NFL1000: Ranking the Top 1,000 Players from Week 3

Is defense the new offense? It’s sure looking like it these days. Most of the remaining undefeated teams in the NFL—the Broncos, Patriots, Eagles, Vikings and Ravens—are getting things done with defenses that throw their opponents into unfavorable situations from the start to the end.

That’s reflected in the Week 3 edition of the NFL1000. Aaron Rodgers gets the top spot based on his marvelous performance against the Lions, but after that the next 13 players on our master list do their thing on the defensive side of the ball.

In any other week, Patriots linebacker Jamie Collins might have been the top player overall, and it would have been well-deserved after his performance against the Texans on Thursday night. Collins made several ridiculous run reads and dropped into coverage as well as he always had. It was a franchise-defining performance for a New England defense that has taken over the team and allowed two young quarterbacks to shine during Tom Brady’s suspension.

Similarly, the Eagles are succeeding with offensive rookies Carson Wentz and Wendell Smallwood, in part because their overhauled defense, led by brilliant coordinator Jim Schwartz, is playing lights-out football. Philly has allowed just 20 points through three games, and we have two of those defenders—defensive tackle Fletcher Cox and defensive back Malcolm Jenkins—in our top 10 this week. Right outside the top 10 is safety Rodney McLeod, a tremendous free-agent acquisition who’s helped the Eagles’ secondary shine.

With all that said, the Vikings may have the league’s scariest defense right now, and defensive end Everson Griffen is a huge part of that. Griffen has been a great player for a long time, but he’s taken his game to a new level in 2016. He terrorized Carolina’s offense with three sacks, two quarterback hits and four quarterback hurries, adding three run stops for good measure. If head coach Mike Zimmer can keep his young cornerbacks playing on point (rookie Mackensie Alexander is starting to stand out), this defense could be an unsolvable problem.

Part of Bleacher Report’s NFL1000 player rating methodology that matters is the ability to look at our grades from week to week (as you, dear reader, can) and suss out which patterns are turning into trends and which are flukes in the relatively small sample size of an NFL season.

There are many ways to dissect and learn from what the NFL presents on the field every week, and the NFL1000 goes as deep as any to tell you just what’s going on out there. If you're looking for more details on some of the grades, make sure to check out this week's scouting notebook.

With a 17-person crew of experienced evaluators, we'll comb through the game tape each week to bring you concise, clear evaluations of every player in the NFL. We'll tell you which rookies are rising and which undrafted players are coming out of nowhere to make an impact. We'll tell you which players are rising and falling in performance and why.

There is no predetermined narrative with these grades. No mysterious "clutch factor." No tweaked-out quarterback ratings that defy explanation. Our grades are based on pure scouting, and lots of it. We grade the key criteria for each position based on a series of attributes and add in a score for positional importance.

In the case of a tie, our scouts ask, "Which player would I want on my team?" and adjust accordingly.

Is it a subjective process? Of course—that's what scouting is and, as we like to say, ties are no fun.

Each player is evaluated and graded by our crack team of scouts, who possess more than 100 combined years of experience in playing, front-office work, coaching and media. Cian Fahey, John Middlekauff, Alex Kirby, Mark Schofield, Duke Manyweather, Ethan Young, Joe Goodberry, Justis Mosqueda, Charles McDonald, Zach Kruse, Derrik Klassen, Jerod Brown, Ian Wharton, Kyle Posey, Mark Bullock, Chuck Zodda and Doug Farrar have watched tape for months to bring you these grades, and we'll be bringing you player grades based on the game action every week.

Here are the NFL1000 player grades for Week 3 of the 2016 NFL season.

All advanced stats are courtesy of Pro Football Focus. 

Methodology

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The NFL1000 team of scouts was given a series of important attributes to grade for every player in their positional review. Using a grading scale starting at 0 and going up to anywhere from 10 to 40 based on the position and the attribute, our scouts have graded each player based on their own expertise and countless hours of tape review over the years. Our evaluators were given specific positional assignments based on their proven fields of expertise. 

• Doug Farrar: Lead scout/centers
• Cian Fahey: Quarterbacks
• John Middlekauff: Running backs/fullbacks
• Alex Kirby:- Wide receivers/tight ends
• Mark Schofield: Wide receivers/tight ends
• Duke Manyweather: Offensive tackles
• Ethan Young: Offensive guards
• Joe Goodberry: Defensive ends
• Charles McDonald: Defensive tackles
• Zach Kruse: 3-4 outside linebackers
• Derrik Klassen: 4-3 outside linebackers
• Jerod Brown: Inside linebackers
• Kyle Posey: Cornerbacks
• Ian Wharton: Cornerbacks
• Mark Bullock: Safeties
• Chuck Zodda: Special teams

Every NFL player with snaps in offensive and defensive roles is observed and graded based on a multitiered process that marks specific attributes per position. As we're combing through All-22 footage to assess each performance, there are additional factors to consider.

We'll adjust for opponent based on the obvious notion that the cornerback we're grading is doing a better job if he's shutting down Antonio Brown than if he's negating the efforts of a seventh-round rookie receiver.

We'll also adjust for players with multiple responsibilities in the course of a game and over the course of time. Think of guys like J.J. Watt and Michael Bennett on the defensive line--how they seamlessly switch from gap to gap. Or how cornerbacks such as Chris Harris and Tyrann Mathieu dominate outside and in the slot. Or how receivers such as Doug Baldwin and Larry Fitzgerald bedevil those cornerbacks from multiple field positions.

That's more important than ever in today's NFL, and we pay attention to it.

We will not adjust for injuries. If a player is underperforming because of an injury, that's part of his performance, fair or unfair, and it needs to be graded accordingly.

Grading any player is a subjective process, but with a series of attributes per position and a specific direction as to what to grade and how, we'll work to make it as definitive as possible.

Here are the NFL1000 player grades for Week 3 of the 2016 NFL season.

Top 50 Overall from Week 3

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Aaron Rodgers was obviously sick of hearing how his offense was broken, so he decided to do something about it. After two iffy games to start the 2016 season and an entire 2015 campaign in which head coach Mike McCarthy’s route concepts left him with little room to breathe, Rodgers met his coaching staff more than halfway in Green Bay’s 34-27 win.

Armed with a few more diverse scheme options, Rodgers completed 15 of 24 passes for 205 yards, four touchdowns and no interceptions. Not exactly all-time numbers, but when you watch the tape there’s nobody else who could have been our No. 1 player this week. Rodgers was ridiculous with his overall accuracy, especially with the deep ball. It was Aaron Rodgers at his best.

Justis Mosqueda, the newest member of our NFL1000 team, wrote more specifically about how McCarthy and his staff helped Rodgers out. If this holds, the Packers will be a real threat to the rest of the NFL…if they can hold off the surging Vikings in their own division, that is.

After Rodgers, it’s all defense for a while. You’re familiar with the fantastic efforts of guys like Von Miller and Aaron Donald, but let a few new names sink in. Baltimore’s Zach Orr is a point man for a good defense, Philly’s Rodney McLeod is one of the most underrated safeties in the business right now, and Miami safety Reshad Jones has been one of the league’s more consistent performers in recent years.

You’ll find all of this week’s NFL1000 grades per position on the following pages, but here’s the top 50 for Week 3.

Top 50 Overall from Week 3

Rank	Player	Pos.	Team	NFL1000 Score	LW	Moving
1	Aaron Rodgers	QB	GB	93	117	↑
2	Jamie Collins	ILB	NE	87	67	↑
3	Aaron Donald	DT	LA	86	11	↑
4	Everson Griffen	4-3 DE	MIN	86	725	↑
5	Marcus Peters	CB	KC	85	8	↑
6	Fletcher Cox	DT	PHI	85	23	↑
7	Malcolm Jenkins	SS	PHI	84	170	↑
8	Von Miller	3-4 OLB	DEN	83	24	↑
9	Zach Orr	ILB	BAL	83	297	↑
10	Eric Berry	SS	KC	83	410	↑
11	Thomas Davis	4-3 OLB	CAR	83	157	↑
12	Rodney McLeod	FS	PHI	83	302	↑
13	Reshad Jones	SS	MIA	83	74	↑
14	Kawann Short	DT	CAR	82	45	↑
15	Trent Williams	LT	WAS	83	29	↑
16	Devonta Freeman	RB	ATL	82	225	↑
17	Eric Weddle	SS	BAL	82	304	↑
18	Mike Iupati	OG	ARI	82	42	↑
19	Shawn Williams	SS	CIN	82	172	↑
20	LeSean McCoy	RB	BUF	82	317	↑
21	Kam Chancellor	SS	SEA	82	73	↑
22	T.Y. Hilton	WR	IND	82	373	↑
23	Corey Graham	FS	BUF	81	682	↑
24	Joe Thomas	LT	CLE	81	28	↑
25	Bryan Bulaga	RT	GB	81	116	↑
26	Ron Parker	FS	KC	81	408	↑
27	Stephon Gilmore	CB	BUF	81	1014	↑
28	Duron Harmon	FS	NE	81	141	↑
29	Dak Prescott	QB	DAL	81	267	↑
30	Donald Penn	LT	OAK	81	55	↑
31	Lane Johnson	RT	PHI	81	17	↓
32	Johnny Hekker	P	LA	81	19	↓
33	Timmy Jernigan	3-4 DE	BAL	80	286	↑
34	Kwon Alexander	ILB	TB	80	775	↑
35	Zack Martin	OG	DAL	80	22	↓
36	DeMarco Murray	RB	TEN	80	177	↑
37	Aaron Williams	SS	BUF	80	526	↑
38	Eric Fisher	LT	KC	80	93	↑
39	C.J. (Clint) Mosley	ILB	BAL	80	47	↑
40	Lavonte David	4-3 OLB	TB	80	133	↑
41	Travis Frederick	C	DAL	80	285	↑
42	JC Tretter	C	GB	80	788	↑
43	Marvin Jones	WR	DET	80	499	↑
44	Dontari Poe	DT	KC	80	130	↑
45	Devin McCourty	FS	NE	80	49	↑
46	Bobby Wagner	ILB	SEA	80	137	↑
47	Luke Kuechly	ILB	CAR	80	12	↓
48	Eric Reid	FS	SF	80	475	↑
49	Kevin Zeitler	OG	CIN	80	278	↑
50	Preston Brown	ILB	BUF	80	138	↑

Quarterbacks

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The fifth-ranked quarterback in Week 3 would have ranked 15th in Week 2. 

Week 3 was disastrous for the quarterback position. Twenty-three quarterbacks couldn't even grade as high as 70 overall. Big names such as Cam Newton, Carson Palmer, Ben Roethlisberger and Philip Rivers played some of the worst football they have in years. Meanwhile, Ryan Fitzpatrick set quarterbacking as an ideology back 20 years with his atrociously bad display. Fitzpatrick threw six interceptions but could have thrown 10. If you removed all of his throws that were caught by defenders he'd still have been the worst quarterback in the league last week.

Aaron Rodgers was the only big-name quarterback to live up to expectations. It's tough for Rodgers to surpass expectations because of the high standard he is held to, but his Week 3 display was as close to flawless as you're likely to see this season. Rodgers' 93 overall grade reflects how he took care of the football while making difficult downfield throws with consistency from both inside and outside of the pocket.

Rodgers contributed four touchdowns and no interceptions to a game week that had 38 touchdowns and 36 interceptions.

Touchdowns and interceptions don't carry as much weight in these evaluations as they will elsewhere. These rankings care more about the opportunities a quarterback creates than those that are taken advantage of. If a quarterback throws the ball straight to a defender and the defender drops it, the play throw/decision from the quarterback is all that matters.

The quarterback doesn't control if the ball is caught or not so it doesn't make sense to judge him based on the play's outcome. Furthermore, if the quarterback makes that throw when his team is leading against making it when his team is trying to come back in the fourth quarter, the grading adjusts accordingly.

It works the other way too. If a quarterback finishes a game with three interceptions but all three were a result of errors from teammates, he won't be punished in his grade. Unfortunately for Ryan Fitzpatrick, his mistakes were all his own last week.

Diving deeper into the grading method for this project, another important piece of the puzzle is opportunities a quarterback missed. If a quarterback's receiver runs a great route and gets open but the quarterback misses the throw or doesn't see him when you'd rationally expect him to see him, he will be punished in his grading. This was a major issue for Brock Osweiler in Week 3 as he repeatedly didn't see his receivers when they were open downfield despite having time in the pocket to do so. Osweiler was pressured often too, but too many of his mistakes were of his own creation.

Quarterbacks need to be judged within the context of their supporting cast but without letting that supporting cast corrupt the evidence. If you don't face any pressure, or at least minimal pressure, because you play behind a great offensive line (Carson Wentz, for example), you are less likely to grade as high as a quarterback who plays to the same level behind an offensive line that is overwhelmed on every snap (Sam Bradford).

Context is huge for these evaluations. We need to understand how the player fits and how functional his skill set is instead of solely focusing on how far he can throw the ball or how many times he can get up after big hits.

While the presentation may be just four categories, each category is layered when it comes to the actual evaluation.

