With Week 1 of the 2022 campaign in the books, it’s time to take a deeper dive into advanced metrics to see how the Tennessee Titans performed against the New York Giants in the losing effort.
While the end result certainly wasn’t what the Titans wanted, they did get some solid performances from their 2022 draft class.
In terms of rookie wide receivers around the NFL, Treylon Burks and Kyle Philips ranked third and fourth, respectively, in overall grade on offense, while offensive tackle Nicholas Petit-Frere and tight end Chigoziem Okonkwo ranked second and sixth at their positions among rookies.
On defense, cornerback Roger McCreary landed as the second-highest rookie — not a bad start at all for Tennessee’s 2022 draft class.
Now, let’s take a look at how Tennessee performed in multiple aspects of the game on offense and defense, including pass-rush and coverage numbers, courtesy of Pro Football Focus.
Note: players who played in less than 10 snaps were not included in the rankings of each category.
Offense (overall)
1. RG Nate Davis: 83.9
2. QB Ryan Tannehill: 81.1
3. WR Treylon Burks: 74.9
4. WR Cody Hollister: 72.8
5. WR Kyle Philips: 72.5
6. RB Dontrell Hilliard: 70.4
7. FB Tory Carter: 67.3
8. RB Derrick Henry: 67.2
9. LT Taylor Lewan: 67.1
10. RB Hassan Haskins: 66.6
Defense (overall)
1. DL Jeffery Simmons: 93.0
2. DL Kevin Strong: 77.6
3. OLB Ola Adeniyi: 72.0
4. CB Roger McCreary: 71.9
5. DB Ugo Amadi: 71.4
6. S Kevin Byard: 68.1
7. LB Zach Cunningham: 67.9
8. LB David Long: 66.5
9. DB Joshua Kalu: 66.4
10. OLB Rashad Weaver: 63.9
Pass protection (OL only)
1. RG Nate Davis: 83.9
2. LT Taylor Lewan: 79.2
3. C Ben Jones: 65.8
4. RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 62.5
5. LG Aaron Brewer: 42.6
Run-blocking (OL only)
1. RG Nate Davis: 77.7
2. RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 73.5
3. LG Aaron Brewer: 69.7
4. LT Taylor Lewan: 64.5
5. C Ben Jones: 57.7
Sacks/Hits/Hurries/Pressures allowed
LT Taylor Lewan: 0/0/0/0
LG Aaron Brewer: 0/2/1/3
C Ben Jones: 0/0/1/1
RG Nate Davis: 0/0/0/0
RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 0/0/0/0
Pass-rush
1. DL Jeffery Simmons: 92.3
2. LB David Long: 87.7
3. CB Roger McCreary: 86.7
4. OLB Ola Adeniyi: 72.0
5. DL Teair Tart: 65.3
6. DL Kevin Strong: 65.0
7. OLB Bud Dupree: 64.1
8. OLB Rashad Weaver: 62.5
9. DB Ugo Amadi: 57.2
10. S Amani Hooker: 56.2
Pressures/Sacks
DL Jeffery Simmons: 6/2
LB David Long: 5/0
OLB Bud Dupree: 3/1
DL Denico Autry: 3/0
DL Teair Tart: 2/0
OLB Ola Adeniyi: 1/0
DL Da’Shawn Hand: 1/0
OLB Rashad Weaver: 2/2
Coverage
1. S Amani Hooker: 87.1
2. LB Zach Cunningham: 77.8
3. LB David Long: 74.3
4. DB Ugo Amadi: 67.3
5. CB Roger McCreary: 65.6
6. DB Joshua Kalu: 64.5
7. DL Denico Autry: 61.2
8. S Kevin Byard: 60.8
9. OLB Ola Adeniyi: 60.7
10. OLB Bud Dupree: 60.6
Other notables: CB Kristian Fulton (46.9), CB Caleb Farley (58.4), OLB Rashad Weaver (60.0).
Targets/Receptions/Yards/Touchdowns against
S Kevin Byard: 5/5/53/1
CB Kristian Fulton: 4/4/84/1
S Amani Hooker: 3/2/20/0
CB Caleb Farley: 2/1/6/0
LB Zach Cunningham: 2/2/10/0
CB Roger McCreary: 1/1/5/0
LB David Long: 1/1/4/0
OLB Bud Dupree: 1/1/6/0
