (60th out of 63)

CB: Chido- 73.9 (12th)
T. Diggs- 58.2 (43rd)
AB- 51.3 (64th)

Bonus Grade Byron Jones 63.0 (32nd)

Safety: X Woods- 68.7 (18th)
D. Thompson- 60.6 (38th)
Worley- 60.1 not enough snaps to grade

Bonus Grade Jamal Adams- 85.8 (3rd)
Juan Thornhill- 60.9 (35th)

Smith. 20th. A DE with 10+ tackles? Come on.

 

[Hennessy_King]

Smith. 20th. A DE with 10+ tackles? Come on.

Yeh he lost some points due to his coverage grade it was only a 60

 

[KingintheNorth]

But didnt he also give them a first down with a penalty?

I get it why you would grade them down, just seems excessive.

If you average out the rush defense and pass rush, it's like 52.45, so almost 20 points in penalty.

PFF grading receives a lot of critique, especially since traditional grading includes Alignment and Assignment, and only coaching staffs know that..However, I like it as a standard unit of measurement. We, as fans, recognize the scoring and for the most part, if you are being subjective (a rarity on this board I know), they typically line up with what we see. I look at PFF grading like I look at The Combine. There's much more to a draft prospect than his Combine performance, but we all recognize 4.3 and 4.4 is exceptionally fast, a RB running a 4.8 is an issue, etc. It gives us a mental standard or landmark to apply to what we see in the game.

 

[Hennessy_King]

I get it why you would grade them down, just seems excessive.

If you average out the rush defense and pass rush, it's like 52.45, so almost 20 points in penalty.

PFF grading receives a lot of critique, especially since traditional grading includes Alignment and Assignment, and only coaching staffs know that..However, I like it as a standard unit of measurement. We, as fans, recognize the scoring and for the most part, if you are being subjective (a rarity on this board I know), they typically line up with what we see. I look at PFF grading like I look at The Combine. There's much more to a draft prospect than his Combine performance, but we all recognize 4.3 and 4.4 is exceptionally fast, a RB running a 4.8 is an issue, etc. It gives us a mental standard or landmark to apply to what we see in the game.

Correct PFF isnt the end all be all. Your combine analogy is perfect. If what i see matches up to the game tape its a good metric.

Its also getting better each year. With getting more quality analysts and more analytics

 

[Jake]

Here are the grades along with how they stack up against the rest of the league. I will update this when tonight's games are updated in terms of rankings. Some guys did not have enough snaps to get ranked but they were graded.

QB: Dak Prescott- 85.0 Grade (5th) Passing grade 78.7 (7th)

RB: Zeke- 82.7 Grade (1st)- Run grade 77.6 (4th)- 82.3 Rec grade (2nd)- 84.8 Pass Pro (1st)
T. Pollard- 66.6 not enough snaps to rank

WR: Amari- 71.3 (24th)
MG- 66.6 (40th)
Ceedee- 55.1 (72nd)
N Brown- 58.1 not enough snaps to rank
C Wilson- 56.7 not enough snaps to rank

TE: Jarwin- 52.0 (50th)
Schultz- 40.9 (56th)

C: Looney- 61.9 (19th)
Biadasz- 60.0

G: Martin- 67.2 (30th)
Williams- 49.5 (53rd)

T: Tyron Smith- 62.3 (42nd)
Steele- 49.8 (56th out of 58)

DT: A. Woods- 61.0 (43rd)
Hill- 57.6 (54th)
Ty Craw- 44.9 (80th)
D. Poe- 37.4 (87th)
Gallimore- 47.2 not enough snaps to rank

DE: A. Smith- 72.6 (20th)
DLaw- 52.1 (72nd)
Griffen- 33.7 (90th)
Armstrong- 56.1 not enough snaps to rank

LB: Joe Thomas- 58.7 (26th)
Vander Glass- 47.0 (39th)
Jaylon- 29.5 (60th out of 63)

CB: Chido- 73.9 (12th)
T. Diggs- 58.2 (43rd)
AB- 51.3 (64th)

Bonus Grade Byron Jones 63.0 (32nd)

Safety: X Woods- 68.7 (18th)
D. Thompson- 60.6 (38th)
Worley- 60.1 not enough snaps to grade

Bonus Grade Jamal Adams- 85.8 (3rd)
Juan Thornhill- 60.9 (35th)

Dak and Zeke had the highest grades by far yet they get the most complaints.

Tells me a lot about the football IQ of the Cowboys fan base, unfortunately.

 

[Hennessy_King]

Dak and Zeke had the highest grades by far yet they get the most complaints.

Tells me a lot about the football IQ of the Cowboys fan base, unfortunately.

I mean just look at the threads lol

 

[Hennessy_King]

 

[ChronicCowboy]

Let’s call him Leighton Vander Ouch

 

[Hennessy_King]

Let’s call him Leighton Vander Ouch

Lol thats a good one

 

[Hennessy_King]

Updated Rankings after Monday night

QB: Dak Prescott- 85.0 Grade (5th) Passing grade 78.7 (7th)

RB: Zeke- 82.7 Grade (1st)- Run grade 77.6 (4th)- 82.3 Rec grade (2nd)- 84.8 Pass Pro (1st)
T. Pollard- 66.6 not enough snaps to rank

WR: Amari- 71.3 (27th)
MG- 66.6 (46th)
Ceedee- 55.1 (84th)
N Brown- 58.1 not enough snaps to rank
C Wilson- 56.7 not enough snaps to rank

TE: Jarwin- 52.0 (57th)
Schultz- 40.9 (63rd)

C: Looney- 61.9 (21st)
Biadasz- 60.0

G: Martin- 67.2 (33rd)
Williams- 49.5 (60th)

T: Tyron Smith- 62.3 (47th)
Steele- 49.8 (64th)

DT: A. Woods- 61.0 (52nd)
Hill- 57.6 (63rd)
Ty Craw- 44.9 (94th)
D. Poe- 37.4 (104th)
Gallimore- 47.2 not enough snaps to rank

DE: A. Smith- 72.6 (24th)
DLaw- 52.1 (80th)
Griffen- 33.7 (101st)
Armstrong- 56.1 not enough snaps to rank

LB: Joe Thomas- 58.7 (29th)
Vander Glass- 47.0 (43rd)
Jaylon- 29.5 (67th)

CB: Chido- 73.9 (12th)
T. Diggs- 58.2 (50th)
AB- 51.3 (75th)

Bonus Grade Byron Jones 63.0 (36th)

Safety: X Woods- 68.7 (19th)
D. Thompson- 60.6 (42nd)
Worley- 60.1 not enough snaps to grade

Bonus Grade Jamal Adams- 85.8 (3rd)
Juan Thornhill- 60.9 (39th)

 

[jterrell]

Too many times he could’ve saved the game with his legs. I get he wants to preserve himself in a contract year but believe it or not we’d be more effective than the ravens on offense. He was just deadly at mississippi.

Kyler beat that 49er’s team with Mainly his legs yesterday.

Dak was 7th in QB rush yards so he isn't doing a lot of saving....

 

[jterrell]

Jamal Adams here but playing LB... let the tears flow.