yet to establish himself as an above-average starter on the interior, defensive tackle stands out as the one potential weak point of this unit. However, its hard not to notice the impact that a healthy Reader had on Cincinnatis defense last season after he missed much of his first year with the team due to injury. I also love the addition of WR Tyler Scott on Day 3. to its interior defensive line. Its difficult to imagine that his ability to defend the run wasnt a driving factor in the Chargers desire to trade for him this offseason. Jones isnt the same reliable run defender that Cameron Heyward is, but hes the most disruptive interior pass-rusher in the NFL outside of Aaron Donald. Minnesotas defensive line could have some volatility based on the health of their starting edge duo of Danielle Hunter and ZaDarius Smith. 2023 NFL Day 2 Mock Draft: Will Levis goes to the Detroit - pff.com Parsons 23.4% pass-rush win rate when lined up outside the tackle in 2022 ranked fourth among all players with at least 100 snaps in such alignments, trailing only Maxx Crosby, Rashan Gary and Myles Garrett. Jeffery Simmons is beginning to establish himself as one of the best, young interior defensive linemen in the NFL, as his 62 quarterback pressures in 2021 ranked fifth at the position. The only reason Hargrave doesnt come in any higher on this list is that his run defense has taken a hit since he joined the Eagles, with his PFF run-defense grades falling below 50.0 in each of the past two seasons. PFF's exclusive metrics provide matchup previews, position rankings, grades, and snap counts. Pro vs. college PFF grades for every R1 edge since 2017 with reference lines for where Hutchinson, Thibodeaux and Walker would fall pic.twitter.com/74pKXIDz8G, Ben Linsey (@PFF_Linsey) April 25, 2022. Landon Dickerson had problems on Monday night against, None of the Colts' defenders sport PFF pass-blocking grades above 75.0 this season, but, Right tackle Andrew Wylie sprained his elbow against the Jaguars and was replaced by. Carolina wrapped up Day 2 with edge rusher D.J. Blacklock improved his PFF grade from 30.2 as a rookie to 50.4 in 2021, but the run game is his biggest area for growth after earning PFF run-defense grades below 40.0 in each of his first two seasons. McGuire has explosiveness traits with an 82nd percentile broad jump and 83rd percentile vertical jump at 6-foot-4 and 268 pounds. NFL offensive line rankings ahead of Week 11 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce (62), center Landon Dickerson (69) and offensive tackle Jordan Mailata (68) prepare to block against the Pittsburgh Steelers at Lincoln Financial Field. Johnson finished with a 14% pressure rate in 2022, tied for the 11th-highest in the edge class. Hes earned his own tier after recording the highest overall PFF grade of any defensive player in each of the past five seasons. Campbell may be nearing 36 years old, but there's no downswing in sight. For 3-4 defenses like the Rams, their edge rushers were included, so in . . Hutchinson dropping to 2 is a big W for Detroit. Jacksonville has invested a lot of resources into the edge defender position with first-round picks spent on Josh Allen, KLavon Chaisson and Travon Walker in the last four offseasons. PFF rankings put San Francisco 49ers defensive line among NFL elite Johnson which addressed the teams second biggest need on the edge. Wright was a four-year starter (42 games) at Tennessee and performed extremely well during his senior year. Staying healthy has been the difficult part for Davenport with missed time in each of his first four seasons. The Rank value requires a minimum number of snaps played. comes over with new head coach Matt Eberflus from Indianapolis after earning PFF grades between 60.0 and 67.0 in each of the last four seasons for the Colts. The rest of the unit beyond Quinn looks uninspiring on paper. Battle was a 4-year starter in Nick Sabans defense logging over 1500 snaps as a free safety. Porter's 40% forced incompletion rate in 2022 led all Power Five cornerbacks. form a nice foundation on the interior, but the Giants need Thibodeaux and Ojulari to hit to really elevate the unit. wasnt a fluke, as his 75 quarterback pressures during the 2021 regular season were a top-five mark among all edge rushers. The Ravens underwhelming draft continued into Day 3, with edge rusher Tavius Robinson. Watt will go down as one of the greatest what-ifs of this generation of NFL players. Green Bay Packers, 73% 5. 6 overall (plus the 81st pick from DET). The Browns still own the best PFF run-blocking grade as a unit in the league. FINAL DRAFT GRADE: A- Indianapolis Colts fueled by new head coach Jeff Saturday: Indianapolis climbed five spots to No. during the previous offseason, but last year was his first full season in Cincinnati after missing time due to injury in 2020. The interior was bolstered by some familiar faces to Brandon Staley Sebastian Joseph-Day and Morgan Fox along with Austin Johnson from the New York Giants. Readers impact was felt in the run game, where he ranked in the 92nd percentile among qualifying interior defensive linemen in PFF run-defense grade last season. His 91.9 PFF pass-rushing grade last season trailed only, at the position, and no defender recorded more quarterback pressures than Crosby did over the course of the regular season. Are you looking to contact Customer Support about a subscription or account related question? Tuitt and Heyward are a very difficult duo to contend with on the inside. His true pressure rate was the same as Will Andersons 16% last season. OFFENSIVE LINE By: MICHAEL RENNER Tyrique Stevenson allowed just 1.1 receptions per game as Miamis boundary cornerback in 2022. PFF ranks Rams' defensive line No. 1 in NFL entering 2022 - Rams Wire Sort through all the defensive stat rankings and see who ranks as the NFL's best defense. Thats been a consistent theme throughout much of his career. Few defensive linemen have been more reliable than Williams since he entered the league in 2015. Dallas' defensive tackles combined for a 33.1 PFF run-defense grade last season (30th in the NFL), and the only real addition to the group this offseason was fifth-round pick John Ridgeway. He played over 1,200 defensive snaps through the 2021 regular season and the Rams postseason run, and his 6,995 regular-season defensive snaps since 2014 are more than any other interior defensive lineman in the NFL. However, the old guard remains, and the battle for the top is closing as Donald flirts with retirement. After all the trades the Cardinals made during the 2023 Draft, they have multiple picks at their disposal for Rounds 1, 3 and 4 for the 2024 NFL Draft. The other big addition to a defensive front that ranked 30th in PFF grade in 2021 was Folorunso Fatukasi. I like the maneuver to snag a franchise tackle that they would have taken third overall anyway. Here's a ranking of the best front-seven groups, which can help you think about things like NFL parlays. He ranks second at the position in PFFs WAR metric over the last six seasons, trailing only Aaron Donald among players who have played the vast majority of their snaps on the interior. However, Walker was drafted No. The Haason Reddick and Morgan Fox losses put more pressure on third-year edge defender Yetur Gross-Matos, alongside Brian Burns and Derrick Brown, to provide a spark. When it comes to the DL, though, they were not to be denied. Health has been one of the bigger concerns for the 32-year-old Hicks, who played over 400 defensive snaps just once in the past three seasons. His 74.0 PFF pass-rushing grade in 2021 was the highest of his three-year career, as were his 43 quarterback pressures. Green Bay Packers Lawsons return from injury is accompanied by the addition of first-round pick Jermaine Johnson II and free-agent acquisition Jacob Martin to the edge defender rotation. Even including preseason, Wanogho has fewer than 250 career snaps to his name. RT Lane Johnson, LT Orlando Brown Jr. Mandatory Credit: Eric Hartline-USA TODAY Sports By Sam Monson Nov 16, 2022 Drafting guard Jon Gaines II in Round 4 helps improve the interior run game after he finished the 2022 season generating the highest yards before contact to his gap per attempt (4.1).