To get a high accuracy grade you need to consistently put the ball in the right spot to different levels of the field. If 90 percent of the passes you throw only travel a few yards past the line of scrimmage, you won't be given as much credit as someone who is fitting the ball into tight windows downfield at an above-average rate. The "Arm" category is about more than just arm strength. It's about arm talent. You need to show off velocity, touch (control of trajectory) and an ability to throw from uncomfortable platforms to score high in that category.

The pressure category is self-explanatory for the most part. Do you work from tight pockets and deliver the ball accurately and on time against pressure? High grade. Do you make mistakes against pressure or rush to get rid of the ball to avoid pressure? Low grade. That category also values the player's contributions as a runner. As such, Tyrod Taylor's grade is higher than you'd expect this week because of his two long runs, one that was a designed option play and one that was a scramble for a touchdown.

The decision-making category requires that you take care of the football but not to the point that you handicap the offense. You need to make good pre-snap and post-snap reads to get high marks in this category. Turnovers or turnover opportunities for the defense will heavily hit this grade.

Grading Scale

Acc: Accuracy (Graded out of 25)

Arm: Arm Strength (Graded out of 25)

Press: Pressure/run threat (Graded out of 20) (Pressure weighted at 15, run threat at 5)

Dec: Decision-Making (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Quarterback Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Acc	Arm	Press	Dec	Pos	Ovr
1	Aaron Rodgers	GB	24	24	17	18	10	93
2	Dak Prescott	DAL	19	20	16	16	10	81
3	Sam Bradford	MIN	19	22	14	15	10	80
4	Alex Smith	KC	18	20	12	16	10	76
5	Derek Carr	OAK	16	20	15	14	10	75
6	Carson Wentz	PHI	18	18	13	15	10	74
7	Andrew Luck	IND	17	22	13	12	10	74
8	Trevor Siemian	DEN	16	20	14	13	10	73
9	Russell Wilson	SEA	17	21	11	11	10	70
10	Matt Ryan	ATL	14	18	12	16	10	70
11	Cam Newton	CAR	15	20	12	12	10	69
12	Matthew Stafford	DET	16	20	13	10	10	69
13	Marcus Mariota	TEN	15	20	12	12	10	69
14	Ryan Tannehill	MIA	17	21	11	10	10	69
15	Joe Flacco	BAL	15	20	11	12	10	68
16	Philip Rivers	SD	14	20	12	12	10	68
17	Jameis Winston	TB	14	18	14	11	10	67
18	Tyrod Taylor	BUF	13	18	14	12	10	67
19	Cody Kessler	CLE	15	18	10	13	10	66
20	Case Keenum	LA	16	18	11	11	10	66
21	Ben Roethlisberger	PIT	15	18	11	12	10	66
22	Drew Brees	NO	14	19	11	10	10	64
23	Jacoby Brissett	NE	12	15	14	13	10	64
24	Kirk Cousins	WAS	13	19	10	12	10	64
25	Eli Manning	NYG	14	20	10	10	10	64
26	Carson Palmer	AZ	12	21	10	10	10	63
27	Andy Dalton	CIN	16	18	10	9	10	63
28	Brian Hoyer	CHI	13	17	10	11	10	61
29	Trevone Boykin	SEA	13	15	10	10	10	58
30	Brock Osweiler	HOU	13	15	9	8	10	55
31	Blake Bortles	JAX	13	17	8	6	10	54
32	Blaine Gabbert	SF	11	15	10	7	10	53
33	Ryan Fitzpatrick	NYJ	6	14	6	3	10	39

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Tom Brady—suspension
• Tony Romo—injury

Running Backs

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The main theme of Week 3 for NFL runners was just how many star players missed time and forced backup players to contribute. Adrian Peterson is more than likely out for the year, though you can never count him out as he has shown before in coming back from a major knee injury. Arian Foster, Jonathan Stewart, Ameer Abdullah, Doug Martin, Thomas Rawls and Rashad Jennings all did not dress because of injuries. The good news is that all these guys should be back in a week or so except for Abdullah, who is done for the year. This is major blow for the Lions.

Every running game that was missing its starting back struggled, leading to losses, except for the Seahawks, who had a breakout performance from Christine Michael. He shredded a 49ers defense that looked lost in Seattle. 

In Week 3, a ton of guys had big-time performances. LeSean McCoy helped a desperate Buffalo team get in the win column against the Cardinals. He shredded Arizona inside the tackles, making guys miss and showing the home run capability that made him a star in Philly. DeMarco Murray and Devonta Freeman both had big days.

While Freeman continues to be one of the more versatile backs in the NFL, Murray is working on his Comeback Player of the Year candidacy by the week. Murray bounced off Raider defenders all game and added a touchdown. David Johnson was the only bright spot for the Cardinals as he dominated inside and out while also torching the Bills in the passing game. He is one of the most complete players in the league

It was a big week for the old-school bruising backs. LeGarrette Blount is quietly the Patriots' offensive MVP. He dominated a good Texans defense—breaking tackles and carrying a unit that was led by a first-time rookie QB. He leads the NFL in rushing. Eddie Lacy may not be skinny, but he sure is running a lot harder than he was in 2015. He helped wear out a Detroit front and had his first 100-yard game of the year.

Another physical back, Isaiah Crowell, had another excellent game for the Browns in an overtime loss. He showed home run-hitting speed and physicality to make him an NFL bell cow. He also has a talented sidekick in Duke Johnson, who might be a top-five pass-catching back. The Browns have a good running game.

Despite his team's big win on the road, Todd Gurley ran a little hesitant against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. We saw flashes of his elite talent, but it was his most consistent game from a mentality standpoint. Despite having a good day from a stat perspective, Carlos Hyde had over 65 of his yards when his team was down 37-3 and Seattle was in its nickel defense. While he did run hard, his yardage came in garbage time when the game was well out of reach.

Grading Scale

In: Inside Running (Graded out of 25)

Out: Outside Running (Graded out of 25)

Rec: Receiving (Graded out of 20)

Blk: Blocking (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Running Back Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	In	Out	Rec	Blk	Pos	Ovr
1	Devonta Freeman	ATL	22	19	18	17	6	82
2	LeSean McCoy	BUF	21	21	17	17	6	82
3	DeMarco Murray	TEN	20	19	18	17	6	80
4	David A. Johnson	ARI	20	19	17	17	6	79
5	Ezekiel Elliott	DAL	21	19	16	17	6	79
6	Duke Johnson	CLE	19	18	17	17	6	77
7	LeGarrette Blount	NE	21	18	16	16	6	77
8	Tevin Coleman	ATL	17	19	18	16	6	76
9	Christine Michael	SEA	20	18	16	16	6	76
10	Theo Riddick	DET	18	17	17	17	6	75
11	Eddie Lacy	GB	21	17	15	16	6	75
12	DeAndre Washington	OAK	19	18	17	15	6	75
13	Lamar Miller	HOU	18	17	17	16	6	74
14	Darren Sproles	PHI	15	17	20	16	6	74
15	Jordan Howard	CHI	18	18	15	16	6	73
16	Jeremy Hill	CIN	20	16	15	16	6	73
17	Mark Ingram	NO	18	16	17	16	6	73
18	Carlos Hyde	SF	18	16	16	17	6	73
19	Derrick Henry	TEN	18	18	15	16	6	73
20	Frank Gore	IND	18	15	16	17	6	72
21	Todd Gurley	LA	18	17	15	16	6	72
22	Shane Vereen	NYG	17	17	17	15	6	72
23	Melvin Gordon	SD	17	15	18	16	6	72
24	Kenjon Barner	PHI	17	18	16	15	6	72
25	Wendell Smallwood	PHI	19	17	15	15	6	72
26	Isaiah Crowell	CLE	18	16	15	16	6	71
27	Spencer Ware	KC	18	16	15	16	6	71
28	James White	NE	16	17	17	15	6	71
29	Latavius Murray	OAK	18	17	15	15	6	71
30	Terrance West	BAL	17	16	16	15	6	70
31	Jeremy Langford	CHI	16	16	15	17	6	70
32	Giovani Bernard	CIN	15	16	17	16	6	70
33	Charles Sims	TB	17	15	17	15	6	70
34	Chris Thompson	WAS	15	17	17	15	6	70
35	Alfred Morris	DAL	16	17	15	15	6	69
36	James Starks	GB	16	16	16	15	6	69
37	Damien Williams	MIA	15	17	16	15	6	69
38	Orleans Darkwa	NYG	18	15	14	16	6	69
39	Matt Forte	NYJ	17	15	14	17	6	69
40	Matt Jones	WAS	18	14	15	16	6	69
41	DeAngelo Williams	PIT	15	16	16	16	6	69
42	C.J. Anderson	DEN	16	14	16	16	6	68
43	Dwayne Washington	DET	16	18	14	14	6	68
44	Fozzy Whittaker	CAR	14	16	17	14	6	67
45	Alfred Blue	HOU	15	15	16	15	6	67
46	Jonathan Grimes	HOU	15	15	16	15	6	67
47	Chris Ivory	JAX	15	15	16	15	6	67
48	Jay Ajayi	MIA	15	17	14	15	6	67
49	Bilal Powell	NYJ	16	14	16	15	6	67
50	Robert Turbin	IND	17	14	15	14	6	66
51	Josh Ferguson	IND	14	14	16	16	6	66
52	Benny Cunningham	LA	15	14	17	14	6	66
53	Travaris Cadet	NO	14	15	17	14	6	66
54	Cameron Artis-Payne	CAR	16	14	15	14	6	65
55	Lance Dunbar	DAL	15	15	15	14	6	65
56	Devontae Booker	DEN	15	13	16	15	6	65
57	Charcandrick West	KC	14	15	15	15	6	65
58	Kenyon Drake	MIA	14	16	14	15	6	65
59	Jerick McKinnon	MIN	16	14	15	14	6	65
60	Jalen Richard	OAK	14	16	15	14	6	65
61	Alex Collins	SEA	15	14	15	15	6	65
62	Justin Forsett	BAL	14	14	15	15	6	64
63	TIm Hightower	NO	16	14	14	14	6	64
64	Chris D. Johnson	ARI	14	14	15	14	6	63
65	T.J. Yeldon	JAX	14	12	14	17	6	63
66	Matt Asiata	MIN	14	14	15	14	6	63
67	Bobby Rainy	NYG	14	14	15	14	6	63
68	Mike Gillislee	BUF	15	14	13	14	6	62
69	Dexter McCluster	SD	13	14	16	13	6	62
70	Shaun Draughn	SF	14	15	13	14	6	62
71	Jacquizz Rodgers	TB	13	15	14	14	6	62
72	Isaiah Pead	MIA	14	13	14	14	6	61

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Ameer Abdullah—injury
• Le'Veon Bell—suspension
• Jamaal Charles—injury
• Arian Foster—injury
• Rashad Jennings—injury
• Doug Martin—injury
• Adrian Peterson—injury
• Thomas Rawls—injury
• Jonathan Stewart—injury

Fullbacks

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The most under-appreciated position in the NFL had a pretty good week despite putting up little in the box score. Three guys who stood out were Malcolm Johnson, Jerome Felton and Patrick DiMarco. 

Johnson continues to clear holes in one of the better running games in the NFL that no one is talking about in Cleveland. The NFL's second-leading rusher resides in Cleveland, and Johnson has played a big reason for it. Felton helped LeSean McCoy break out against the Cardinals by opening up holes and locating an athletic second-level group. While the Saints are terrible on defense, DiMarco made sure the nation realized it by opening holes the size of the Red Sea on Monday Night Football for his backfield mates.

John Kuhn had a touchdown on a goal-line carry. And while Kyle Juszczyk didn’t fill up the stat sheet, he is a scout/coaches dream doing everything on the football field. If it wasn’t for Baltimore's wide receivers being open all day, Flacco could dump the ball to him on just about every pass.

Grading Scale

Blk: Blocking (Graded out of 50)

Run: Running (Graded out of 25)

Rec: Receiving (Graded out of 15)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Fullback Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Blk	Run	Rec	Pos	Ovr
1	Kyle Juszczyk	BAL	42	16	11	4	73
2	Malcolm Johnson	CLE	41	17	11	4	73
3	Andy Janovich	DEN	40	16	12	4	72
4	James Develin	NE	41	17	9	4	71
5	John Kuhn	NO	40	15	11	4	70
6	Anthony Sherman	KC	44	13	9	4	70
7	Patrick DiMarco	ATL	41	15	9	4	69
8	Paul Lasike	CHI	41	15	9	4	69
9	Zach Line	MIN	40	15	10	4	69
10	Jalston Fowler	TEN	39	15	10	4	68
11	Mike Tolbert	CAR	40	14	10	4	68
12	Aaron Ripkowski	GB	41	15	8	4	68
13	Jamize Olawale	OAK	41	14	9	4	68
14	Jerome Felton	BUF	39	16	8	4	67
15	Derek Watt	SD	38	16	9	4	67
16	Jay Prosch	HOU	40	15	8	4	67
17	Michael Burton	DET	38	14	8	4	64

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Roosevelt Nix—inactive
• Marcel Reece—suspended/released
• Nikita Whitlock—insufficient snaps

Wide Receivers

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We can begin this week in New York, with the much-anticipated meeting between Odell Beckham Jr. and Josh Norman. While Washington won the war, Beckham may have emerged as the victor on points in this intense matchup.

