PFF's Top 10 Interior Defenders

[So Be]

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Top 10 Interior Defenders

PFF Rating

• 1
  J.J. Watt
  Houston Texans
  98.9
• 2
  Gerald McCoy
  Tampa Bay Buccaneers
  90.7
• 3
  Marcell Dareus
  Buffalo Bills
  89.3
  
• 4
  Calais Campbell
  Arizona Cardinals
  89.2
• 5
  Sheldon Richardson
  New York Jets
  89.1
• 6
  Malik Jackson
  Denver Broncos
  88.6
• 7
  Aaron Donald
  St Louis Rams
  88.5
• 8
  Terrance Knighton
  Washington Redskins
  87.9
• 9
  Kawann Short
  Carolina Panthers
  87.6
• 10
  Ndamukong Suh
  Miami Dolphins
  87.3
  
  
  HOW WE GRADE
  
  This should be a fun thread. :)
  
  Sorry for the bad copy and paste. Tried to edit but, it did not come out very well. If someone can do better, pleas start a new thread in place of this one.

 

[Sons Of Shula]

PFF mission statement:

That list doesn't even make sense if analyzing "interior" defenders.

 

[FSU Truth]

Watt and Campbell are ends

 

[DolphinDevil28]

That rating sure is doing Sheldon Richardson a ton of good right now

 

[Travis34]

1- J.J. Watt, Houston Texans
98.9

2- Gerald McCoy, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
90.7

3- Marcell Dareus, Buffalo Bills
89.3

4- Calais Campbell, Arizona Cardinals
89.2

5- Sheldon Richardson, New York Jets
89.1

6- Malik Jackson, Denver Broncos
88.6

7- Aaron Donald, St Louis Rams
88.5

8- Terrance Knighton, Washington Redskins
87.9

9- Kawann Short, Carolina Panthers
87.6

10- Ndamukong Suh, Miami Dolphins
87.3



https://www.profootballfocus.com/about/how-we-grade/

 

[Jimi]

Is this from last season?

 

[Tannchise]

this compares apples to oranges. and does this mean that Suh is the #3-4 rated DL and he's the highest paid DL in history?

 

[So Be]

Is this from last season?

As of today.

 

[circumstances]

i would take suh over everyone on that list. including watt.

 

[fishfanmiami]

as mentioned some of those are DE's

here's my rating from watching games last year.

1) Suh

2) everyone else ...

That's why he makes the big bucks. Certainly glad he's on my team :brewskis:

 

[So Be]

Watt and Campbell are ends

For this rating, they are splitting interior defenders and edge defenders, which is a different way to look at things.

They have gone through some BIG changes. They now have one analyst grade, then a second check the grades, then a third re-check, then former NFL coaches verify the grades, and then a "normalization" on where players lined up and when plays happen.

Don't have an opinion yet on what they did.

 

[4th And Drunk]

i would take suh over everyone on that list. including watt.

Nonsense. Watt is Lawrence Taylor once in a generation dominant. Suh is not on Watt's level, nobody in the NFL is.

 

[uk_dolfan]

i would take suh over everyone on that list. including watt.

Watt is changing the game, there isn't a defender in the league I would even consider taking over him

 

[fishfanmiami]

Yes but he plays DE and is not an interior lineman. Playing in the middle is another animal and you are not going to get the stats like Watt does.

JMO

 

[uk_dolfan]

Yes but he plays DE and is not an interior lineman. Playing in the middle is another animal and you are not going to get the stats like Watt does.

JMO

The multiple touchdowns on both d and offense is rather nice as well!