PFF Grades - Week 8 2025

[Plankton]

OFFENSE
Jalen Tolbert - 90.2 (14 snaps)
Tyler Booker - 83.1 (74 snaps) - 86.3 run blocking grade, 60.9 pass blocking grade
Luke Schoonmaker - 76.7 (29 snaps) - 65.8 run blocking grade, 72.2 pass blocking grade
Tyler Smith - 75.8 (65 snaps) - 73.2 run blocking grade, 73.7 pass blocking grade - this doesn't pass the eye test - he was not good, and has not been good most of the season.
Tyler Guyton - 74.0 (71 snaps) - 74.7 run blocking grade, 69.2 pass blocking grade - another that doesn't pass the eye test.
George Pickens - 73.9 (59 snaps)
Brevyn Spann-Ford - 72.8 (23 snaps) - 61.6 run blocking grade, 65.0 pass blocking grade
Cedarian Lamb - 66.1 (53 snaps)
Hunter Luepke - 61.6 (13 snaps) - 57.0 run blocking grade, 69.2 pass blocking grade
Javonte Williams - 52.6 (53 snaps) - 54.1 run game grade, 52.3 pass blocking grade
Ryan Flournoy - 52.4 (34 snaps)
Terence Steele - 52.1 (74 snaps) - 55.7 run blocking grade, 54.3 pass blocking grade - to me, he was much worse than this.
Dak Prescott - 51.6 (65 snaps) - did not handle the pressure well in this game.
Jake Ferguson - 51.5 (44 snaps) - 69.9 run blocking grade, 61.6 pass blocking grade
Brock Hoffman - 47.3 (74 snaps) - 55.2 run blocking grade, 60.3 pass blocking grade - does not have the anchor and power needed at the pivot
KaVontae Turpin - 40.4 (30 snaps)
Jaydon Blue - 39.8 (14 snaps) - 69.7 pass blocking grade - needs to learn how to protect the football if he wants a career in the NFL

DEFENSE
Donovan Ezeiruaku - 79.8 (32 snaps) - 58.0 run defense grade, 86.6 pass rush grade, 59.9 tackling grade - continues to develop and show a presence
Dante Fowler - 79.7 (20 snaps) - 71.4 run defense grade, 68.8 pass rush grade, 69.2 tackling grade
Jadeveon Clowney - 77.5 (25 snaps) - 81.8 run defense grade, 52.1 pass rush grade, 73.2 tackling grade
Marist Liufau - 76.7 (16 snaps) - 72.7 run defense grade, 64.9 coverage grade, 74.0 tackling grade
DaRon Bland - 73.3 (62 snaps) - 89.5 run defense grade, 63.9 coverage grade, 80.1 tackling grade
Reddy Steward - 59.5 (29 snaps) - 66.2 run defense grade, 55.6 coverage grade, 81.9 tackling grade
Kaiir Elam - 58.5 (60 snaps) - 27.7 run defense grade, 71.6 coverage grade, 76.7 tackling grade - pitiful effort against the run
Kenny Clark - 55.6 (50 snaps) - 58.2 run defense grade, 53.9 pass rush grade, 67.3 tackling grade
Solomon Thomas - 54.7 (29 snaps) - 69.8 run defense grade, 51.1 pass rush grade, 69.1 tackling grade
Kenneth Murray - 49.0 (63 snaps) - 47.9 run defense grade, 56.5 coverage grade, 80.6 tackling grade
Osa Odighizuwa - 46.5 (33 snaps) - 52.1 run defense grade, 61.8 pass rush grade, 66.8 tackling grade - continues to underwhelm
Sam Williams - 41.6 (17 snaps) - 43.9 run defense grade, 64.2 pass rush grade, 69.2 tackling grade - next edge that he sets will be his first
Marshawn Kneeland - 40.3 (21 snaps) - 43.0 run defense grade, 53.4 pass rush grade, 22.8 tackling grade - trending toward another wasted second round pick
James Houston - 39.0 (13 snaps) - 62.1 run defense grade, 51.4 pass rush grade - key penalty led to first TD for Denver
Alijah Clark - 29.4 (33 snaps) - 60.3 run defense grade, 30.9 coverage grade, 84.7 tackling grade
Markquese Bell - 29.4 (63 snaps) - 45.8 run defense grade, 30.1 coverage grade, 42.1 tackling grade - hard to be worse at safety than the Cowboys are
Shemar James - 28.9 (60 snaps) - 27.4 run defense grade, 49.5 coverage grade, 77.6 tackling grade - complete no show yesterday
Trikweze Bridges - 27.8 (48 snaps) - 63.9 run defense grade, 27.4 coverage grade, 78.0 tackling grade