The receiver was held without a touchdown, but he got the better of Norman on a few plays, including a beautiful circle/corner pattern to start the second quarter when he started to the inside and then lost the DB on his cut back toward the sideline. He got more consistent separation later in the game, including one play that he capped off with an impressive one-handed catch along the sideline. Staying with the Giants, rookie Sterling Shepard continues to impress, catching a contested throw for a touchdown on a beautifully run seam route. 

Marvin Jones Jr. put up huge numbers for the Lions in their loss to Detroit, but the grades might not reflect the production. Jones benefited from a free release at the line of scrimmage on his long touchdown pass because the defender was not ready for the snap, and also benefited from some coverage decisions by Green Bay that left him open. These led to a lower route-running score than one may expect given his numbers.

On the other sideline, Jordy Nelson looked like he is coming back into form, as he ran a number of beautiful routes on the day, including two in the red zone, one of which went for a touchdown.

Doug Baldwin turned in another impressive performance this week, catching eight passes for 164 yards and a touchdown against the 49ers. He ran a beautiful post route early in the game for a big gain, and on his touchdown reception he took advantage of the route design for a score.

He also showed an impressive adjustment on a route along the sideline, when he was running a wheel route and turned his body around to both make the catch and come down inbounds on the pass from backup quarterback Trevone Boykin. Baldwin’s effort was crucial to the Seattle victory, as his fellow receivers were all limited by the San Francisco defense.

Some bigger-name receivers saw their numbers drop this week. Julio Jones was held to only one catch for 16 yards, as the Saints defense seemed content to roll extra coverage to his side of the field and let the other Atlanta receivers enjoy single coverage. Kelvin Benjamin, along with the rest of the Carolina offense, struggled to get separation against the Minnesota defense, and Benjamin was held to only one target and zero receptions.

A similar story played out in Buffalo, in Arizona’s loss to the Bills. All of the Arizona receivers struggled on the day, including Michael Floyd, who had a drop early in the game after a well-placed throw from Carson Palmer.

In Indianapolis, T.Y. Hilton came up huge for the Colts against the Chargers all game long, but especially in the fourth quarter with a 63-yard catch-and-run for the winning touchdown. Hilton used his quick feet and excellent route-running skills to put the San Diego secondary on its heels and stay one step ahead of the competition all day, and practically put the offense on his back.

Meanwhile, in Miami, a matchup of two winless teams featured two of the most fascinating players in the league, Jarvis Landry and Terrelle Pryor. First-year Dolphins head coach Adam Gase manufactured touches for Landry all over the field and put him in position to create plays down the field as well as give him room after the catch, where he could display that physical running style he’s known for.

Pryor was the utility man for the Browns, lining up many times at quarterback, as well as creating multiple explosive plays down the field at the receiver position.  The former Ohio State quarterback continues to improve at the receiver position each week. More important than any one play was that he was everything his team needed him to be in this game and he left it all on the field.

Grading Scale

Route: Route Running (Graded out of 25)

Hands: Hands (Graded out of 25)

YAC: Yards After Catch (Graded out of 20)

Blk: Blocking (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Wide Receiver Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Route	Hands	YAC	Blk	Pos	Ovr
1	T.Y. Hilton	IND	22	23	17	11	9	82
2	Marvin Jones Jr.	DET	20	21	17	13	9	80
3	Terrelle Pryor	CLE	21	21	16	12	9	79
4	Jarvis Landry	MIA	21	19	17	13	9	79
5	Doug Baldwin	SEA	19	21	16	14	9	79
6	Emmanuel Sanders	DEN	20	21	16	11	9	77
7	Julian Edelman	NE	19	18	17	13	9	76
8	Steve Smith Sr.	BAL	19	21	15	11	9	75
9	A.J. Green	CIN	22	18	14	12	9	75
10	Demaryius Thomas	DEN	19	21	13	13	9	75
11	Antonio Brown	PIT	20	21	16	9	9	75
12	Robert Woods	BUF	19	20	13	13	9	74
13	Jordy Nelson	GB	19	20	15	11	9	74
14	Odell Beckham Jr.	NYG	20	19	13	13	9	74
15	Mike Evans	TB	19	20	14	12	9	74
16	Michael Crabtree	OAK	19	21	14	10	9	73
17	Tavon Austin	LA	17	18	16	12	9	72
18	Sterling Shepard	NYG	19	18	13	13	9	72
19	Allen Robinson	JAX	19	20	13	10	9	71
20	Chris Conley	KC	20	18	14	10	9	71
21	Danny Amendola	NE	19	19	13	11	9	71
22	Quincy Enunwa	NYJ	18	18	12	14	9	71
23	Adam Humphries	TB	18	18	15	11	9	71
24	Jamison Crowder	WAS	18	19	13	12	9	71
25	Mike Wallace	BAL	19	17	14	11	9	70
26	Brandon LaFell	CIN	18	17	14	12	9	70
27	Jeremy Maclin	KC	19	18	13	11	9	70
28	Tyrell Williams	SD	18	19	14	10	9	70
29	DeSean Jackson	WAS	19	19	13	10	9	70
30	John Brown	ARI	17	18	13	12	9	69
31	Mohamed Sanu	ATL	15	17	12	16	9	69
32	Dez Bryant	DAL	18	17	12	13	9	69
33	Cole Beasley	DAL	17	17	15	11	9	69
34	DeAndre Hopkins	HOU	19	19	12	10	9	69
35	Allen Hurns	JAX	18	19	12	11	9	69
36	Stefon Diggs	MIN	19	18	12	11	9	69
37	Julio Jones	ATL	16	17	11	15	9	68
38	Justin Hardy	ATL	15	16	14	14	9	68
39	Kevin White	CHI	15	17	14	13	9	68
40	Terrance Williams	DAL	17	16	13	13	9	68
41	Tyreek Hill	KC	17	17	14	11	9	68
42	Brian Quick	LA	15	19	12	13	9	68
43	Kenny Stills	MIA	18	19	12	10	9	68
44	Adam Thielen	MIN	16	19	13	11	9	68
45	Michael Thomas	NO	16	19	13	11	9	68
46	Victor Cruz	NYG	17	17	12	13	9	68
47	Amari Cooper	OAK	19	15	14	11	9	68
48	Travis Benjamin	SD	18	18	12	11	9	68
49	Larry Fitzgerald	ARI	17	16	12	13	9	67
50	Aldrick Robinson	ATL	14	15	14	15	9	67
51	Eric Decker	NYJ	17	17	13	11	9	67
52	Jordan Matthews	PHI	18	16	11	13	9	67
53	Pierre Garcon	WAS	17	18	12	11	9	67
54	Jaron Brown	ARI	15	17	12	13	9	66
55	Taylor Gabriel	ATL	14	16	12	15	9	66
56	Ted Ginn Jr.	CAR	15	16	14	12	9	66
57	Alshon Jeffery	CHI	15	17	13	12	9	66
58	Andrew Hawkins	CLE	15	16	12	14	9	66
59	Davante Adams	GB	17	17	12	11	9	66
60	Marqise Lee	JAX	17	18	12	10	9	66
61	Kenny Britt	LA	16	15	13	13	9	66
62	Brandon Coleman	NO	15	16	12	14	9	66
63	Brandon Marshall	NYJ	17	18	12	10	9	66
64	Vincent Jackson	TB	16	15	11	15	9	66
65	Tajae Sharpe	TEN	17	17	13	10	9	66
66	Marquise Goodwin	BUF	15	15	13	13	9	65
67	Randall Cobb	GB	15	17	12	12	9	65
68	Tommylee Lewis	NO	15	17	12	12	9	65
69	Nelson Agholor	PHI	15	16	12	13	9	65
70	Dontrelle Inman	SD	16	17	13	10	9	65
71	Russell Shepard	TB	13	18	12	13	9	65
72	Breshad Perriman	BAL	15	17	12	11	9	64
73	Eddie Royal	CHI	14	16	12	13	9	64
74	Ricardo Louis	CLE	17	15	11	12	9	64
75	Chester Rogers	IND	17	16	12	10	9	64
76	Albert Wilson	KC	18	16	11	10	9	64
77	DeVante Parker	MIA	15	18	12	10	9	64
78	Jalin Marshall	NYJ	17	17	11	10	9	64
79	Seth Roberts	OAK	16	14	12	13	9	64
80	Josh Huff	PHI	16	15	13	11	9	64
81	Sammie Coates	PIT	17	16	11	11	9	64
82	Torrey Smith	SF	15	17	11	12	9	64
83	Kamar Aiken	BAL	13	15	12	14	9	63
84	Cameron Meredith	CHI	14	15	12	13	9	63
85	Jordan Norwood	DEN	17	14	11	12	9	63
86	Golden Tate	DET	15	14	14	11	9	63
87	Will Fuller	HOU	17	16	11	10	9	63
88	Phillip Dorsett	IND	15	17	12	10	9	63
89	Chris Hogan	NE	16	13	11	14	9	63
90	Eli Rogers	PIT	15	17	12	10	9	63
91	Michael Floyd	ARI	15	15	11	12	9	62
92	Tyler Boyd	CIN	16	16	11	10	9	62
93	Cody Latimer	DEN	14	16	11	12	9	62
94	Brandin Cooks	NO	14	15	14	10	9	62
95	Markus Wheaton	PIT	17	16	10	10	9	62
96	Quinton Patton	SF	16	13	10	14	9	62
97	Brandon Tate	BUF	14	16	12	10	9	61
98	Philly Brown	CAR	14	14	12	12	9	61
99	Jaelen Strong	HOU	14	16	10	12	9	61
100	Malcolm Mitchell	NE	15	14	12	11	9	61
101	Darrius Heyward-Bey	PIT	17	14	11	10	9	61
102	Rod Streater	SF	14	15	13	10	9	61
103	Anquan Boldin	DET	13	16	11	11	9	60
104	Rashad Greene	JAX	14	15	12	10	9	60
105	Andre Holmes	OAK	14	14	12	11	9	60
106	Dorial Green-Beckham	PHI	14	14	11	12	9	60
107	Andre Johnson	TEN	14	16	10	11	9	60
108	Ryan Grant	WAS	15	13	10	13	9	60
109	Rashard Higgins	CLE	14	14	11	11	9	59
110	Johnny Holton	OAK	13	13	12	12	9	59
111	Jermaine Kearse	SEA	14	13	11	12	9	59
112	Rishard Mathews	TEN	12	17	11	10	9	59
113	Harry Douglas	TEN	15	15	10	10	9	59
114	Chris Moore	BAL	14	15	10	10	9	58
115	Bennie Fowler	DEN	14	15	10	10	9	58
116	Trevor Davis	GB	15	13	10	11	9	58
117	Tyler Lockett	SEA	14	14	10	11	9	58
118	Paul Richardson	SEA	13	13	10	13	9	58
119	Jeremy Kerley	SF	13	14	11	11	9	58
120	Walt Powell	BUF	13	14	10	11	9	57
121	Kelvin Benjmain	CAR	13	13	10	12	9	57
122	James Wright	CIN	14	14	10	10	9	57
123	Brice Butler	DAL	13	12	10	13	9	57
124	Lucky Whitehead	DAL	12	12	10	14	9	57
125	Marc Mariani	TEN	13	14	11	10	9	57
126	Aaron Burbridge	SF	13	13	10	11	9	56
127	Jordan Taylor	DEN	13	13	10	10	9	55
128	Tanner McEvoy	SEA	11	12	10	12	9	54
129	Devin Funchess	CAR	12	12	10	11	9	54
130	Bradley Marquez	LA	11	12	10	12	9	54
131	Andre Roberts	DET	12	12	10	10	9	53
132	Charles D. Johnson	MIN	12	12	10	10	9	53

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Josh Doctson—inactive
• Donte Moncrief—injury
• Cordarrelle Patterson—insufficient snaps
• Sammy Watkins—injury
• Marquess Wilson—injury
• Kendall Wright—inactive

Tight Ends

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Jimmy Graham may still be rounding into form after his recent injury, but a solid afternoon against the San Francisco 49ers propelled him up the rankings this week. Graham caught six passes for 100 yards and a touchdown, and was effective as a blocker as well. On his first reception of the day, he made a great adjustment on an off-target throw from Russell Wilson. On the touchdown reception, he displayed great field awareness in a scramble drill situation, mirroring his quarterback and finding open space in the red zone for the touchdown. He did lose a fumble in the game, but on the play, he showed some ability after the catch as he made the first defender miss. 

Coby Fleener had a big night on Monday Night Football, catching 11 passes for 109 yards and a touchdown. He enjoyed most of his success late in the half and late in the game, catching two long passes down the seam on vertical passing concepts, when Atlanta was looking to prevent the big play. On his touchdown, he was wide-open, as the Saints used a jumbo formation on the goal line and then ran a play-action play to scheme Fleener open. Given this, while he enjoyed a big night, his scores for the week might be lower than some would expect.

