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PFF Week Six grades: Redemption for a lot of players (except Mario Williams)

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So here are the grades and I'll explain the redemption part afterward:

RB Jay Ajayi had the best game of his young career, where he turned 25 carries into 204 yards and two touchdowns. In terms of a rushing only grade, Ajayi was the second-highest rated RB of the week, trailing only Dallas' Ezekiel Elliot. He had 148 yards after contact, which was significantly more than the second most (Elliot had 98) and forced three missed tackles.

The missed tackles stat is interesting because Ajayi is almost exclusively a downhill, contact runner. Adding a little shake to his game makes him even more dangerous.

QB Ryan Tannehill's up-and-down season continued against the Steelers. He followed a terrible outing against the Tennessee Titans by ranking as the seventh-highest QB overall for Week Six. The formula for getting a good game out of Tannehill was explained in detail by me in this prescient column the morning of the game.

And sure enough, Tannehill was pressured only five of his 32 dropbacks against the Steelers and was effective both under pressure (4-of-5 for 73 yards) and under no pressure (20-of-27 for 179 yards). Tannehill ranks as the 13th highest-graded QB through six weeks of the season thus far.

After ranking dead last in the NFL in terms of pressures allowed per passing play and overall PBE in weeks 1-5 (pass blocking efficiency is a formula that combines sacks/hits/hurries relative to the number of passing plays), the Dolphins' offensive line was graded as the fifth best unit in Week Six. They did not allow a sack, only one QB hit and five total pressures on 32 passing plays against the Steelers for a PBE of 90.6.
Remember, however, that despite the ranking from the previous five games, Sunday marked the first time this particular line -- with all its starting players -- played for the Dolphins this season.

One week after being targeted a career-low three times, running some wrong routes and blocking poorly, WR Jarvis Landry grabbed 7 of 8 targets for 91 yards with 44 yards after catch (YAC). He was the fourth-highest-rated WR in terms of receiving grade in Week Six, and ranks ninth of all WR in targets (52) and second in receptions (41) through six games. Landry has also forced 10 missed tackles on the season, most of any WR.

First-round rookie Laremy Tunsil returned to action after missing Week Five with an injury that happened when he slipped in the shower -- yes, embarrassing. The redemption?

Although he continued to struggle in pass protection (as has been the case all season aside from Week Two at New England), he had a great game run blocking. He was the fifth-ranked guard in Week Six for run blocking, and ranks in the top 20 of all guards in run blocking through six weeks.
DE Cameron Wake played 41 of 55 defensive snaps against the Steelers in Week six, his most snaps played on the season for any single game and by far the highest percentage of snaps he's played. The extra work did not negatively affect Wake's performance, as he once again posted a strong grade in pass rushing, registering half-a-sack. In terms of 4-3 DE's, Wake graded out as the fifth best at the position for the week and through six games this season, he trails only Cameron Jordan for the top pass rushing 4-3 DE position.

The redemption issue here isn't about Wake, although he is proving concerns about his surgically repaired Achilles are unfounded. The redemption here goes to defensive coordinator Vance Joseph and the other coaches who initially decided Wake needed to be limited in his snaps to save him for future use. And I've been saying more use was necessary. Pretty much everyone has been questioning why such little use of Wake.
Speaking of Mario Williams ... no redemption for him after he got called out for needing to "play harder" by Joseph.

Williams played 13 of 55 snaps against the Steelers, which was a significant change since he had played at least 45 snaps in every game this season before it. He had a solid although unremarkable game despite the limited snaps and recorded his 12th QB hurry of the season, 16th most at his respective 4-3 defensive end position. Williams did miss two tackles while collecting one tackle. So, yes, he missed more tackles than he made.

In terms of pass coverage grade amongst cornerbacks in Week Six, Byron Maxwell was the 2nd-highest rated CB, trailing only New England's Malcolm Butler. Excellent.

DE Andre Branch has had significant trouble setting and holding the edge on run plays this year. You'll recall the New England and Tennessee games in particular. But he had 1 1/2 sacks and three stops on the afternoon. Only Ndamukong Suh (48) played more snaps on the defensive line unit than his 44.
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http://miamiherald.typepad.com/dolp...lot-of-key-players-except-mario-williams.html
 
"After ranking dead last in the NFL in terms of pressures allowed per passing play and overall PBE in weeks 1-5 (pass blocking efficiency is a formula that combines sacks/hits/hurries relative to the number of passing plays), the Dolphins' offensive line was graded as the fifth best unit in Week Six. They did not allow a sack, only one QB hit and five total pressures on 32 passing plays against the Steelers for a PBE of 90.6.
Remember, however, that despite the ranking from the previous five games, Sunday marked the first time this particular line -- with all its starting players -- played for the Dolphins this season."

This has to continue!!
 
Ren said:
Huh...
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Yup,
As much as FH doesn't want to accept it, his qb hasn't been that bad, and if anyone has watched any other team play at all this year they would see so many qbs playing much much worse.
Including guys that ppl here wanted to replace tannehill with.
 
Parcells_Guy said:
Yup,
As much as FH doesn't want to accept it, his qb hasn't been that bad, and if anyone has watched any other team play at all this year they would see so many qbs playing much much worse.
Including guys that ppl here wanted to replace tannehill with.
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I saw about 8 qbs play this weekend including Andrew luck and aaron rodgers and rodgers especially laid a dump for the second game I've seen him this season...and he wasn't pressured vs the cowboys he just had a rough day...

luck is now the most pass the buck on qb in football...vs jax does nothing the entire first half and I mean nothing they go to no huddle tempo late get back in the game qb has the game in his hands at the end on a 4th and short instead of running for it tries throw a guided ball tipped incomplete game over to a man literally 5 feet from him just about...then sunday night he takes red zone points off the board on a terrible db under the route the entire way int which would have put at worse indy up 10 late...and he wasn't pressured all game or meet me at the qb no the run game and pass pro kept him pretty clean and had a 150 yard running back to boot...then at the end of regulation with another chance to win he takes a roll out sack from a db and then in ot with yet another td wins it takes another sack...the best thing he did in that game was get man carry coverage and run it in for a touchdown...top 5 qb my ***

the Houston qb made one good throw all game just about the deep sideline ball in ot to jaelen strong...squeezed another ball to the tight end which he's lucky that safety took the wrong angle coming forward or he'd have arrived with the ball but whatever he gets that one...stunk up the joint the entire first half

tunnel vision on his primary
 
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