 

[Mikexike]

at least the first 2 picks of the shotty era kinda showed up.

 

[Captain-Crash]

PFF is crap, 51.6 (65 snaps) no way.

 

[Adiba1977]

Trade Tolbert asap with stock high.lol

 

[thunderpimp91]

The Guyton grade feels off to me, but I'll have to give the film a watch before I say its wrong. PFF did mark him as giving up 3 pressures + the penalty so he must have dominated on the bulk of his snaps to get a grade that high.

Kenny Clark continues to be on the wrong trajectory and looks more and more like the guy on the backside of his career instead of the injury rebound candidate that was being talked up.

Something interesting about OSA I noticed yesterday was his alignment. He was often lined up outside on the Tackle. Per PFF hes taken 129 of his 325 snaps this year outside the B gap. This isnt uncommon for a 3T, but it is somewhat uncommon at that high of a rate. His snap counts are down quite a bit as well from 40-60 per game last season closer to the 30-45 snaps per game in 2025. His alignment and heavy rotation could be part of his disappearance this season.

 

[Mikexike]

The Guyton grade feels off to me, but I'll have to give the film a watch before I say its wrong. PFF did mark him as giving up 3 pressures + the penalty so he must have dominated on the bulk of his snaps to get a grade that high.

Kenny Clark continues to be on the wrong trajectory and looks more and more like the guy on the backside of his career instead of the injury rebound candidate that was being talked up.

Something interesting about OSA I noticed yesterday was his alignment. He was often lined up outside on the Tackle. Per PFF hes taken 129 of his 325 snaps this year outside the B gap. This isnt uncommon for a 3T, but it is somewhat uncommon at that high of a rate. His snap counts are down quite a bit as well from 40-60 per game last season closer to the 30-45 snaps per game in 2025. His alignment and heavy rotation could be part of his disappearance this season.

Their ideas on defense is not working out, playing dudes out of position. No wonder everyone is so confused.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

OFFENSE
Jalen Tolbert - 90.2 (14 snaps)
Tyler Booker - 83.1 (74 snaps) - 86.3 run blocking grade, 60.9 pass blocking grade
Luke Schoonmaker - 76.7 (29 snaps) - 65.8 run blocking grade, 72.2 pass blocking grade
Tyler Smith - 75.8 (65 snaps) - 73.2 run blocking grade, 73.7 pass blocking grade - this doesn't pass the eye test - he was not good, and has not been good most of the season.
Tyler Guyton - 74.0 (71 snaps) - 74.7 run blocking grade, 69.2 pass blocking grade - another that doesn't pass the eye test.
George Pickens - 73.9 (59 snaps)
Brevyn Spann-Ford - 72.8 (23 snaps) - 61.6 run blocking grade, 65.0 pass blocking grade
Cedarian Lamb - 66.1 (53 snaps)
Hunter Luepke - 61.6 (13 snaps) - 57.0 run blocking grade, 69.2 pass blocking grade
Javonte Williams - 52.6 (53 snaps) - 54.1 run game grade, 52.3 pass blocking grade
Ryan Flournoy - 52.4 (34 snaps)
Terence Steele - 52.1 (74 snaps) - 55.7 run blocking grade, 54.3 pass blocking grade - to me, he was much worse than this.
Dak Prescott - 51.6 (65 snaps) - did not handle the pressure well in this game.
Jake Ferguson - 51.5 (44 snaps) - 69.9 run blocking grade, 61.6 pass blocking grade
Brock Hoffman - 47.3 (74 snaps) - 55.2 run blocking grade, 60.3 pass blocking grade - does not have the anchor and power needed at the pivot
KaVontae Turpin - 40.4 (30 snaps)
Jaydon Blue - 39.8 (14 snaps) - 69.7 pass blocking grade - needs to learn how to protect the football if he wants a career in the NFL

