Jim Schwartz has had his players fired up and having fun to start the season and it is showing on the field. The Cleveland Browns have given Myles Garrett real help for the first time in his career consistently and it is paying off. All of the attention Garrett gets has allowed Schwartz to move people around and create mismatches. They showed up again against the Tennessee Titans.
There were times the Browns put Za’Darius Smith inside right next to Myles Garrett on the outside and that duo next to each other is just unfair. Alex Wright was impressive as his pursuit down the line against the run was great, notching his first career sack as well.
Buy Browns TicketsEven without Greg Newsome the secondary shut down the Titans and didn’t give Titans quarterback Ryan Tannehill any easy throwing lanes. After a down year, Denzel Ward has been fantastic to start the season as a no-fly zone is being built in Cleveland.
Here are the top 10 graded defensive players according to PFF for the Browns against the Titans.
DE Myles Garrett
Overall: 93.3
Pass Rush: 93.2
Run Defense: 70.0
DE Alex Wright
Overall: 90.5
Pass Rush: 89.9
Run Defense: 72.0
DT Maurice Hurst II
Overall: 89.6
Pass Rush: 78.5
Run Defense: 75.5
LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
Overall: 87.1
Run Defense: 82.3
Coverage: 77.0
LB Anthony Walker Jr.
Overall: 84.9
Run Defense: 76.3
Coverage: 78.9
DE Za'Darius Smith
Overall: 70.7
Pass Rush: 65.1
Run Defense: 80.5
CB Denzel Ward
Overall: 68.7
Coverage: 72.6
Run Defense: 49.4
S Grant Delpit
Overall: 67.7
Coverage: 71.7
Run Defense: 52.6
DE Ogbo Okoronkwo
Overall: 66.2
Pass Rush: 68.2
Run Defense: 60.5
LB Matthew Adams
Overall: 64.1
Run Defense: 60.6
