PFF Grades

[adam]

I know these can be taken with a grain of salt, but there are some good stats in there beyond the grades. Some of the grades actually pass the eye test.

I find it interesting that the top 3 offensive players in PFF for the Bears are on the OL, Wright, Jones, and Jenkins, and all the OL are higher than Williams, Kmet, Odunze, Allen, and Swift. The only offensive skill players higher than Shelton and Pryor are Moore and Roschon. 

The good thing is the worst starter, (according to PFF), is Swift at a 62.0, which means every starter is above average (60.0). 

The worst players with over 100 snaps are: Lewis - 43.3, Everett - 45.3, and Borom - 49.3 which passes the eye test.

On defense, the top player with over 100 snaps is Terell Smith (79.1), which makes it even more baffling why they keep running Stevenson out there. The biggest surprise for me is the fall off of Jaylon Johnson; he has fallen off a cliff during this losing streak and is now 8th on defense, falling all the way from 1st. The pleasant surprises are Byard (79.0) who has been a massive upgrade from Jackson, and Dexter (71.4). 

There are 3 starters on defense below the Mendoza Line, Stevenson - 57.7 (I am surprised he graded that high), Edmunds - 57.2 (feels about right, not enough impact plays), and Taylor - 56.1. Pickens is the only defender below 50 with over 100 snaps at 49.9. 

Using 60 as the metric, here are the number of snaps, by position, for players with a grade below 60:

CB - 642 (Stevenson)
LB - 740 (Edmunds)
ED - 490
TE - 378
DT - 340
G - 218
T - 218
WR - 157

Taking it down to 50, these would be the critical upgrade areas:

TE - 378 (Lewis/Everett)
T - 218 (Borom)
DT - 130 (Pickens/Williams)
G - 76 (Kramer)
LB  - 5
WR - 5

TE2 has really been a black hole for the Bears this year. 

For an overall team grade, the Bears are 19th with a 77.3, the best 4-win team and better than WAS, DAL, and MIA, all who have better records than the Bears. They are also only 0.5 lower than GB. Coaching matters.

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[BearFan PHX]

This is just how insane PFF is. They claim ZERO pressures on Braxton Jones?

Now watch only the last drive of the Lions game. On almost every play Braxton has been driven back to be right next to Caleb. There was other chaos going on too, so maybe they said someone else gave up the hurry on that play. But no way Braxton kept the pocket or allowed Williams room to not feel pressured.

Remember the one that would have won the game with Moore ont he crosser and Caleb threw it to his feet? Why did that happen? Because Caleb was being pressured. And one of the players pressuring Caleb was the guy Jones was trying to block.

You could realistically give Jones 3 or 4 pressures on that drive alone.

PFF is just silly. I understand the seduction because it feels like  stat but it isn't - it's random nonsense!

That was my anti PFF rant of the day LOL

You have to click "watch on youtube" to see this one...