DEFENSE
Donovan Ezeiruaku - 79.8 (32 snaps) - 58.0 run defense grade, 86.6 pass rush grade, 59.9 tackling grade - continues to develop and show a presence
Dante Fowler - 79.7 (20 snaps) - 71.4 run defense grade, 68.8 pass rush grade, 69.2 tackling grade
Jadeveon Clowney - 77.5 (25 snaps) - 81.8 run defense grade, 52.1 pass rush grade, 73.2 tackling grade
Marist Liufau - 76.7 (16 snaps) - 72.7 run defense grade, 64.9 coverage grade, 74.0 tackling grade
DaRon Bland - 73.3 (62 snaps) - 89.5 run defense grade, 63.9 coverage grade, 80.1 tackling grade
Reddy Steward - 59.5 (29 snaps) - 66.2 run defense grade, 55.6 coverage grade, 81.9 tackling grade
Kaiir Elam - 58.5 (60 snaps) - 27.7 run defense grade, 71.6 coverage grade, 76.7 tackling grade - pitiful effort against the run
Kenny Clark - 55.6 (50 snaps) - 58.2 run defense grade, 53.9 pass rush grade, 67.3 tackling grade
Solomon Thomas - 54.7 (29 snaps) - 69.8 run defense grade, 51.1 pass rush grade, 69.1 tackling grade
Kenneth Murray - 49.0 (63 snaps) - 47.9 run defense grade, 56.5 coverage grade, 80.6 tackling grade
Osa Odighizuwa - 46.5 (33 snaps) - 52.1 run defense grade, 61.8 pass rush grade, 66.8 tackling grade - continues to underwhelm
Sam Williams - 41.6 (17 snaps) - 43.9 run defense grade, 64.2 pass rush grade, 69.2 tackling grade - next edge that he sets will be his first
Marshawn Kneeland - 40.3 (21 snaps) - 43.0 run defense grade, 53.4 pass rush grade, 22.8 tackling grade - trending toward another wasted second round pick
James Houston - 39.0 (13 snaps) - 62.1 run defense grade, 51.4 pass rush grade - key penalty led to first TD for Denver
Alijah Clark - 29.4 (33 snaps) - 60.3 run defense grade, 30.9 coverage grade, 84.7 tackling grade
Markquese Bell - 29.4 (63 snaps) - 45.8 run defense grade, 30.1 coverage grade, 42.1 tackling grade - hard to be worse at safety than the Cowboys are
Shemar James - 28.9 (60 snaps) - 27.4 run defense grade, 49.5 coverage grade, 77.6 tackling grade - complete no show yesterday
Trikweze Bridges - 27.8 (48 snaps) - 63.9 run defense grade, 27.4 coverage grade, 78.0 tackling grade

It’s crazy every other week offensive line gets bad reviews but they get good grades yesterday…pff scoring is odd.

 

[Centex]

Kenny Clark looks like a guy that is depressed because he went from a well run team to one run poorly.

 

[CT Dal Fan]

Guyton and Fowler grades look way off to me.

As for Bland, I can't remember Denver even throwing at him. They didn't have to.

 

[thunderpimp91]

It’s crazy every other week offensive line gets bad reviews but they get good grades yesterday…pff scoring is odd.

I havent had time to watch any of the game back so I don't want to have to strong of an opinion either way, but some of the metrics are kind of interesting....

Dallas is the worst team this week in rush yards over expected at -38 yards which suggests the RBs may have been a major culprit for the lack of success in the run game this week. As far as pass blocking goes they still had 3/5ths of their OL at a 60 or below so not great. The Guyton grade feels off to me, but maybe he was better than the initial eye test would have suggested? IDK.

