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Jaguars PFF grades: Best and worst performers vs. Colts

The Jacksonville Jaguars extended their winning streak to three Sunday with a 37-20 drubbing of the Indianapolis Colts.

While the Jaguars were left a little annoyed by their sluggish finish to the game, there weren’t many negatives to nitpick. Jacksonville scored a season-high 37 points, getting into the end zone four times against the Colts. The Jaguars defense shut down the Indianapolis run game and forced four turnovers.

Unsurprisingly, the graders at Pro Football Focus came away impressed with the defense — giving eight Jaguars defenders a grade above 70. They weren’t as high on the offense where just two players cleared that mark.

Here are the five highest graded Jaguars on both sides of the ball, as well as the players who had a day to forget:

5 highest grades on offense

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  1. OT Anton Harrison: 74.4
  2. RB Travis Etienne Jr.: 70.7
  3. TE Evan Engram: 67.4
  4. OG Brandon Scherff: 62.9
  5. WR Christian Kirk: 62.1

After a shaky start to his rookie year — which included a nightmare matchup against the Chiefs’ Chris Jones in Week 2 — Harrison has settled in and is quickly becoming a reliable right tackle. He’s earned a grade above 70 in three of the last four weeks and allowed zero pressures in 35 pass blocking snaps Sunday.

5 lowest grades on offense

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  1. TE Luke Farrell: 40.6
  2. WR Jamal Agnew: 51.5
  3. QB Trevor Lawrence: 52.4
  4. OG Blake Hance: 54.9
  5. WR Tim Jones: 55.2

The Jaguars ran the ball on 17 of Farrell’s 29 snaps in Week 6. So it wasn’t great that he was the team’s lowest graded run blocker on the day.

5 highest grades on defense

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  1. LB Foye Oluokun: 91.2
  2. CB Tyson Campbell: 77.2
  3. LB Devin Lloyd: 76.8
  4. CB Darious Williams: 73.6
  5. S Rayshawn Jenkins: 73.1

The 15 tackles made by Oluokun on Sunday tied Daryl Smith for the most ever made by a Jaguars player against the Colts. Yet it was his team-best 90.8 grade in coverage that made him the team’s most elite player Sunday.

5 lowest grades on defense

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  1. OLB K’Lavon Chaisson: 35.4
  2. DL Tyler Lacy: 44.3
  3. DL Folorunso Fatukasi: 45.6
  4. DL Jeremiah Ledbetter: 48.4
  5. DL Roy Robertson-Harris: 50.0

Chaisson got his second sack of the season Sunday, notching multiple sacks in a year for the first time in his career. But that wasn’t enough to drag his score up from being the worst on the team.

5 other notables

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  1. OLB Josh Allen: 72.6
  2. S Andre Cisco: 71.1
  3. S Andrew Wingard: 82.2 (5 snaps)
  4. OLB Dawuane Smoot: 60.6
  5. CB Montaric Brown: 56.6

Smoot wasn’t exactly a star in his first game back from injury, but a grade above 60 is a great start for a player who was sidelined for the last 10 months. Brown also did alright in relief of Tyson Campbell against a Colts team that was desperate to push the ball downfield.

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