Two playoff teams from last year struggled on Sunday, and the grades for their skill players dropped as a result. In Carolina’s loss to Minnesota, Greg Olsen was limited to six catches for 64 yards and was held without a touchdown. He struggled to get consistent separation and was not as big a factor as a blocker as he has been in weeks past. Arizona lost on the road to Buffalo, and its three tight ends were limited in the defeat. Darren Fells caught two passes for a total of 15 yards, and Troy Niklas snagged a single pass for no gain. All three tight ends (with the addition of Jermaine Gresham) struggled to find open space against the Bills defense.

The Packers offense seemed to get back on track this week, but you would not know it from looking at Green Bay's tight ends. Jared Cook and Richard Rodgers saw a few targets, and Rodgers did catch a flat route for a touchdown in the early going, but the bulk of the work went to the wide receivers on Sunday. After Cook exited with an injury, third-string TE Justin Perillo took his place and was used primarily as a blocker.

Grading Scale

Route: Route Running (Graded out of 20)

Hands: Hands (Graded out of 25)

YAC: Yards After Catch (Graded out of 20)

Blk: Blocking (Graded out of 25)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Tight End Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Route	Hands	YAC	Blk	Pos	Ovr
1	Ryan Griffin	HOU	15	21	13	18	6	73
2	Travis Kelce	KC	16	20	14	17	6	73
3	Dennis Pitta	BAL	16	21	12	17	6	72
4	John Phillips	DEN	16	17	11	21	6	71
5	Jack Doyle	IND	15	19	14	17	6	71
6	Jimmy Graham	SEA	15	17	14	19	6	71
7	Gary Barnidge	CLE	14	19	14	17	6	70
8	Eric Ebron	DET	15	18	13	18	6	70
9	Martellus Bennett	NE	15	16	13	20	6	70
10	Coby Fleener	NO	15	18	12	19	6	70
11	Clive Walford	OAK	14	16	14	20	6	70
12	Jordan Reed	WAS	15	17	15	17	6	70
13	Dion Sims	MIA	15	17	11	20	6	69
14	Brent Celek	PHI	14	18	13	18	6	69
15	Dwayne Allen	IND	16	17	12	17	6	68
16	Hunter Henry	SD	15	18	12	17	6	68
17	Julius Thomas	JAX	15	17	12	17	6	67
18	Rob Gronkowski	NE	13	17	13	18	6	67
19	Jesse James	PIT	14	18	11	18	6	67
20	Jace Amaro	TEN	14	17	12	18	6	67
21	Crockett Gillmore	BAL	14	15	10	21	6	66
22	Greg Olsen	CAR	13	17	13	17	6	66
23	Jason Witten	DAL	13	17	12	18	6	66
24	Kyle Rudolph	MIN	14	16	11	19	6	66
25	Charles Clay	BUF	14	14	11	20	6	65
26	Zach Miller	CHI	13	18	12	16	6	65
27	C.J. Uzomah	CIN	13	17	12	17	6	65
28	Tyler Kroft	CIN	11	16	10	21	6	64
29	Jared Cook	GB	14	14	12	18	6	64
30	Marcedes Lewis	JAX	14	17	11	16	6	64
31	Demetrius Harris	KC	13	16	12	17	6	64
32	Brandon Bostick	NYJ	14	16	11	17	6	64
33	Garrett Celek	SF	13	16	11	18	6	64
34	Nick O'Leary	BUF	14	15	12	16	6	63
35	Ryan Hewitt	CIN	12	15	10	20	6	63
36	Lee Smith	OAK	12	15	11	19	6	63
37	Cameron Brate	TB	13	13	13	18	6	63
38	Jeff Heuerman	DEN	11	15	11	19	6	62
39	Jordan Cameron	MIA	13	16	12	15	6	62
40	Larry Donnell	NYG	14	13	11	18	6	62
41	Jacob Tamme	ATL	12	16	10	17	6	61
42	Kellen Davis	NYJ	13	15	11	16	6	61
43	Trey Burton	PHI	13	14	10	18	6	61
44	Phillip Supernaw	TEN	12	13	10	20	6	61
45	Ed Dickson	CAR	12	15	11	16	6	60
46	Randall Telfer	CLE	11	14	10	19	6	60
47	Richard Rodgers	GB	13	12	11	18	6	60
48	Xavier Grimble	PIT	12	14	11	17	6	60
49	Luke Willson	SEA	13	14	10	17	6	60
50	Brandon Myers	TB	13	12	11	18	6	60
51	Maxx Williams	BAL	12	14	10	17	6	59
52	Ross Travis	KC	11	15	11	16	6	59
53	Lance Kendricks	LA	14	12	10	17	6	59
54	Darren Fells	ARI	11	15	11	15	6	58
55	Stephen Anderson	HOU	11	14	11	16	6	58
56	Rhett Ellison	MIN	11	14	10	17	6	58
57	Will Tye	NYG	13	11	10	18	6	58
58	Anthony Fasano	TEN	11	14	11	16	6	58
59	Levine Toilolo	ATL	10	12	10	19	6	57
60	Cory Harkey	LA	10	12	10	19	6	57
61	Vance McDonald	SF	11	14	9	17	6	57
62	Blake Bell	SF	11	12	10	18	6	57
63	Vernon Davis	WAS	12	10	10	19	6	57
64	Austin Hooper	ATL	10	12	10	18	6	56
65	Geoff Swaim	DAL	11	11	10	18	6	56
66	Justin Perillo	GB	11	12	10	17	6	56
67	C.J. Fiedorowicz	HOU	11	14	10	15	6	56
68	David Johnson	PIT	11	13	10	16	6	56
69	Sean McGrath	SD	11	14	10	15	6	56
70	Brandon Williams	SEA	10	12	10	18	6	56
71	Niles Paul	WAS	12	10	10	18	6	56
72	Jermaine Gresham	ARI	10	12	10	16	6	54
73	Tyler Higbee	LA	10	12	10	16	6	54
74	Marqueis Gray	MIA	11	13	10	14	6	54
75	Jim Dray	BUF	11	13	9	14	6	53
76	Erik Swoope	IND	12	12	10	13	6	53
77	Chris Manhertz	NO	10	12	10	15	6	53
78	Logan Paulsen	CHI	10	12	10	14	6	52
79	Troy Niklas	ARI	10	13	10	12	6	52
80	Cole Wick	DET	12	13	11	8	6	51

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Zach Ertz—injury
• Antonio Gates—injury
• Josh Hill—injury
• Mychal Rivera—inactive
• Delanie Walker—injury

Left Tackles

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The big storyline among left tackles is the familiar names that were inactive for Week 3, most notably Dallas Cowboys All-Pro Tyron Smith, who was inactive with a shoulder injury. In Smith's absence, Chaz Green filled in at left tackle and played decently. Green struggled during the preseason, and it was unclear how he would hold up against the Chicago Bears, but he had a very good showing in the run game and turned in an admirable performance in pass protection.

The New Orleans Saints' Terron Armstead was also inactive for Monday Night Football versus the Atlanta Falcons, and second-year man Andrus Peat filled in and did an OK job, in both pass protection and run blocking, although he had a handful of plays in pass protection where he struggled.

The Jacksonville Jaguars were without free-agent signing Kelvin Beachum, but a familiar player, Luke Joeckel, stepped right into the left tackle spot he lost in camp and played well in all aspects. Joeckel's performance against the Baltimore Ravens may have been one of the best games of his pro career, as he consistently anchored and recovered when moved off his spot. Joeckel also wasn't afraid to mix it up in the run game and looked to finish defenders every chance he got.

For the second week in a row, Tennessee Titans tackle Taylor Lewan showed solid run-blocking technique and physicality while remaining patient in pass protection, which equated to another strong performance.

The Green Bay Packers rewarded David Bakhtiari with a big contract extension, and for the third week in a row, he is showing the NFL exactly why. He may not be well-known, but he has started to establish himself as an elite pass protector. Bakhtiari displays excellent balance and weight distribution, and he constantly creates leverage with his hands to anchor in pass protection. He is able to take the necessary steps that allow him to be in position to win. Bakhtiari also did a good job running his feet on contact and opening huge running lanes, specifically when he was asked to "angle drive" block on the front side of outside zone.

One of the most impressive performances of Week 3 was Trent Williams not only dominating at left tackle but kicking into left guard and being just as dominant. Williams was a monster, both on the edge and on the interior. His explosion, physicality and body control give him the perfect combination of traits to succeed regardless of position. If you are a fan of offensive line play, go watch Williams against the New York Giants. 

Grading Scale

Pass: Pass Protection (Graded out of 25)

Run: Run Blocking (Graded out of 25)

Power: Power (Graded out of 20)

Agl: Agility (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Left Tackle Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Pass	Run	Power	Agl	Pos	Ovr
1	Trent Williams	WAS	21	20	17	17	8	83
2	Joe Thomas	CLE	20	20	16	17	8	81
3	Donald Penn	OAK	19	21	17	16	8	81
4	Eric Fisher	KC	19	20	16	17	8	80
5	Jason Peters	PHI	20	19	17	16	8	80
6	David Bakhtiari	GB	21	19	16	15	8	79
7	Taylor Lewan	TEN	20	20	16	15	8	79
8	Russell Okung	DEN	20	20	15	16	8	79
9	Anthony Castonzo	IND	21	19	16	15	8	79
10	Joe Staley	SF	18	20	17	16	8	79
11	Andrew Whitworth	CIN	19	21	15	15	8	78
12	Ty Nsekhe	WAS	19	20	16	15	8	78
13	Jake Matthews	ATL	19	20	16	14	8	77
14	Greg Robinson	LA	17	18	20	14	8	77
15	Ronnie Stanley	BAL	18	18	16	17	8	77
16	Taylor Decker	DET	16	21	16	15	8	76
17	Ereck Flowers	NYG	17	18	17	15	8	75
18	Luke Joeckel	JAX	18	18	15	16	8	75
19	Nate Solder	NE	17	18	17	15	8	75
20	Jared Veldheer	ARI	19	16	16	16	8	75
21	Chaz Green	DAL	17	18	15	16	8	74
22	Bradley Sowell	SEA	17	19	14	15	8	73
23	Cyrus Kouandjio	BUF	16	17	15	16	8	72
24	T.J. Clemmings	MIN	15	17	16	15	8	71
25	Branden Albert	MIA	16	17	15	15	8	71
26	Alejandro Villanueva	PIT	15	17	15	16	8	71
27	Chris Clark	HOU	16	16	16	14	8	70
28	Michael Oher	CAR	15	18	14	15	8	70
29	Ryan Clady	NYJ	17	16	14	15	8	70
30	Donovan Smith	TB	15	17	15	14	8	69
31	Andrus Peat	NO	15	16	15	14	8	68
32	Chris Hairston	SD	13	16	14	14	8	65

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Terron Armstead—injury
• Kelvin Beachum—injury
• Duane Brown—injury
• King Dunlap—injury
• Cordy Glenn—injury
• Matt Kalil—injury
• Tyron Smith—injury

Right Tackles

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Green Bay right tackle Bryan Bulaga turned in a big-time performance against the Lions. He was almost flawless in pass protection and mauled defenders in the run game. Injuries have always seemed to halt Bulaga, but when healthy, he's proved to be a top-tier right tackle in the NFL.

For the third week in a row, the Jets split reps between two right tackles, Ben Ijalana and Brent Qvale, and for the third week in a row, Ijalana still grades out higher and seems to give the offense just a little more on film. At some point, it should be enough to give him the edge at a full-time role.

Riley Reiff's transition from left tackle to right tackle has paid off tremendously. His aggressiveness and skill set fit perfectly on the right edge, where you can take more chances at staying flat in pass protection. Reiff has been impressive as a run-blocker, showing the ability to consistently push the point of attack, and shows the base and power to hit, lift and drive defenders breaking any stalemate.

The importance of right tackle is often overlooked as it relates to how the general public spotlights left tackle, but any quarterback will tell you right tackles matter as well. When you factor in guys such as Von Miller, J.J. Watt and Khalil Mack, who all play over the right tackle, there can not be a significant drop-off in talent between left tackle and right tackle if you expect your offense to have success in the NFL. 

