PFF End of Season Position Rankings Defense

[Edge]

DT - 898 players rated
Cross 6th
Mills 74

DE - 892
JJB 80
Nana 704
Botelho 763

LB - 806
Kiser 7th
Bertrand 52
Liufau 190

CB - 865
Hart 44
Morrison 140
Harper 294
Mickey 571

Safety - 871
Watts 284
Brown 353
Henderson 722

 

[AvesEvo]

Watts, the best defensive player in cfb is the 284th highest rated safety. That checks out.

 

[Riddickulous]

Some, uh... interesting rankings here.

 

[AllTimeIrish]

Morrison at 140?

Can we stop
Putting credence in PFF now. They are clueless.

 

[Edge]

Run defense, coverage, pass rush is taken into account for all defenders. Morrison is not great against the run…..but I wouldn’t want that as his focus. But that’s what they include in grades.

 

[Old Man Mike]

Neither of these ranking lists feel anywhere near correct. These numbers would take a lot of explaining.
Example on defense: our second best DE (whichever one you pick) is apparently nearly the worst DE in football.
Somehow I didn't think our defense looked like that sort of weakness anywhere. Watts rating also crazy.
Example on offense: 74 QBs better than Hartman. No.

 

[Lberry]

Watts, the best defensive player in cfb is the 284th highest rated safety. That checks out.

Reminder PFF rankings are garbage.

Player A: Is double teamed, Sacks QB, forces fumble, recovers fumble, runs back for TD

Player B: gets pushed back by OL, runningback runs into him and falls down 8 yards past LOS.

Both players receive the same PFF grade.