With the Tennessee Titans’ Week 9 game in the books following a tough, 20-17 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night, it’s time to see how Pro Football Focus graded things.
On defense, defensive lineman Teair Tart continued his banner year, posting a team-high overall grade of 89.5. Tight end Chigoziem Okonkwo earned the highest mark on offense, notching an 81.3.
Not only will we be taking a look at PFF grades, but we’ll also check out how the offensive and defensive lines performed in terms of allowing/getting pressures and sacks, and how the secondary was in coverage.
Let’s dive into the numbers.
Overall grades: Offense (min. 10 snaps)
Top 5
TE Chigoziem Okonkwo: 81.3
TE Austin Hooper: 76.1
RB Derrick Henry: 75.4
QB Malik Willis: 63.3
TE Geoff Swaim: 63.3
Bottom 5
RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 48.1
WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine: 51.8
WR Cody Hollister: 53.9
LT Dennis Daley: 54.6
TE Kevin Rader: 55.8
Overall grades: Defense (min. 10 snaps)
Top 5
DL Teair Tart: 89.5
S Andrew Adams: 79.2
DL Denico Autry: 78.0
S Kevin Byard: 74.3
DB Lonnie Johnson: 73.2
Bottom 5
DL Naquan Jones: 41.8
OLB Rashad Weaver: 50.0
CB Kristian Fulton: 51.3
LB David Long: 51.7
LB Zach Cunningham: 53.3
Pass protection grades (OL only)
C Ben Jones: 74.4
LT Dennis Daley: 51.4
LG Aaron Brewer: 51.1
RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 34.6
RG Nate Davis: 18.4
Run-blocking grades (OL only)
RG Nate Davis: 74.9
LG Aaron Brewer: 58.4
C Ben Jones: 57.5
LT Dennis Daley: 53.5
RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 51.4
Pressures/Sacks allowed
RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 3/1
RG Nate Davis: 2/0
LT Dennis Daley: 2/0
RB Dontrell Hilliard: 1/1
C Ben Jones: 0/0
LG Aaron Brewer: 0/0
Pressures allowed: 8
Pass-rush grades (front-seven only, min. 5 pass-rush snaps)
DL Teair Tart: 80.1
DL Denico Autry: 75.1
DL Jeffery Simmons: 69.1
DL DeMarcus Walker: 66.4
DL Mario Edwards: 56.7
Pressures/Sacks
DL Mario Edwards: 8/1
DL Denico Autry: 8/2
OLB Rashad Weaver: 5/0
DL Jeffery Simmons: 4/0
DL DeMarcus Walker: 4/1
LB David Long: 3/0
DL Teair Tart: 2/0
OLB Bud Dupree: 2/0
LB Dylan Cole: 1/0
Total pressures: 37
Coverage grades (min. 10 coverage snaps)
Top 5
S Andrew Adams: 75.3
S Kevin Byard: 72.2
DB Lonnie Johnson: 69.6
LB Zach Cunningham: 62.9
CB Roger McCreary: 61.6
Bottom 5
LB David Long: 43.0
LB Dylan Cole: 49.4
CB Kristian Fulton: 51.4
CB Terrance Mitchell: 56.0
DB Joshua Kalu: 58.1
Targets/Receptions/Yards/Touchdowns against
LB David Long: 11/9/82/0
CB Kristian Fulton: 9/4/61/0
CB Roger McCreary: 8/5/56/1
DB Joshua Kalu: 6/5/22/0
LB Zach Cunningham: 6/4/32/0
CB Terrance Mitchell: 6/5/78/0
LB Dylan Cole: 5/4/40/0
S Kevin Byard: 5/3/40/0
S Andrew Adams: 4/3/21/0
LB Monty Rice:1/1/14/0