Grading Scale

Pass: Pass Protection (Graded out of 25)

Run: Run Blocking (Graded out of 25)

Power: Power (Graded out of 20)

Agl: Agility (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Right Tackle Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Pass	Run	Power	Agl	Pos	Ovr
1	Bryan Bulaga	GB	21	20	17	16	7	81
2	Lane Johnson	PHI	20	21	17	16	7	81
3	Mitchell Schwartz	KC	21	20	15	16	7	79
4	Riley Reiff	DET	20	21	16	15	7	79
5	Mike Remmers	CAR	18	21	17	16	7	79
6	Morgan Moses	WAS	19	19	18	16	7	79
7	Ben Ijalana	NYJ	20	20	16	16	7	79
8	Zach Strief	NO	20	20	16	15	7	78
9	Doug Free	DAL	19	21	16	15	7	78
10	Ryan Schraeder	ATL	20	17	17	17	7	78
11	Trenton Brown	SF	18	19	18	16	7	78
12	Menelik Watson	OAK	19	20	18	14	7	78
13	Joe Barksdale	SD	20	18	15	17	7	77
14	Demar Dotson	TB	20	17	15	18	7	77
15	Bobby Massie	CHI	19	18	16	16	7	76
16	Marcus Gilbert	PIT	18	17	18	16	7	76
17	Rob Havenstein	LA	20	17	15	16	7	75
18	Ricky Wagner	BAL	18	19	15	15	7	74
19	Jordan Mills	BUF	18	18	15	15	7	73
20	Brent Qvale	NYJ	18	18	15	15	7	73
21	Andre Smith Jr.	MIN	16	18	15	16	7	72
22	Jermey Parnell	JAX	16	18	17	14	7	72
23	Vadal Alexander	OAK	17	18	14	15	7	71
24	Jack Conklin	TEN	16	18	16	14	7	71
25	Bobby Hart	NYG	19	16	15	14	7	71
26	Garry Gilliam	SEA	16	16	16	15	7	70
27	Cedric Ogbuehi	CIN	14	19	16	14	7	70
28	Marcus Cannon	NE	16	17	16	14	7	70
29	Ja'Wuan James	MIA	15	17	16	14	7	69
30	Ty Sambrailo	DEN	14	17	15	16	7	69
31	Derek Newton	HOU	15	17	14	15	7	68
32	Joe Reitz	IND	16	16	14	14	7	67
33	D.J. Humphries	ARI	16	15	14	14	7	66
34	Austin Pasztor	CLE	14	15	15	14	7	65

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Breno Giacomini—injury
• Seantrel Henderson—suspension
• Marshall Newhouse—injury
• Donald Stephenson—injury

Offensive Guards

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In Week 1, I talked about bounce-back veterans, and last week, I discussed impressive up-and-comers. This week had a far different feel, with several no-namers getting chances to start in the wake of injuries.

The most intriguing was Jaguars left guard Chris Reed, a shot-putter from Minnesota State who showed off impressive punch and upper-body strength against Baltimore. Jeremiah Sirles stepped in at left guard for Minnesota as well and opened up some nice holes in the ground game after Alex Boone got hurt.

Unlike the other two, Lane Taylor has been playing all year, but the first-year starter's Week 3 was his best performance yet. Taylor and left tackle David Bakhtiari sealed up the left side of the Lions front seven, opening up holes for Eddie Lacy and helping get the Packers offense back on track. 

Grading Scale

Pass: Pass Protection (Graded out of 25)

Run: Run Blocking (Graded out of 25)

Power: Power (Graded out of 20)

Agl: Agility (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Offensive Guard Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Pass	Run	Power	Agl	Pos	Ovr
1	Mike Iupati	ARI	22	18	19	16	7	82
2	Zack Martin	DAL	19	21	17	16	7	80
3	Kevin Zeitler	CIN	18	20	18	17	7	80
4	Justin Pugh	NYG	20	18	17	17	7	79
5	Allen Barbre	PHI	18	20	16	18	7	79
6	Kyle Long	CHI	19	18	17	18	7	79
7	Chris Chester	ATL	19	20	17	15	7	78
8	Gabe Jackson	OAK	18	20	19	14	7	78
9	Josh Sitton	CHI	18	18	18	17	7	78
10	Joel Bitonio	CLE	17	18	17	17	7	76
11	Brandon Brooks	PHI	19	16	16	18	7	76
12	Clint Boling	CIN	18	18	17	16	7	76
13	Marshall Yanda	BAL	18	18	17	16	7	76
14	T.J. Lang	GB	18	19	16	16	7	76
15	Brandon Scherff	WAS	19	17	16	16	7	75
16	Mark Glowinski	SEA	17	18	16	17	7	75
17	Max Garcia	DEN	18	18	18	14	7	75
18	Shaq Mason	NE	15	19	17	17	7	75
19	Ali Marpet	TB	19	17	14	18	7	75
20	John Miller	BUF	17	18	18	15	7	75
21	Alex Lewis	BAL	18	16	16	17	7	74
22	Richie Incognito	BUF	19	17	17	14	7	74
23	Lane Taylor	GB	16	18	17	16	7	74
24	Kelechi Osemele	OAK	17	18	18	14	7	74
25	Jack Mewhort	IND	18	16	17	16	7	74
26	Quinton Spain	TEN	16	18	19	13	7	73
27	Ramon Foster	PIT	17	16	17	15	7	72
28	Andrew Norwell	CAR	16	17	17	15	7	72
29	Rodger Saffold	LA	18	16	16	15	7	72
30	Andy Levitre	ATL	17	18	16	14	7	72
31	Shawn Lauvao	WAS	17	15	17	15	7	71
32	Chris Reed	JAX	18	15	16	15	7	71
33	Zane Beadles	SF	16	17	15	16	7	71
34	Trai Turner	CAR	14	17	18	15	7	71
35	J'Marcus Webb	SEA	16	17	18	13	7	71
36	Jeremiah Sirles	MIN	16	18	16	14	7	71
37	James Carpenter	NYJ	17	16	17	14	7	71
38	David DeCastro	PIT	16	16	15	17	7	71
39	Laremy Tunsil	MIA	15	16	15	17	7	70
40	Brandon Fusco	MIN	15	16	15	17	7	70
41	Kevin Pamphile	TB	16	16	17	14	7	70
42	Tim Lelito	NO	17	16	16	14	7	70
43	D.J. Fluker	SD	17	15	17	14	7	70
44	Jahri Evans	NO	16	17	17	13	7	70
45	Xavier Su'a-Filo	HOU	15	16	16	15	7	69
46	Jonotthan Harrison	IND	15	16	16	15	7	69
47	Joe Thuney	NE	16	15	14	17	7	69
48	Zach Fulton	KC	16	16	17	13	7	69
49	Michael Schofield	DEN	17	14	15	16	7	69
50	Alex Boone	MIN	16	14	17	15	7	69
51	John Jerry	NYG	15	16	17	14	7	69
52	Brian Winters	NYJ	16	16	16	14	7	69
53	Andrew Tiller	SF	16	15	17	13	7	68
54	Cody Wichmann	LA	16	15	15	15	7	68
55	Ronald Leary	DAL	16	15	16	14	7	68
56	Jeff Allen	HOU	15	16	17	13	7	68
57	A.J. Cann	JAX	16	15	16	14	7	68
58	Alvin Bailey	CLE	14	15	17	15	7	68
59	Larry Warford	DET	15	15	17	14	7	68
60	Josh Kline	TEN	15	16	16	14	7	68
61	Senio Kelemete	NO	14	17	16	14	7	68
62	Jermon Bushrod	MIA	13	16	17	14	7	67
63	Laken Tomlinson	DET	16	14	14	15	7	66
64	Jordan Devey	KC	17	13	17	12	7	66
65	Orlando Franklin	SD	14	15	17	13	7	66
66	La'el Collins	DAL	13	14	15	16	7	65
67	Joe Haeg	IND	13	12	13	16	7	61
68	Earl Watford	ARI	11	14	18	10	7	60

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Jonathan Cooper—insufficient snaps
• Joshua Garnett—insufficient snaps
• Germain Ifedi—injury
• Evan Mathis—injury
• Chance Warmack—injury

Centers

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We have a two-way tie for first place this week among NFL centers, as Travis Frederick fought his way back to the top after a relatively iffy performance against the Redskins in Week 2. Against the Bears on Sunday night, Dallas' star lineman was back to his old malevolent self. On the first Cowboys play from scrimmage, a 21-yard gain for rookie running back Ezekiel Elliott, Frederick chipped nose tackle Will Sutton at the line and then hit the second level, throwing linebacker Nick Kwiatkoski to the ground with alarming ease. Frederick was a bit too aggressive in open space against Washington, leading to multiple whiff blocks, but he was back to normal this week. When he's at his best, he's the best in the business. 

Aaron Rodgers went off impressively against the Lions last Sunday, but when you're trumpeting the fact that the Green Bay offense is back after that yearlong slumber, don't forget to give a little love to center J.C. Tretter, who had the best NFL game I've seen from him. You don't throw multiple deep balls as Rodgers did without protection, and Rodgers benefited greatly from Tretter's game. In 54 snaps, Tretter allowed no sacks, no quarterback hits and one quarterback hurry. He hit the second level well to deal with linebackers, handled Haloti Ngata's strength and spin moves with great mirroring and showed outstanding footwork to keep his base at the point of attack.

A third center had a performance worthy of special mention this week, and it's the kind of thing we love to feature at NFL1000 HQ, because it's a story you may not hear elsewhere. Cleveland's John Greco is a nine-year veteran with most of his starts at either left or right guard for the Browns over the last few seasons. But with starting center Cameron Erving hurt, Greco stepped into the middle position in a very weird situation—head coach Hue Jackson made the call to alternate between quarterback Cody Kessler and Swiss army knife Terrelle Pryor.

Pryor is more comfortable in shotgun and pistol, while Kessler appears to prefer taking his snaps under center. With negligible recent experience at the position, two completely different quarterbacks to deal with and Ndamukong Suh right over his head or to his side for most of the game, Greco did amazingly well. He allowed one hit and two hurries, and performed one of the toughest things for any center to do (a shotgun snap followed immediately by a gap block on a nose tackle) seamlessly. Greco's performance won't get its due on any stat sheet, but we'll recognize it here.

This year's rookie centers, Indianapolis' Ryan Kelly and Chicago's Cody Whitehair, also had strong performances, and you can read more about them in this week's Rookie Review when it comes out on Friday. Connoisseurs of great center play should watch the Cowboys-Bears game to see Frederick and Whitehair show how the position should be played.

Grading Scale

Pass: Pass Protection (Graded out of 25)

Run: Run Blocking (Graded out of 25)

Power: Power (Graded out of 20)

Agl: Agility (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Center Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Pass	Run	Power	Agl	Pos	Ovr
1	Travis Frederick	DAL	20	21	17	16	6	80
2	JC Tretter	GB	21	19	16	18	6	80
3	Eric Wood	BUF	16	22	17	17	6	78
4	Cody Whitehair	CHI	17	21	17	16	6	77
5	Matt Paradis	DEN	19	18	15	18	6	76
6	Travis Swanson	DET	19	18	17	16	6	76
7	Joe Berger	MIN	19	20	16	15	6	76
8	Mike Pouncey	MIA	20	18	16	15	6	75
9	Ryan Kelly	IND	18	16	17	17	6	74
10	Mitch Morse	KC	19	18	15	16	6	74
11	Max Unger	NO	19	17	16	15	6	73
12	John Greco	CLE	16	18	17	15	6	72
13	Weston Richburg	NYG	17	16	16	17	6	72
14	Alex Mack	ATL	17	18	17	13	6	71
15	Matt Slauson	SD	17	18	17	13	6	71
16	Justin Britt	SEA	16	17	14	17	6	70
17	Daniel Kilgore	SF	17	16	15	16	6	70
18	Russell Bodine	CIN	17	16	17	13	6	69
19	Nick Mangold	NYJ	17	19	16	11	6	69
20	Tim Barnes	LA	16	18	16	12	6	68
21	Brett Jones	NYG	16	16	15	15	6	68
22	Jason Kelce	PHI	16	17	14	15	6	68
23	Ryan Kalil	CAR	14	16	14	17	6	67
24	Tyler Shatley	JAX	14	17	16	13	6	66
25	Rodney Hudson	OAK	14	18	17	11	6	66
26	Ben Jones	TEN	17	16	16	10	6	65
27	Kory Lichtensteiger	WAS	15	16	12	16	6	65
28	Joe Hawley	TB	14	17	14	13	6	64
29	Greg Mancz	HOU	16	17	15	9	6	63
30	David Andrews	NE	18	14	10	15	6	63
31	A.Q. Shipley	ARI	12	16	12	15	6	61
32	Jeremy Zuttah	BAL	13	15	12	15	6	61
33	Anthony Steen	MIA	16	13	15	10	6	60

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Cameron Fleming—injury
• Brandon Linder—injury
• Mike Pouncey—injury

3-4 Defensive Ends

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Again, people may wonder why Timmy Jernigan grades out so highly, and I ask everyone to put on the tape and enjoy the show. Jernigan is playing at an All-Pro level as a pass-rusher and run defender. He tipped two passes this past week, and both should've been intercepted (one was). He also had another sack and displayed a wide tackle radius. 

Following Jernigan are the usual suspects: Jurrell Casey, Mike Daniels and Cam Heyward. All three had strong weeks and remain among the best at their position.

Dropping off this week is J.J. Watt. Maybe he doesn't look fully healthy, but the Patriots didn't give him a chance to show it. New England stayed away from Watt as much as possible and gave him extra attention in pass protection.

The Texans aren't helping their stud defensive end much, either. Too often you'll see just three rushers against five or six blockers. Watt and Jadeveon Clowney are asked to beat double-teams too often, and with the news that Watt reinjured his back and will miss at least several weeks, the pressure is more on Clowney than ever before. 

