Kickstarting our evaluation of the current roster by compiling our season ratings/stats and ranking the players. In the coming days, we'll give you our patented offseason depth chart, and get into our projected plans for the offseason.
A couple of notes on this:
- My stats will be different than anywhere else. I just compile/view them differently. For example, a sack is not always a sack for the person who got official credit for the sack. Did someone else really make the play? Was it a gift? Not every touchdown is a touchdown, either. If it's just a straight bust by the opponent, that person should not get the same credit for scoring as someone who made a ridiculous catch or run.
- Their current grade/ranking reflects how they played when they were on the field, with very little consideration for injury.
- When you look at the final stats/ratings, do not compare scores to other positions — they don't translate. Only compare players within their positional grouping. Why? QBs and offensive linemen factor into a lot more plays, on a plus/minus perspective, than, say, a receiver or cornerback.
- Grades are only for players who played over 100 snaps. The criteria used is how the player performed compared to the average NFL player at his position this season only (it is not a projection or comment on a player’s future), and injuries are not taken into account because the information is incomplete. Roles on special teams are not taken into account. Grade chart:
A: Elite player (top 10 at position in NFL)
B: Good starter (top 20 at position)
C: Average starter/reserve.
D: Starter/reserve and in danger of being replaced.
F: Reserve/should be replaced.
Plus: Ascending player this season.
Minus: Descending.
Here are the final totals on our player grading by position (players in italics did not qualify due to lack of reps/injury):
Offense
Defense (last two columns are pass rushes, and pressure rate based on their total QB pressures):