(minimum 500 snaps)
1. WR Odell Beckham Jr - 90.0
2. ED Olivier Vernon - 86.3
3. RB Saquon Barkley - 85.9
4. DI Dalvin Tomlinson - 78.9
5. T Nate Solder - 74.2
Honorable Mention:
Snacks - 89.9 (traded)
Evan Engram - 76.5
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And a PFF tweet:
Matt Stopsky
@PFF_Stopsky
All of this Vernon hate is confusing. If you think 7 sacks, 46 pressures & 22 stops in 11 games makes him bad/invisible then your expectation of good is unrealistic or you aren't watching.
Additionally 5.5 of his 7 sacks were against Playoff teams. And he was playing through injury.
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I gotta say - interesting on Dalvin Tomlinson. I believe his mom passed away this year which could have affected his concentration as well. Apologies if I'm incorrect but his gloves had RIP MOM written on them all year, plus a midseason position switch. And something still bugs me about trading our best defensive player for a 5th - he must have been really malicious in the lockerroom.
Simply clueless.
Just silly they take no account for it. .
You have to think his injury may be worse than is being let on. He's an elite edge setter and he definitely took a step back there this year.
The bigger thing, IMO, was his position change to the 0/1 technique when Snacks was traded to DET. He performed admirably and I thought improved as the season went on, but needs to continue to add mass to play that position. Certainly a dropoff after Snacks, though. draft-time article - ( New Window )
Thanks regulator. I felt bad posting something I wasn't sure of.
I'm sure there are some ratings that are off or may not accord with what the average TV viewer or game attendee (i.e. everyone on this thread) may perceive. But it's an objective -- albeit difficult -- attempt to grade every NFL player.
But don't NFL teams pay for their services? Shouldn't that suggest to the PFF naysayers that there is at least some value to what they do?
What would you pose as an alternative? Your half-drunk opinion watching one TV angle and a few highlights?
Unless you are analyzing the all-22 tape and assessing every player every week, I'll take PFF's opinion over yours.
Still, hard to believe he isn't the top-rated player on the team.
Snap counts. Formation breakdowns. Personnel groupings. All irrefutable metrics
Not a single NFL team pay for their analysis on player's or their ratings.
I'm sure there are some ratings that are off or may not accord with what the average TV viewer or game attendee (i.e. everyone on this thread) may perceive. But it's an objective -- albeit difficult -- attempt to grade every NFL player.
But don't NFL teams pay for their services? Shouldn't that suggest to the PFF naysayers that there is at least some value to what they do?
What would you pose as an alternative? Your half-drunk opinion watching one TV angle and a few highlights?
Unless you are analyzing the all-22 tape and assessing every player every week, I'll take PFF's opinion over yours.
Because anything beyond the items Fatman mentioned are complete subject conjecture without inside knowledge.
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the Vernon hate either, but his fragility to go with his price tag makes for a tough situation
There's a small contingent of racist Giants fans who think kneeling makes Vernon a bad person. The larger portion of haters just seems to undervalue him.
Yeah, that's it. Not that he loses contain a few times per game; rarely gets to the QB when it matters and makes some of the biggest boneheaded penalties at the worst time. No it is he kneels...
For $5 mill per he'd be ok. For $17 mill he's vastly over paid.
Did you read my comment or just respond in anger? I said a small contingent of fans. And they are here on games day in the game thread muttering about patriotism and bullshit. I wasn't talking about you.
The point of pay is fair. He likely is overpaid. But, he's still a top ER in the NFL. And that's worth a lot.
A successful 8 yard slant play... The OL keeps the QB clean enough to make a good throw. The WR makes a good move gto get off the line clean and makes a good catch. Everbody on offense gets good grades right?
But...
Its a huge difference if it was 1st and 10 or 3rd and 10.
On 3rd and 10, that's a bad play. Maybe the WR didn't run deep enough. Maybe the QB should have held it longer to allow the routes to develop more. Maybe the OL needed to hold their blocks longer... Who knows, but it was a failure of a play, and doesn't deserve positive grades.