Grading Scale

Snap: Snap Explosion (Graded out of 15)

Rush: Pass Rush (Graded out of 25)

Run: Run Defense (Graded out of 30)

Tkl: Tackling (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

3-4 Defensive End Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Snap	Rush	Run	Tkl	Pos	Ovr
1	Timmy Jernigan	BAL	13	21	23	17	6	80
2	Jurrell Casey	TEN	11	19	20	15	6	71
3	Mike Daniels	GB	13	15	20	15	6	69
4	Cameron Heyward	PIT	13	13	22	14	6	68
5	Corey Liuget	SD	11	15	24	12	6	68
6	DeForest Buckner	SF	12	12	19	18	6	67
7	Calais Campbell	ARI	11	14	18	16	6	65
8	Stephon Tuitt	PIT	12	13	19	15	6	65
9	Jaye Howard	KC	10	15	19	13	6	63
10	Chris L. Baker	WAS	7	14	22	14	6	63
11	Zach Kerr	IND	9	14	18	15	6	62
12	Lawrence Guy	BAL	7	13	19	15	6	60
13	Akiem Hicks	CHI	9	12	19	14	6	60
14	Darius Philon	SD	9	12	18	13	6	58
15	Leger Douzable	BUF	9	11	17	14	6	57
16	Derek Wolfe	DEN	9	14	11	17	6	57
17	Jared Crick	DEN	8	14	17	11	6	56
18	Henry Anderson	IND	9	14	14	13	6	56
19	Jihad Ward	OAK	8	11	17	14	6	56
20	Karl Klug	TEN	9	14	16	11	6	56
21	Ziggy Hood	WAS	9	11	17	13	6	56
22	Jonathan Bullard	CHI	8	13	16	12	6	55
23	Mitch Unrein	CHI	7	11	18	13	6	55
24	Chris Jones	KC	10	13	15	11	6	55
25	Allen Bailey	KC	8	13	16	12	6	55
26	Denico Autry	OAK	8	13	16	12	6	55
27	Ricky Jean Francois	WAS	7	11	18	13	6	55
28	Adolphus Washington	BUF	9	11	16	12	6	54
29	Xavier Cooper	CLE	10	13	14	11	6	54
30	J.J. Watt	HOU	11	12	13	12	6	54
31	Jadeveon Clowney	HOU	12	13	10	13	6	54
32	Kendall Langford	IND	7	13	13	15	6	54
33	Arik Armstead	SF	10	12	15	11	6	54
34	DaQuan Jones	TEN	9	11	17	11	6	54
35	Jamie Meder	CLE	7	10	17	13	6	53
36	Adam Gotsis	DEN	8	10	16	13	6	53
37	Dean Lowry	GB	8	10	17	12	6	53
38	Christian Covington	HOU	7	10	15	13	6	51
39	Quinton Dial	SF	8	10	15	12	6	51
40	Billy Winn	DEN	7	11	15	10	6	49

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Carl Nassib—inactive
• Kendall Reyes—inactive

4-3 Defensive Ends

Brad Penner-USA TODAY Sports

This week's best performance on defense was easily the Vikings' domination of the Panthers. Leading that charge was Everson Griffen and Danielle Hunter. Both players had great days rushing the passer. Griffen recorded three sacks himself.

One under-the-radar player who some might be taking notice of in Dallas is Tyrone Crawford. Since he moved to left defensive end, he's looked much more comfortable and has been good against the run. He's a big guy, and offenses are finding it hard to get around the edge on his side. 

Grading Scale

Rush: Pass Rush (Graded out of 25)

Run: Run Defense (Graded out of 25)

Snap: Snap Explosion (Graded out of 20)

Tkl: Tackling (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

4-3 Defensive End Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Rush	Run	Snap	Tkl	Pos	Ovr
1	Everson Griffen	MIN	23	21	18	17	7	86
2	Trey Flowers	NE	19	19	15	17	7	77
3	Jason Pierre-Paul	NYG	20	17	16	17	7	77
4	Danielle Hunter	MIN	20	16	18	14	7	75
5	Robert Quinn	LA	18	14	17	16	7	72
6	Cameron Wake	MIA	19	13	18	15	7	72
7	Carlos Dunlap	CIN	19	16	16	13	7	71
8	Tyrone Crawford	DAL	15	18	13	17	7	70
9	Brandon Graham	PHI	18	16	16	13	7	70
10	Kony Ealy	CAR	14	17	15	16	7	69
11	Cameron Jordan	NO	18	16	14	14	7	69
12	Olivier Vernon	NYG	19	14	17	12	7	69
13	Michael Bennett	SEA	16	17	15	14	7	69
14	Cliff Avril	SEA	16	16	15	15	7	69
15	Yannick Ngakoue	JAX	17	13	16	15	7	68
16	Kerry Hyder	DET	17	17	12	14	7	67
17	Jabaal Sheard	NE	21	11	16	12	7	67
18	Charles Johnson	CAR	14	18	14	13	7	66
19	Frank Clark	SEA	16	15	16	12	7	66
20	Vic Beasley	ATL	16	14	16	12	7	65
21	Dante Fowler	JAX	17	14	14	13	7	65
22	Brian Robison	MIN	16	14	14	14	7	65
23	Sheldon Richardson	NYJ	16	15	13	14	7	65
24	Connor Barwin	PHI	16	14	16	12	7	65
25	Lorenzo Mauldin	NYJ	15	16	14	12	7	64
26	Dwight Freeney	ATL	17	11	16	12	7	63
27	Muhammad Wilkerson	NYJ	14	16	13	13	7	63
28	Khalil Mack	OAK	14	13	15	13	7	62
29	Vinny Curry	PHI	15	15	12	13	7	62
30	David Irving	DAL	15	14	13	12	7	61
31	William Gholston	TB	11	15	12	16	7	61
32	Margus Hunt	CIN	13	15	12	13	7	60
33	Benson Mayowa	DAL	13	13	12	15	7	60
34	Devin Taylor	DET	13	14	13	13	7	60
35	Will Clarke	CIN	16	12	13	11	7	59
36	Paul Kruger	NO	13	13	14	12	7	59
37	Noah Spence	TB	14	12	14	12	7	59
38	Adrian Clayborn	ATL	12	15	12	12	7	58
39	Jack Crawford	DAL	14	13	12	12	7	58
40	Chris Long	NE	14	12	14	11	7	58
41	DaVonte Lambert	TB	11	16	11	13	7	58
42	Mario Addison	CAR	12	14	12	12	7	57
43	Howard Jones	TB	13	13	12	12	7	57
44	Andre Branch	MIA	14	12	12	11	7	56
45	Jason D. Jones	MIA	13	13	11	12	7	56
46	Michael D. Johnson	CIN	10	13	12	13	7	55
47	Mario Williams	MIA	13	12	13	10	7	55
48	Kasim Edebali	NO	11	14	12	11	7	55
49	William Hayes	LA	11	12	12	11	7	53
50	Wallace Gilberry	DET	11	12	9	11	7	50

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Ezekiel Ansah—injury
• Robert Ayers—inactive
• Mario Edwards Jr.—injury
• Randy Gregory—suspension
• DeMarcus Lawrence—suspension
• Rob Ninkovich—suspension
• Jared Odrick—inactive

Defensive Tackles

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Some of the more notable defensive tackles in the league struggled during their Week 3 games. Most notably, Ndamukong Suh and Gerald McCoy didn't play up to their standard. Suh slugged through a game against the Cleveland Browns and McCoy (and the entire Tampa Bay defensive line) was lethargic in the Bucs' loss against the Los Angeles Rams.

On the flip side of that same game, Aaron Donald played extremely well against the Bucs, getting penetration against the run and affecting the quarterback. Donald finished as the week's top defensive tackle, barely edging out Fletcher Cox, who had a dominant showing against David DeCastro and the Pittsburgh Steelers. 

No player quite encapsulated the "bad" portion of defensive line play quite like Will Sutton for the Chicago Bears. Sutton was ran over, ran around and embarrassed in pass protection by the Cowboys offensive line. The Bears desperately need Eddie Goldman back or they're going to keep struggling versus the run.

If you're looking for a game with overall poor defensive tackle play, look no further than the Monday night game between the Atlanta Falcons and New Orleans Saints. Outside of Grady Jarrett and Nick Fairley, the defensive tackles on both teams struggled immensely.

The Minnesota Vikings have a wealth of defensive tackle talent even with Sharrif Floyd out after knee surgery. Linval Joseph, Tom Johnson and third-year pro Shamar Stephen did their fair share to disrupt the Panthers offense en route to a shutout in the second half and eight sacks throughout the game.

Other standout players this week were Leonard Williams of the New York Jets, Dontari Poe of the Kansas City Chiefs, Damon Harrison of the New York Giants and Bennie Logan of the Philadelphia Eagles. 

Grading Scale

Snap: Snap Explosion (Graded out of 25)

Rush: Pass Rush (Graded out of 25)

Run: Run Defense (Graded out of 25)

Tkl: Tackling (Graded out of 15)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Defensive Tackle Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Snap	Rush	Run	Tkl	Pos	Ovr
1	Aaron Donald	LA	23	21	21	15	6	86
2	Fletcher Cox	PHI	21	22	21	15	6	85
3	Kawann Short	CAR	20	19	22	15	6	82
4	Dontari Poe	KC	19	17	23	15	6	80
5	Leonard Williams	NYJ	19	18	20	15	6	78
6	Gerald McCoy	TB	19	17	21	14	6	77
7	Linval Joseph	MIN	18	18	21	14	6	77
8	Grady Jarrett	ATL	19	18	19	15	6	77
9	Nick Fairley	NO	19	19	18	15	6	77
10	Kyle Williams	BUF	19	17	20	15	6	77
11	Geno Atkins	CIN	20	17	20	13	6	76
12	Damon Harrison	NYG	18	15	22	15	6	76
13	Bennie Logan	PHI	18	18	20	14	6	76
14	Tom Johnson	MIN	19	19	19	13	6	76
15	Ndamukong Suh	MIA	18	18	19	14	6	75
16	Brandon Williams	BAL	16	14	22	15	6	73
17	Malcom Brown	NE	18	16	19	14	6	73
18	Kenny Clark	GB	18	16	20	13	6	73
19	Johnathan Hankins	NYG	17	18	19	13	6	73
20	Malik Jackson	JAX	17	17	19	13	6	72
21	Roy Miller	JAX	16	13	23	14	6	72
22	Terrell McClain	DAL	18	16	18	14	6	72
23	Clinton McDonald	TB	16	15	20	14	6	71
24	Steve McLendon	NYJ	17	16	19	13	6	71
25	Alan Branch	NE	15	16	20	13	6	70
26	Brandon Mebane	SD	17	16	18	13	6	70
27	Shamar Stephen	MIN	16	16	19	13	6	70
28	Vincent Valentine	NE	17	14	20	13	6	70
29	Michael Brockers	LA	18	16	17	13	6	70
30	Maliek Collins	DAL	17	15	18	13	6	69
31	Dominique Easley	LA	19	17	16	10	6	68
32	Star Lotulelei	CAR	18	15	17	11	6	67
33	Corbin Bryant	BUF	16	15	17	13	6	67
34	Vernon Butler	CAR	17	16	16	12	6	67
35	Jay Bromley	NYG	16	17	15	12	6	66
36	Danny Shelton	CLE	14	13	19	14	6	66
37	Ahtyba Rubin	SEA	14	15	16	14	6	65
38	Domata Peko	CIN	13	12	21	12	6	64
39	Jonathan Babineaux	ATL	17	15	14	12	6	64
40	Stacy McGee	OAK	16	14	16	12	6	64
41	Jarran Reed	SEA	16	15	15	12	6	64
42	Tyson Alualu	JAX	16	15	17	10	6	64
43	Caraun Reid	SD	15	15	16	12	6	64
44	Paul Soliai	CAR	14	13	18	12	6	63
45	Beau Allen	PHI	16	15	15	11	6	63
46	Rodney Gunter	ARI	17	15	14	11	6	63
47	Tony McDaniel	SEA	15	14	15	12	6	62
48	Vince Wilfork	HOU	14	11	17	14	6	62
49	Julius Warmsley	MIA	15	14	16	11	6	62
50	Haloti Ngata	DET	15	15	15	11	6	62
51	Mike Purcell	SF	16	15	14	11	6	62
52	Michael Pierce	BAL	15	13	17	11	6	62
53	Darius Latham	OAK	16	13	16	11	6	62
54	Ra'Shede Hageman	ATL	14	12	16	13	6	61
55	Hassan Ridgeway	IND	16	12	15	12	6	61
56	Jordan Philips	MIA	16	13	15	11	6	61
57	Tyson Jackson	ATL	13	11	18	13	6	61
58	Cullen Jenkins	WAS	15	15	13	12	6	61
59	David Parry	IND	13	14	15	12	6	60
60	Pat Sims	CIN	14	10	19	11	6	60
61	A'Shawn Robinson	DET	16	13	14	10	6	59
62	D.J. Reader	HOU	15	11	15	12	6	59
63	Justin Ellis	OAK	13	14	14	11	6	58
64	Abry Jones	JAX	14	13	14	10	6	57
65	Dan Williams	OAK	14	12	15	10	6	57
66	Akeem Spence	TB	12	11	15	13	6	57
67	Javon Hargrave	PIT	15	13	13	10	6	57
68	Cedric Thornton	DAL	14	12	14	11	6	57
69	Al Woods	TEN	14	13	13	10	6	56
70	Sylvester Williams	DEN	13	12	12	10	6	53
71	David Onyemata	NO	13	12	12	9	6	52
72	John Jenkins	NO	13	12	11	10	6	52
73	Will Sutton	CHI	14	10	10	8	6	48

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Marcell Dareus—suspension
• Sharrif Floyd—injury
• Eddie Goldman—injury
• Letroy Guion—injury
• Robert Nkemdiche—injury
• Courtney Upshaw—inactive

3-4 Outside Linebackers

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The valedictorian of this week's 3-4 outside linebacker class was once again Von Miller, who continues to prove why he's the league's highest-paid defensive player. Miller disrupted quarterback Andy Dalton with speed, power and finesse, and when the Bengals tried to use double-teams or chips against him, Denver's other rushers pounced (Shane Ray had three sacks) on opportunities.