 

[darthseinfeld]

It’s crazy every other week offensive line gets bad reviews but they get good grades yesterday…pff scoring is odd.

Ive said before that I think penalties can skew grades, but Guyton got at least 1 yesterday so maybe thats puts that theory to bed

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

Ive said before that I think penalties can skew grades, but Guyton got at least 1 yesterday so maybe thats puts that theory to bed

Didn’t he get like two almost around the same time?

 

[darthseinfeld]

Didn’t he get like two almost around the same time?

I believe so

 

[Arkyvarminter]

I havent had time to watch any of the game back so I don't want to have to strong of an opinion either way, but some of the metrics are kind of interesting....

Dallas is the worst team this week in rush yards over expected at -38 yards which suggests the RBs may have been a major culprit for the lack of success in the run game this week. As far as pass blocking goes they still had 3/5ths of their OL at a 60 or below so not great. The Guyton grade feels off to me, but maybe he was better than the initial eye test would have suggested? IDK.

I watched most of it and I thought we kind of abandoned the run but I may be completely wrong on that.....

 

[John813]

The Guyton grade feels off to me, but I'll have to give the film a watch before I say its wrong. PFF did mark him as giving up 3 pressures + the penalty so he must have dominated on the bulk of his snaps to get a grade that high.

Kenny Clark continues to be on the wrong trajectory and looks more and more like the guy on the backside of his career instead of the injury rebound candidate that was being talked up.

Something interesting about OSA I noticed yesterday was his alignment. He was often lined up outside on the Tackle. Per PFF hes taken 129 of his 325 snaps this year outside the B gap. This isnt uncommon for a 3T, but it is somewhat uncommon at that high of a rate. His snap counts are down quite a bit as well from 40-60 per game last season closer to the 30-45 snaps per game in 2025. His alignment and heavy rotation could be part of his disappearance this season.

I mean, something had to be up with him if the Packers were going all in with Parsons, would be hard pill to swallow to lose a good DT.
They may of had his replacement or they had a good thought he was on the decline. Cowboys probably just checked their draft grade on him.

 

[Creeper]

Mazi didn't have enough snaps for a grade? He player but not that much as far as I saw.

I also think the OL grades seem a little off. But I guess when you play every snap and you mess up only 3 or 4, it looks worse than the grade they give you.

 

[thunderpimp91]

I watched most of it and I thought we kind of abandoned the run but I may be completely wrong on that.....

48 passes to 28 run downs which makes sense given how lopsided the scoreboard was. -38 yards over expected on just 28 snaps is really bad though. There must have been some decent gaps our RBs simply didnt hit. Just break even on that and the Cowboys would have had 31 carries for 146 yards on the day. Thats 4.7 per carry, not bad at all.

 

[Creeper]

The Guyton grade feels off to me, but I'll have to give the film a watch before I say its wrong. PFF did mark him as giving up 3 pressures + the penalty so he must have dominated on the bulk of his snaps to get a grade that high.

Kenny Clark continues to be on the wrong trajectory and looks more and more like the guy on the backside of his career instead of the injury rebound candidate that was being talked up.

Something interesting about OSA I noticed yesterday was his alignment. He was often lined up outside on the Tackle. Per PFF hes taken 129 of his 325 snaps this year outside the B gap. This isnt uncommon for a 3T, but it is somewhat uncommon at that high of a rate. His snap counts are down quite a bit as well from 40-60 per game last season closer to the 30-45 snaps per game in 2025. His alignment and heavy rotation could be part of his disappearance this season.

Kenny Clark looks so average to me. I can see why GB was willing to let him go. Their DTs are better than him. It is amazing how everyone can find DTs better than the ones Dallas has. The should hire a DT specialist as a scout or something.

 

[StarOfGlory]

PFF uses 60 as the baseline average for their grades. Sadly, the defense grades certainly pass the eye test. Almost half the offense below average, mostly matches the eye test.

 

[Bates]

Didn’t he get like two almost around the same time?

Hoffman was credited with the penalty on the Denver 1 on our first possession and we had to settle for the FG, but I think the tv announcers said it was guyton. On our next possession we punted and he was credited with the penalty.