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| Top 5 Grades G John Jerry, 80.1 overall grade CB Ross Cockrell, 80.0 overall grade CB Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie, 78.3 overall grade DI Dalvin Tomlinson, 77.3 overall grade DI Damon Harrison, 77.1 overall grade Performances of Note: QB Eli Manning, 74.0 overall While Manning was far from spectacular in this game, he was hardly the problem for the offense. He actually pushed the ball downfield fairly effectively, going 2 of 6 with 56 yards and a touchdown on passes that went 20 yards or more down field. And that doesn’t include a perfect deep ball thrown to WR Brandon Marshall that was dropped, and another that would’ve been a touchdown if not for an incredible play by Lions CB Darius Slay. T Ereck Flowers, 47.3 overall This is more an indictment on the Giants offensive line in general, which once again struggled. They allowed their quarterback to be sacked five times (though one of them was more Manning’s fault for holding the ball too long), before adjusting protection schemes to give help with tight ends and running backs. They struggled more in the run game, where they surrendered stop after stop. Taking away Vereen’s two end-of-half runs against prevent defense, the Giants running backs gained 40 yards on 14 carries, and averaged just 0.76 yards before contact per carry. CB Ross Cockrell, 80.0 overall grade Cockrell was called in to duty as he was filling in for injured CB Janoris Jenkins. He played well in Jenkins absence, as he recorded a coverage grade of 82.0, allowing only two catches on five targets for 18 yards. Cockrell limited Lions rookie Kenny Golladay to one reception on three targets for 8 yards when covering him. EDGE Olivier Vernon, 75.7 overall grade Vernon had a strong night rushing the passer, and when he rushing against Lions LT Greg Robinson, he forced five quarterback hurries and two holding penalties. Vernon’s pass-rush productivity of 15.0 puts him just behind Deatrich Wise for fifth place among 4-3 defensive ends in Week 2. However, Vernon will look contribute more against the run in the coming weeks, as he ended with a run defense grade of 45.6. |
He made a lot of tackles as well
He made some big stops in the running game as well.
Partial credit goes to Flowers. Easy to look good when the QB is sacked in <1.5 secs repeatedly.
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do CBs not get dinged for whiffing on tackles?
He made some big stops in the running game as well.
DRC was all over the place making plays including attacking the line...
He missed a couple of tackles. Don't know what they were watching.
1. Tomlinson is great. He was at the top of my wish list in round 2
2. Hankins is beyond overrated and hasn't had a "great season" in 2 years.
I didn't reach last the Jerry part ... what a joke. Shame "metrics" can't throw a run block ... he did get in the way of a defender occasionally though, so progress