Teams face a serious dilemma when dealing with the reigning Super Bowl MVP. You can either treat him as a typical rusher and pray your tackle has a good day, or you can provide help on Miller and pray the rest of your line can handle the rest of Denver's pass-rushers. Sunday in Cincinnati showed that you're in trouble either way. 

How consistently dominant has Miller been to start 2016? Well, through three weeks, outside linebackers have earned only six total grades of 80 or above. Miller owns three of them.

Other headliners from Week 3 include Melvin Ingram, who pressured Andrew Luck from start to finish in Indianapolis; and Jerry Hughes, who lived in the Arizona backfield during Buffalo's upset of the Cardinals.

Only a big missed tackle and a few coverage lapses kept Nick Perry from challenging Miller for the top spot, while Preston Smith rebounded from a tough two-week start to 2016 with a disruptive all-around performance against Eli Manning and the Giants. Ahmad Brooks was a rare bright spot for the 49ers during a blowout in Seattle.

There were plenty of notable grades at the bottom of the table. Rookie Leonard Floyd is still struggling to make a noticeable impact for the Bears, while Whitney Mercilus had issues holding the edge, dropping into coverage, rushing the passer and tackling (see: Jacoby Brissett's ankle-breaking move on a read-option play). The Chiefs, who got next to nothing from Dee Ford and Dezman Moses against the Jets, really need Justin Houston back. The same could be said for the Bears and Pernell McPhee.

Grading Scale

Rush: Pass Rush (Graded out of 25)

Run: Run Defense (Graded out of 25)

Cvg: Coverage (Graded out of 15)

Tkl: Tackling (Graded out of 25)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

3-4 Outside Linebacker Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Rush	Run	Cvg	Tkl	Pos	Ovr
1	Von Miller	DEN	22	20	12	22	7	83
2	Melvin Ingram	SD	22	19	9	22	7	79
3	Jerry Hughes	BUF	22	18	10	20	7	77
4	Nick Perry	GB	21	23	8	18	7	77
5	Preston Smith	WAS	19	21	10	20	7	77
6	Ahmad Brooks	SF	19	19	12	19	7	76
7	Kyle Emanuel	SD	16	21	11	21	7	76
8	Shane Ray	DEN	20	17	10	19	7	73
9	Terrell Suggs	BAL	20	16	10	20	7	73
10	Tamba Hali	KC	20	17	10	19	7	73
11	Chandler Jones	ARI	21	17	10	17	7	72
12	Brian Orakpo	TEN	19	18	10	18	7	72
13	Lorenzo Alexander	BUF	18	18	11	18	7	72
14	Emmanuel Ogbah	CLE	18	19	11	17	7	72
15	Julius Peppers	GB	18	19	9	19	7	72
16	Ryan Kerrigan	WAS	18	17	10	20	7	72
17	Trent Murphy	WAS	18	18	10	19	7	72
18	Erik Walden	IND	19	17	9	20	7	72
19	Za'Darius Smith	BAL	17	19	9	20	7	72
20	Corey Lemonier	CLE	19	17	9	18	7	70
21	Markus Golden	ARI	14	19	10	20	7	70
22	Frank Zombo	KC	16	19	9	18	7	69
23	Jarvis Jones	PIT	15	18	10	19	7	69
24	Shaquil Barrett	DEN	17	15	11	18	7	68
25	James Harrison	PIT	17	15	10	18	7	67
26	John Simon	HOU	15	17	9	18	7	66
27	Jerry Attaochu	SD	17	15	10	17	7	66
28	Trent Cole	IND	17	16	9	17	7	66
29	Matt Judon	BAL	15	17	9	17	7	65
30	Albert McClellan	BAL	12	15	12	18	7	64
31	Derrick Morgan	TEN	15	17	9	16	7	64
32	Nate Orchard	CLE	13	18	9	17	7	64
33	Willie Young	CHI	17	14	9	17	7	64
34	Kyler Fackrell	GB	17	11	10	18	7	63
35	Jayrone Elliott	GB	14	16	9	17	7	63
36	Joe Schobert	CLE	13	17	10	16	7	63
37	Kevin Dodd	TEN	14	16	9	17	7	63
38	Akeem Ayers	IND	15	15	10	16	7	63
39	Sam Acho	CHI	13	16	9	17	7	62
40	David Bass	TEN	14	16	8	17	7	62
41	Whitney Mercilus	HOU	16	15	8	15	7	61
42	Dekoda Watson	DEN	14	16	9	15	7	61
43	Leonard Floyd	CHI	14	14	8	18	7	61
44	Robert Mathis	IND	13	15	9	17	7	61
45	Dee Ford	KC	13	15	10	16	7	61
46	Eli Harold	SF	17	12	9	16	7	61
47	Dezman Moses	KC	14	16	9	15	7	61
48	Tank Carradine	SF	15	15	8	16	7	61
49	Arthur Moats	PIT	16	12	10	15	7	60
50	Alex Okafor	ARI	13	15	8	17	7	60
51	Tourek Williams	SD	14	14	8	17	7	60
52	Lerentee McCray	BUF	14	14	10	15	7	60
53	Anthony Chickillo	PIT	12	14	9	17	7	59

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Armonty Bryant—suspension
• Elvis Dumervil—inactive
• Datone Jones—inactive
• Justin Houston—injury
• Shaq Lawson—injury
• Aaron Lynch—suspension
• Clay Matthews—inactive
• Pernell McPhee—injury
• Aldon Smith—suspension
• Aaron Wallace—inactive
• DeMarcus Ware—inactive

4-3 Outside Linebackers

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This was one of the more top-heavy weeks for linebacker grades. A handful of performances stood out, while many players were average or underwhelmed relative to their status.

Panthers veteran Thomas Davis has asserted himself back atop the list of the league's best. He had a rough first week against Denver, showed improvement in Week 2 against San Francisco and got back to his old self in Week 3, as he brutalized Minnesota.

The Panthers did not come away with the victory this week, but they can take some solace in the fact that Davis looks like himself again. He was a force in the running game, making plays both between the tackles and out on the perimeter. He filled gaps with the violence and urgency he usually has and did an excellent job of finishing plays. Even as a blitzer, Davis had great success, picking up his first sack of the season on Sam Bradford. 

Jacksonville's Telvin Smith and Philadelphia's Nigel Bradham have had outstanding starts to the season after finding themselves outside of this list's top 10 heading into the year.

Smith has shown a newfound understanding of his assignments in coverage. This week was particularly impressive in that regard as Smith knocked a few catches out of receivers' hands throughout the day. With as good as Smith already is as a run defender, sustaining success on passing downs will make him one of the better linebackers in the NFL.

Bradham, on the other hand, seems to be succeeding largely because of his new landing spot. He played in Buffalo last year, and while he was good, he was not as energetic and aggressive as he is now in Philadelphia.

As an Eagle, Bradham has been a menace. He makes plays in every phase of the game and has especially been a pest in coverage, even helping to slow down Pittsburgh wideout Antonio Brown in the underneath area of the field. Snap to snap, Bradham has been one of the most aware and high-motor linebackers in the league.

Grading Scale

Cvg: Coverage (Graded out of 25)

Run: Run Defense (Graded out of 25)

Rush: Pass Rush (Graded out of 15)

Tkl: Tackling (Graded out of 25)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

4-3 Outside Linebacker Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Cvg	Run	Rush	Tkl	Pos	Ovr
1	Thomas Davis	CAR	21	21	13	22	6	83
2	Lavonte David	TB	18	23	11	22	6	80
3	Telvin Smith	JAX	22	22	7	22	6	79
4	Bruce Irvin	OAK	20	21	10	22	6	79
5	Nigel Bradham	PHI	21	22	7	22	6	78
6	Anthony Barr	MIN	20	20	11	21	6	78
7	K.J. Wright	SEA	21	22	8	21	6	78
8	Keenan Robinson	NYG	16	22	9	22	6	75
9	Mark Barron	LA	17	20	7	20	6	70
10	Vincent Rey	CIN	16	20	8	20	6	70
11	Karlos Dansby	CIN	18	18	7	21	6	70
12	Devon Kennard	NYG	15	21	8	20	6	70
13	Sean Lee	DAL	20	16	7	20	6	69
14	Darron Lee	NYJ	13	21	9	19	6	68
15	Chad Greenway	MIN	16	21	7	18	6	68
16	Shaq Thompson	CAR	17	18	7	18	6	66
17	Shea McClellin	NE	15	16	10	16	6	63
18	Sean Weatherspoon	ATL	13	15	7	20	6	61
19	Jordan Jenkins	NYJ	14	16	8	17	6	61
20	Craig Robertson	NO	13	16	7	18	6	60
21	Kyle Van Noy	DET	14	16	7	17	6	60
22	Michael Morgan	SEA	15	16	7	15	6	59
23	Zaviar Gooden	DET	15	15	7	16	6	59
24	Jonathan Casillas	NYG	13	16	7	15	6	57
25	Mychal Kendricks	PHI	14	15	7	15	6	57
26	Philip Wheeler	ATL	12	14	9	15	6	56
27	Malcolm Smith	OAK	15	14	8	12	6	55
28	Jelani Jenkins	MIA	17	12	9	11	6	55
29	Stephone Anthony	NO	14	14	7	13	6	54
30	Damien Wilson	DAL	14	14	7	13	6	54
31	Jonathan Freeny	NE	13	14	7	14	6	54
32	Neville Hewitt	MIA	12	13	7	15	6	53
33	Dan Skuta	JAX	12	14	6	14	6	52
34	Daryl Smith	TB	14	12	7	12	6	51
35	Thurston Armbrister	DET	11	13	7	13	6	50
36	Koa Misi	MIA	12	12	6	14	6	50
37	Arthur Brown	JAX	12	12	7	12	6	49
38	Donald Butler	MIA	10	9	6	12	6	43

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Vontaze Burfict—suspension
• De'Vondre Campbell—injury
• Dont'a Hightower—injury
• Myles Jack—insufficient snaps
• DeAndre Levy—injury
• Jaylon Smith—injury

Inside Linebackers

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We’re starting to see trends among the inside linebackers throughout the league. Injuries have forced established starters out, while other veteran linebackers are receiving more play than they might deserve.

For the second week in a row, Detroit's Tahir Whitehead, Miami's Kiko Alonso and New Orleans' James Laurinaitis are toward the bottom of the league. After multiple games on tape, the deficiencies in play are no longer flukes and instead represent the difference between the top linebackers and the marginal starters. 

The same principle rings true for another week: The linebackers with high grades are often playing downhill and aggressively attacking blocks. While that style of play doesn’t always translate to direct tackles, many linebackers are making their mark by stretching out inside runs and shooting gaps to redirect ball-carriers.

Specialization has allowed multiple skill sets to be effective, but the best linebackers in the league are the ones who can stay on the field for all three downs. Plenty of linebackers recorded interceptions in Week 3, but it’s important to note how they made those plays.

Are they taking advantage of tipped passes, or are they running the seam with athletic tight ends? Not all interceptions are created equal, and the variance in coverage grades reflects that. Hey, they can’t all be Jamie Collins.

