Defensive stats after Week 3 per Jeff Howe

Pass coverage:
Malcolm Butler: 11 of 15, 222 yards, 3 TD, INT, 3 PBU, OPI
Tarell Brown: 4 of 8, 49 yards
Bradley Fletcher: 8 of 10, 129 yards, TD, DPI, FF
Logan Ryan: 5 of 6, 34 yards, INT, ill. Contact
Justin Coleman: 2 of 4, 57 yards
Devin McCourty: 3 of 4, 58 yards, INT
Patrick Chung: 2 of 7, 15 yards, TD, DPI
Duron Harmon: 1 of 3, 9 yards, 2 INT
Jordan Richards: 1 of 3, 6 yards, TD, PBU
Jamie Collins: 2 of 8, 11 yards
Dont'a Hightower: 3 of 6, 28 yards
Jerod Mayo: 2 of 2, 23 yards
Jonathan Freeny: 1 of 1, 5 yards

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• The only CB with good-looking numbers is Brown.
• The Ss have good-looking numbers as a group, but that could be misleading due to their role.
  
• The LBs taken together have 8-17, 67 yards; throwing short has not been terribly productive. And that point is strengthened if ...
• ... you include some of Chung's 2-7, 15 yards.

Pressure stats:
Jabaal Sheard: 2 sacks, QB hit, pressure, drew 4 penalties
Chandler Jones: 3 sacks, 2 QB hits, drew 1 penalty
Malcom Brown: Sack
Rob Ninkovich: Sack, 3 QB hits, 2 pressures, drew 1 penalty
Dont'a Hightower: 1.5 sacks, pressure, drew 1 penalty
Geneo Grissom: QB hit, pressure, PBU
Jamie Collins: 3.5 sacks, 2 FF, 2 pressures, QB hit, drew 1 penalty
Alan Branch: Sack, FF
Justin Coleman: Pressure
Logan Ryan: QB hit

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Run stuffs (tackles against the run at or behind the line of scrimmage):
Chandler Jones: 1 (-1 yard)
Dont'a Hightower: 1 (0)
Tarell Brown: 1 (-1)
Rob Ninkovich: 1 (0)
Sealver Siliga: 1 (0)
Jabaal Sheard: 2 (-1), 1 (0)
Malcolm Butler: 1 (-1)
Jamie Collins: 1 (-1)
Jerod Mayo: 1 (-1)
Dominique Easley: 1 (0)
Alan Branch: 1 (0)

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• If Collins were to keep up this pace, he'd have a monster statistical year.
• Sheard's numbers are actually better than Jones', on what I think is even after the last game fewer snaps.

Bobsyouruncle said:

I don't understand those stats, that's about 73 passes which isn't even half.

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Joey007 said:

Man Sheard is drawing the penalties.

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patchick said:

To my eyes, Sheard already looks like he's been playing in this defense for years. He's active and decisive and always where he's supposed to be. What a terrific addition!

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mosi said:

Butler is still young - but he is getting burned a lot more than he should be.

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