Despite not having half of their defensive starters in Week 10, the Tennessee Titans kept chugging right along with another spectacular performance on defense.
Without Jeffery Simmons and Bud Dupree, the Titans still managed to total a whopping 40 pressures, which included six sacks and 18 QB hits.
Denico Autry (10), Rashad Weaver (8), Mario Edwards (6) and DeMarcus Walker (5) combined for 29 of the 40. Autry was the only one of the four not to record a sack, but his showing was impactful nonetheless.
As far as the Titans’ best Pro Football Focus grades go, the highest mark on the entire team went to defensive back Joshua Kalu, who recorded a 92.3. Wide receiver Nick Westbrook-Ikhine had the highest grade on offense, posting an 86.1.
Now, let’s see who posted the best grades and worse grades in different areas, and we’ll take a look at the performances of the offensive line, secondary and pass-rush from the Week 10 win over the Broncos.
Overall grades: Offense (min. 10 snaps)
Top 5
WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine: 86.1
TE Chigoziem Okonkwo: 83.1
LT Dennis Daley: 73.7
TE Austin Hooper: 71.9
C Ben Jones: 64.8
Bottom 5
TE Geoff Swaim: 42.3
LG Aaron Brewer: 46.7
RG Nate Davis: 47.4
RB Derrick Henry: 50.5
TE Kevin Rader: 53.2
Overall grades: Defense (min. 10 snaps)
Top 5
DB Joshua Kalu: 92.3
DL Denico Autry: 78.3
LB David Long: 75.3
S Andrew Adams: 72.0
DL Teair Tart: 71.2
Bottom 5
DL Larrell Murchison: 40.6
DL Sam Okuayinonu: 41.3
LB Monty Rice: 54.9
CB Roger McCreary: 59.7
DL Kevin Strong: 60.9
Pass protection grades (OL only)
LT Dennis Daley: 72.4
RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 52.2
RG Nate Davis: 46.8
C Ben Jones: 41.3
LG Aaron Brewer: 28.3
Run-blocking grades (OL only)
C Ben Jones: 71.8
LT Dennis Daley: 71.2
RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 62.1
LG Aaron Brewer: 54.2
RG Nate Davis: 47.7
Pressures/Sacks allowed
LT Dennis Daley: 3/0
RG Nate Davis: 3/0
LG Aaron Brewer: 3/0
RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 2/1
C Ben Jones: 2/0
RB Derrick Henry: 1/0
Total pressures/sacks allowed: 15/1
TE Geoff Swaim: 1/0
Pass-rush grades (front-seven only, min. 5 pass-rush snaps)
OLB Rashad Weaver: 90.3
DL Sam Okuayinonu: 74.0
DL Denico Autry: 68.4
DL Teair Tart: 67.4
DL DeMarcus Walker: 65.0
DL Mario Edwards: 60.9
Pressures/Sacks
DL Denico Autry: 10/0
OLB Rashad Weaver: 8/1.5
DL Mario Edwards: 6/1
DL DeMarcus Walker: 5/1.5
DL Teair Tart: 2/0
CB Elijah Molden: 2/0
LB Dylan Cole: 2/1
DL Sam Okuayinonu: 1/0
DL Larrell Murchison: 1/0
DL Naquan Jones: 1/1
LB David Long: 1/0
S Andrew Adams: 1/0
Total pressures/sacks: 40/6
Coverage grades (min. 10 coverage snaps)
Top 5
DB Joshua Kalu: 90.0
CB Terrance Mitchell: 73.6
S Andrew Adams: 69.6
CB Tre Avery: 66.9
S Kevin Byard: 66.9
Bottom 5
LB Dylan Cole: 49.1
LB Monty Rice: 53.7
LB David Long: 55.9
CB Roger McCreary: 56.6
CB Elijah Molden: 63.7
Targets/Receptions/Yards/Touchdowns against
CB Terrance Mitchell: 11/6/100/1
CB Roger McCreary: 5/4/45/0
LB Monty Rice: 4/4/29/0
CB Elijah Molden: 4/1/9/0
LB David Long: 4/2/28/0
LB Dylan Cole: 2/1/17/0
S Andrew Adams: 2/1/9/0
DB Lonnie Johnson: 1/1/35/0
Joshua Kalu: 1/0/0/0
OLB Rashad Weaver: 1/1/14/0
S Kevin Byard: 1/0/0/0
