Bleacher Report Top 1000 Players of Week 2

[primetime]

The normally totally useless Bleacher Report has gathered a bunch of amateur scout types to rate players each week on their performances. It's not perfect, obviously, since like anything it relies on subjective analysis, but it's more interesting than PFF because you can at least see the components of their grades. There's some questionable stuff in here, like the flat number they add based on "position" just to add each one up to 100, for instance, or the fact that running backs like Blount who are almost always off the field on 3rd down receive a "receiving" or "blocking" grade. There's also obviously some bias here. I don't expect, once Brady comes back, for Cian Fahey to give Brady the grades he'll deserve. While Fahey is pretty good at evaluating QBs, I feel like he doesn't like Brady to be kind of edgy and really likes Rodgers and seems to correct his analysis to account for those biases.

NFL1000: Ranking the Top 1,000 Players from Week 2

Here are the Patriots, with their positional rank and total score out of 100. Worth taking with a grain or two of salt, of course. T means the player was tied for that rank.

QB
Jimmy Garoppolo, #7 (80)
Jacoby Brissett, #35 (59)

RB
LeGarrette Blount, #2 (80), highest rated outside runner
James White, #T19 (74)

FB
James Develin, #T8 (71)

WR
Danny Amendola, #T4 (75)
Julian Edelman, #T4 (75), tied for highest YAC score
Chris Hogan, #T33 (70)
Malcolm Mitchell, #T117 (57)
Matt Slater, #T125 (55)

TE
Martellus Bennett, #T8 (72)
Clay Harbor, #T70 (53)

LT
Nate Solder, #T8 (82), tied for highest pass blocking score
Cameron Fleming, #T31 (68)

RT
Marcus Cannon, #T19 (73)

OG
Joe Thuney, #T40 (70), tied for highest agility score
Ted Karras, #T49 (69)
Shaq Mason, #T62 (65)
Jonathan Cooper, DNR (too few snaps)

C
David Andrews, #T13 (71)

4-3 DE
Chris Long, #T2 (70), highest pass rush score
Jabaal Sheard, #T16 (62)
Trey Flowers, #T39 (55)

DT
Alan Branch, #T10 (78), perfect tackling score
Malcolm Brown, #T12 (77), perfect tackling score
Vincent Valentine, #T27 (71)

4-3 OLB
Jonathan Freeny, #T18 (63)
Shea McClellin, #39 (49), lowest grade among 4-3 OLBs in Week 2

ILB
Jamie Collins, #T5 (80)

CB
Logan Ryan, #T21 (75)
Malcolm Butler, #T70 (60)
Justin Coleman, #100 (51)

FS
Devin McCourty, #T1 (81), tied for highest ratings in each of recovery, slot/LB, and tackling
Duron Harmon, #6 (77)

SS
Patrick Chung, #T23 (70)

K
Stephen Gostkowski, #25 (63)

P
Ryan Allen, #24 (65)

 

[Tony2046]

I guess they don't give any bonus points for hurdling DB's or dragging 6 players into the end zone.

 

[primetime]

While I have no real basis to argue with any of these, I will say that I'm glad there's independent confirmation of my observation that Shea McClellin really sucks.