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At least the league didn't pile it on. I do think they need a more solid plan going forward though for the o-line and the backup spots for tackle.
I’m pretty sure we landed on “don’t post full grades” in previous season so here are some notes about our PFF grades in week 1:
A Tackle Problem:
One of the most frequent and valid criticisms from yesterday was the poor play of the offensive line. However, this should really be singling out the tackles, as the guards and center actually grades out quite well.
Bitonio ranked 2nd of 43 qualifying guards with a grade of 80.7. Kush ranked 16th with a grade of 64.5. Also of note Bitonio actually had the highest run blocking grade of any guard by 4.1 (grade of 80.3)
Tretter ranked 6th of 20 qualifying centers with a grade of 67.9. He was also the highest graded pass blocking center of the week with a grade of 85.5
Tackle was a different story.
We had 3 qualifying tackles (thanks Greg) and each ranked in the bottom half of tackles.
Of the 47 qualifying tackles we had:
McCray: 56.3 (32nd)
Hubbard: 53.6 (36th)
Robinson: 48.7 (43rd)
Interestingly, McCray had the second highest run blocking grade at 87.8 and the second lowest pass blocking grade at 32.4
TE
Njoku ranked 31st of 43 qualifiers with a grade of 55.2. He actually had a pretty stellar pass blocking grade of 77.6 on 11 pass blocking snaps which when compared to his 50.4 receiving grade, maybe we should use Njoku as a blocker more
Quarter Chubb:
Chubb ranked 12th of 38 qualifying backs with a grade of 65.3. He also had a stellar pass blocking grade of 83.8 on 5 pass blocking snaps. Last year Chubb had an amazing 87.4 grade by PFF so this was a bit of a step back, but he still graded as a top 12 RB. When you combine that with our run blocking grades it becomes frustrating we didn’t go to the ground game more
Three above average performances:
Higgins had the highest grade of any WR for the Browns followed by Odell and Landry in a tight cluster.
Higgins was the 16th ranked WR of 69 qualifiers with a grade of 70.5. Odell was 21st with a grade of 69.5 and Jarvis was 25th with a grade of 68.2
Solid day by the wideouts
Baker was the 11th ranked QB with a grade of 64.9, a predictable drop from his 84.5 season grade last year
Can do defense tomorrow if you guys are interested
I think a lot of this gets to Willks liking the "big nickel" look popularized by Belichick. Honestly, Carrie is one of the best slot corners in the NFL, I have no idea why he only played 25% of the snaps.The snap counts really tells a story of Wilks defense. Schobert and Kirksey played 100% of the snaps while Adarius Taylor only got 3 snaps. They basically played the whole game in 4-2-5.
Wilks seems to lean on our weakest defensive group in our safeties for his scheme. Morgan Burnett played 100% of the snaps. Whitehead played 57%. Eric Murray played 18%. Randall played 98%.
With the corners Ward played 98%. Greedy 66%. Mitchell 30%. TJ Carrie 25%.
Browns’ defensive snap counts, stats, and notes: Week 1
Myles Garrett is lucky to not be ejected, but still gets two sacks in the season opener.www.dawgsbynature.com
I think a lot of this gets to Willks liking the "big nickel" look popularized by Belichick. Honestly, Carrie is one of the best slot corners in the NFL, I have no idea why he only played 25% of the snaps.
It may make sense against a team like the Titans who will run the ball a lot. To be honest, though, I would rather see Mack Wilson, Genard Avery, or Takitaki as the third linebacker, and I hate base defenses. Our safety play just is not good enough.
It makes no sense to lean on this safety group. I read somewhere Wilks decide to go with a 4-2-5 in AZ because they didn't have a good group of linebackers. I don't think that's the case for the Browns.
Like I said yesterday it might make sense if we had Peppers and Kindred still. Even our group of corners seem to be clearly more talented than the group of safeties.
Three safeties playing over 50 percent of the snaps is interesting.
I’m curious if that’s a function of the Titans run oriented attack or if this is just the new normal.
It makes no sense to lean on this safety group. I read somewhere Wilks decide to go with a 4-2-5 in AZ because they didn't have a good group of linebackers. I don't think that's the case for the Browns.
Like I said yesterday it might make sense if we had Peppers and Kindred still. Even our group of corners seem to be clearly more talented than the group of safeties.
My preference would be a 4-2-5 with three corners. Let Carrie take the slot.I think if I did my math right they played 3 safeties on the field 73% of the time while they played 3 corners 19% of the time. The rest was 3 linebackers 5% of the time and 5 o-linemen for 1 or 2 snaps.
My preference would be a 4-2-5 with three corners. Let Carrie take the slot.
If you are worried about the run game, then run a base 4-3 with Wilson, Avery, or Takitaki out on the field.
I have no idea why he is using a 4-2-5 with three safeties as frequently as he is, especially when the group of safeties is so barren. You can use it for a small portion of snaps, especially on early drive situations, but I really am not a fan of using the big nickel as our base. And, with all of that said, I actually thought it was smart early on. I was wrong.
Three safeties playing over 50 percent of the snaps is interesting.
I’m curious if that’s a function of the Titans run oriented attack or if this is just the new normal.