PFF Week 7 grades: Highs and Lows

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Rams PFF grades: Best and worst performers vs. Raiders in Week 7​

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Cameron DaSilva

October 21, 2024 11:57 am PT




It was a defensively dominated game by the Los Angeles Rams on Sunday in their victory over the Las Vegas Raiders. Chris Shula’s group forced four turnovers, two of which led to touchdowns by the offense and one was returned 33 yards for a touchdown by Kam Curl.
The offense once again lagged behind, getting outgained by the Raiders and going just 2-for-10 on third down. Fortunately, the Rams still managed to secure a win, which is all that matters at this point in the season.
Here’s how the Rams’ best and worst players graded out according to Pro Football Focus’ evaluation (min. 10 snaps).

Top 5 offense​

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• C Beaux Limmer: 73.3
• WR Tutu Atwell: 71.8
• LG Justin Dedich: 70.0
• WR Tyler Johnson: 68.8
• RG Kevin Dotson: 64.1

Limmer was the Rams’ highest-graded offensive player. He didn’t allow any pressures but his pass-blocking grade was only 36.6.
Atwell had a 71.8 grade with his six catches for 51 yards in the win.
Dedich graded out surprisingly well in his first NFL action despite him seemingly struggling when the Rams ran to his side (65.0 run-blocking grade).
Johnson caught four passes for a team-high 57 yards, including a 37-yard catch-and-run in the second half.
Dotson allowed one sack, getting beat on a stunt inside by none other than Maxx Crosby.

Top 5 defense​

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• CB Cobie Durant: 94.6
• S Jaylen McCollough: 85.0
• DB Quentin Lake: 80.9
• CB Ahkello Witherspoon: 74.0
• S Kamren Curl: 73.6

All five of the Rams’ top defensive players were corners and safeties, showing just how well the secondary played in the win. The Raiders only threw for 206 yards and the Rams picked off three passes: one by Durant and two by McCollough.
Durant had one forced fumble and the interception, allowing just one catch for 3 yards.
McCollough had two interceptions, including the game-sealing pick in the fourth quarter.
Lake earned a stellar 88.3 tackle grade, making the biggest stop of the game on Brock Bowers at the 5-yard line.
Witherspoon allowed three catches on five targets for 39 yards, breaking up one pass.
Curl allowed 29 yards on three catches but he was excellent as a tackler and in run defense.

Bottom 5 offense​

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• WR Demarcus Robinson: 56.2
• TE Davis Allen: 55.1
• RB Kyren Williams: 53.8
• TE Hunter Long: 53.2
• QB Matthew Stafford: 48.9

Robinson was mostly a non-factor, only catching one pass for 9 yards.
Allen was not targeted and didn’t run a single route, so he was exclusively a blocker.
Williams ran the ball well with 76 yards on 21 carries, forcing five missed tackles.
Long ran seven routes and caught one pass for 5 yards, playing the other nine snaps as a run blocker.
Stafford struggled in this one, only completing 14 of 23 passes for 154 yards with one interception and no touchdowns.

Bottom 5 defense​

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• DT Kobie Turner: 52.9
• LB Christian Rozeboom: 52.1
• OLB Byron Young: 45.0
• DT Braden Fiske: 39.4
• DL Tyler Davis: 29.6

The five lowest-graded players were all along the front seven. Turner had three pressures, Young had four and Fiske had two, so they were fairly effective as pass rushers, but they were all given poor tackling grades.
Rozeboom allowed two catches for 21 yards in coverage, continuing to struggle in that department.
Davis didn’t have a single tackle or pressure in the 17 snaps he played.

 

[Boston Ram]

Surprised Verse didnt grade better. Thought he did a good job holding the edge and generating a pass rush. A tough ask for a rookie DE

 

[LARAMSinFeb.]

Surprised Verse didnt grade better. Thought he did a good job holding the edge and generating a pass rush. A tough ask for a rookie DE

Verse seems to impact almost every down.

 

[FaulkSF]

How did Young get rated so low? Did I not see his missed tackles? He looked really good yesterday to my eyes.

 

[Jacobarch]

How did Young get rated so low? Did I not see his missed tackles? He looked really good yesterday to my eyes.

I don't think anyone knows the metric in how PFF grades every player. Which leads me to believe it's all complete horse shit. But lets be real here. The usual suspects are graded low... While some pass the eye test it doesn't mean they weren't out of position a number of plays that we're not paying attention to. I only care about Wins and Losses, the rest is fodder.