Grading Scale

Pass: Pass Defense (Graded out of 25)

Run: Run Defense (Graded out of 35)

Rush: Pass Rush (Graded out of 15)

Tkl: Tackling (Graded out of 15)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Inside Linebacker Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Pass	Run	Rush	Tkl	Pos	Ovr
1	Jamie Collins	NE	22	32	13	14	6	87
2	Zach Orr	BAL	21	31	12	13	6	83
3	Kwon Alexander	TB	22	27	12	13	6	80
4	C.J. (Clint) Mosley	BAL	23	29	10	12	6	80
5	Bobby Wagner	SEA	21	30	10	13	6	80
6	Luke Kuechly	CAR	19	30	13	12	6	80
7	Preston Brown	BUF	19	29	12	14	6	80
8	Benardrick McKinney	HOU	20	31	12	11	6	80
9	Eric Kendricks	MIN	19	32	10	13	6	80
10	Derrick O. Johnson	KC	23	30	11	10	6	80
11	Jerrell Freeman	CHI	20	30	11	13	6	80
12	Jatavis Brown	SD	22	27	13	12	6	80
13	Jordan A. Hicks	PHI	20	31	10	12	6	79
14	Paul Posluszny	JAX	20	31	10	12	6	79
15	Lawrence Timmons	PIT	18	32	11	12	6	79
16	Deion Jones	ATL	21	30	9	12	6	78
17	Denzel Perryman	SD	20	30	11	11	6	78
18	Chris Kirksey	CLE	20	30	10	12	6	78
19	Su'a Cravens	WAS	23	25	11	12	6	77
20	Zach Brown	BUF	19	31	11	10	6	77
21	Brandon M. Marshall	DEN	20	27	11	13	6	77
22	Todd Davis	DEN	22	25	12	11	6	76
23	Nick Kwiatkoski	CHI	16	30	11	13	6	76
24	D'Qwell Jackson	IND	18	31	8	12	6	75
25	Kevin Minter	ARI	19	27	13	10	6	75
26	Will Compton	WAS	20	29	10	9	6	74
27	Stephen Tulloch	PHI	17	29	10	12	6	74
28	Avery Williamson	TEN	17	29	10	12	6	74
29	Max Bullough	HOU	17	28	10	12	6	73
30	David Harris	NYJ	17	28	10	12	6	73
31	Antonio Morrison	IND	17	30	9	11	6	73
32	NaVorro Bowman	SF	16	27	11	12	6	72
33	Blake Martinez	GB	18	28	9	11	6	72
34	Cory James	OAK	17	28	8	12	6	71
35	Jake Ryan	GB	17	29	8	11	6	71
36	Deone Bucannon	ARI	18	25	10	12	6	71
37	Rey Maualuga	CIN	15	30	8	12	6	71
38	Josh McNary	IND	21	26	8	10	6	71
39	Mason Foster	WAS	17	26	9	12	6	70
40	Joe Thomas	GB	22	25	8	10	6	70
41	Alec Ogletree	LA	16	28	8	12	6	70
42	Demario Davis	CLE	18	28	8	9	6	69
43	Justin Durant	DAL	18	26	8	11	6	69
44	Anthony Hitchens	DAL	16	28	8	11	6	69
45	Wesley Woodyard	TEN	16	27	9	10	6	68
46	Ryan Shazier	PIT	16	27	10	8	6	67
47	L.J. Fort	PIT	16	25	10	10	6	67
48	Kelvin Sheppard	NYG	14	26	10	11	6	67
49	Justin March	KC	16	26	8	11	6	67
50	Josh Forrest	LA	16	27	8	10	6	67
51	Manti Te'o	SD	16	26	8	10	6	66
52	Sio Moore	IND	15	25	10	10	6	66
53	Jonathan Anderson	CHI	15	25	8	12	6	66
54	Gerald Hodges	SF	14	25	8	12	6	65
55	Christian Jones	CHI	14	26	8	11	6	65
56	James Laurinaitis	NO	14	24	8	12	6	64
57	Tahir Whitehead	DET	15	23	6	9	6	59
58	Kiko Alonso	MIA	15	20	7	10	6	58

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Ray-Ray Armstrong—injury
• Brian Cushing—injury
• Ben Heeney—insufficient snaps
• Rolando McClain—suspension
• Danny Trevathan—injury

Cornerbacks

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It should come as no surprise that Marcus Peters is the top cornerback in this week’s NFL1000, and you may want to get used to seeing his name in that spot. Once again, Peters proved to be too much for opposing quarterbacks and receivers to handle with his field speed, ball skills, and emerging ability to bait quarterbacks into mistakes. Not that Ryan Fitzpatrick needed any help with that during his six-pick trainwreck of a game last Sunday, but Peters is absolutely for real. There are defenders who get by with padded interception totals and sub-par play-to-play ability, but that’s not Peters. When you look at his eight interceptions in his rookie year, and his four already in 2016, they’re for real.

Stephon Gilmore of the Bills is another top cornerback who took advantage of an offense in decline when he picked Carson Palmer off twice, added four passes defensed, and allowed an opponent passer rating of 18.8. When you allow one more catch (three on eight targets for 48 yards) than you had interceptions, that’s a fairly decent day.

Kudos also to Jaguars rookie Jalen Ramsey, who had a few contentious things to say about Steve Smith, but backed up the invective with a great day against the Ravens, allowing four catches… for 15 yards. It’s early yet, but if there’s one young player in the league who seems intent on inheriting the title of “Mouthiest cornerback in the NFL whose game backs up every word” title from Richard Sherman, it’s Ramsey. He has all the physical ability required to play the position at the highest level; now, it’s on him to grow as a diagnostician.

As for the NFC corners, there weren't too many standout performances. Patrick Peterson was the second highest-graded cornerback in his conference after blanketing the Bills wideouts and coming down with a spectacular interception.

The surprise this week came from Philadelphia's Nolan Carroll. The former Dolphin hadn't played up to expectations the first couple of weeks, but in Week 3, he showed up. Carroll was targeted eight times and allowed only three catches. He also broke up two passes. He was physical at the line, often not letting the Steelers receivers off the line of scrimmage. He was tenacious and disruptive.

Defenses have had trouble slowing down the Saints and wideout Brandin Cooks the first couple of weeks, but Atlanta's Desmond Trufant brought his A-game on Monday Night Football. Arguably the most talented corner in the game, Trufant held Cooks to one catch on five targets for nine yards with a passer rating of 39.6.

After a strong start to the season, Rams ace cornerback Trumaine Johnson had a rough outing against Tampa Bay's Mike Evans and Co. Johnson was targeted 14 times, gave up 10 catches and allowed seven first downs and a touchdown. Sunday was a day to forget for him.

Grading Scale

Cvg: Coverage (Graded out of 30)

React: Reaction/Recovery (Graded out of 30)

Slot: Slot (Graded out of 20)

Tkl: Tackling (Graded out of 10)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Cornerback Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Cvg	React	Slot	Tkl	Pos	Ovr
1	Marcus Peters	KC	26	28	15	7	9	85
2	Stephon Gilmore	BUF	25	26	16	5	9	81
3	Patrick Peterson	ARI	25	26	15	4	9	79
4	Desmond Trufant	ATL	24	25	14	7	9	79
5	David Amerson	OAK	24	27	13	5	9	78
6	Nolan Carroll	PHI	24	24	15	6	9	78
7	Richard Sherman	SEA	25	24	13	7	9	78
8	Chris Harris Jr.	DEN	22	25	16	5	9	77
9	Jalen Ramsey	JAX	23	25	14	6	9	77
10	Malcolm Butler	NE	24	23	16	5	9	77
11	Sean Smith	OAK	25	23	15	5	9	77
12	Trae Waynes	MIN	22	23	15	7	9	76
13	Casey Hayward	SD	24	23	15	5	9	76
14	Kevin A. Johnson	HOU	24	21	15	6	9	75
15	Phillip Gaines	KC	22	24	13	6	9	74
16	Leon Hall	NYG	21	22	15	7	9	74
17	Buster Skrine	NYJ	22	22	15	6	9	74
18	Jimmie Ward	SF	22	21	15	6	9	73
19	Jimmy Smith	BAL	21	22	15	5	9	72
20	Darrelle Revis	NYJ	20	19	15	9	9	72
21	Jason McCourty	TEN	21	23	14	5	9	72
22	Terence Newman	MIN	23	20	13	6	9	71
23	Janoris Jenkins	NYG	22	21	14	5	9	71
24	Brent Grimes	TB	21	21	14	6	9	71
25	Robert Alford	ATL	21	22	14	5	9	71
26	Tyvon Branch	ARI	21	20	15	5	9	70
27	Darius Slay	DET	22	20	14	5	9	70
28	Johnathan Joseph	HOU	20	22	14	5	9	70
29	Jason Verrett	SD	22	19	13	7	9	70
30	DeShawn Snead	SEA	22	19	14	6	9	70
31	Ladarius Gunter	GB	20	19	14	7	9	69
32	Eli Apple	NYG	20	20	14	6	9	69
33	Bradley Roby	DEN	18	20	15	6	9	68
34	Vontae Davis	IND	20	20	13	6	9	68
35	Lamarcus Joyner	LA	19	18	15	7	9	68
36	Tramaine Brock	SF	19	20	14	6	9	68
37	Sterling Moore	NO	20	21	14	4	9	68
38	Steven Nelson	KC	18	20	14	6	9	67
39	Marcus Williams	NYJ	18	18	15	7	9	67
40	Vernon Hargreaves	TB	20	18	15	5	9	67
41	Xavier Rhodes	MIN	19	18	13	6	9	67
42	Ken Crawley	NO	19	19	14	6	9	67
43	Corey White	BUF	20	18	13	6	9	66
44	Bene Benwikere	CAR	18	18	15	6	9	66
45	Jamar Taylor	CLE	19	20	13	5	9	66
46	Quandre Diggs	DET	19	18	15	5	9	66
47	Ross Cockrell	PIT	18	19	15	5	9	66
48	Marcus Cooper	ARI	20	18	13	5	9	65
49	Dre Kirkpatrick	CIN	18	18	14	6	9	65
50	Antonio Cromartie	IND	19	18	13	6	9	65
51	Jeremy Lane	SEA	17	17	15	7	9	65
52	Quinton Dunbar	WAS	17	19	14	6	9	65
53	Brandon Carr	DAL	18	18	15	5	9	65
54	B.W. Webb	NO	17	18	14	5	9	65
55	Nickell Robey-Coleman	BUF	17	18	14	6	9	64
56	James Bradberry	CAR	19	16	14	6	9	64
57	Nevin Lawson	DET	18	19	14	4	9	64
58	Damarious Randall	GB	18	17	14	5	9	63
59	Captain Munnerlyn	MIN	17	17	14	6	9	63
60	Morris Claiborne	DAL	18	18	13	5	9	63
61	Daryl Worley	CAR	17	16	14	6	9	62
62	Cre'von LeBlanc	CHI	17	17	13	6	9	62
63	Aqib Talib	DEN	18	16	13	6	9	62
64	Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie	NYG	19	16	13	5	9	62
65	Keith Reiser	SF	17	17	13	6	9	62
66	Alterraun Verner	TB	17	17	13	6	9	62
67	Brian Poole	ATL	16	17	14	6	9	62
68	Tracy Porter	CHI	17	16	14	5	9	61
69	Kareem Jackson	HOU	18	16	12	6	9	61
70	Greg Toler	WAS	18	17	13	4	9	61
71	Ron Brooks	PHI	18	16	13	4	9	60
72	Quinten Rollins	GB	14	16	14	5	9	60
73	Orlando Scandrick	DAL	17	16	13	5	9	60
74	Adam Jones	CIN	17	15	13	5	9	59
75	William Gay	PIT	17	15	13	5	9	59
76	Brandon Flowers	SD	17	15	13	5	9	59
77	Rashard Robinson	SF	16	15	14	5	9	59
78	Dashaun Phillips	WAS	16	16	15	3	9	59
79	Robert McCain	CAR	16	15	13	5	9	58
80	Josh Shaw	CIN	16	15	13	5	9	58
81	Troy Hill	LA	17	16	12	4	9	58
82	Artie Burns	PIT	15	16	13	5	9	58
83	Byron Maxwell	MIA	17	15	12	4	9	57
84	Xavien Howard	MIA	16	13	11	7	9	56
85	Darryl Morris	IND	15	14	12	5	9	55
86	Bobby McCain	MIA	14	14	13	5	9	55
87	Trevin Wade	NYG	13	15	12	4	9	55
88	Tavon Young	BAL	14	15	12	4	9	54
89	Cyrus Jones	NE	14	13	13	5	9	54
90	Josh Norman	WAS	13	15	11	6	9	54
91	Darqueze Dennard	CIN	14	15	11	4	9	53
92	Dwayne Gratz	JAX	13	14	12	5	9	53
93	D.J. Hayden	OAK	13	14	11	6	9	53
94	Logan Ryan	NE	15	12	11	5	9	52
95	Jalen Mills	PHI	14	13	11	5	9	52
96	Shareece Wright	BAL	14	12	11	5	9	51
97	Trumaine Johnson	LA	16	11	10	5	9	51
98	Josh Hawkins	GB	13	13	11	3	9	51
99	Davon House	JAX	14	12	10	5	9	50
100	Perrish Cox	TEN	12	13	11	5	9	50
101	Tramon Williams	CLE	13	13	11	4	9	50
102	Tracy Howard	CLE	13	11	12	4	9	49
103	Briean Boddy-Calhoun	CLE	11	12	10	6	9	48
104	Brice McCain	TEN	13	12	10	4	9	48
105	Chris Davis	SF	10	13	10	5	9	47
106	Jacoby Glenn	CHI	10	11	10	5	9	45

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Prince Amukamara—injury
• Delvin Breaux—injury
• Bashaud Breeland—injury
• Darius Butler—injury
• Ronald Darby—injury
• Joe Haden—injury
• Patrick Robinson—injury

Free Safeties

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Philadelphia's Rodney McLeod was the highest-graded player this week at both free and strong safety. His performance against the Steelers offense was fantastic. Most safeties playing in the middle of the field are only expected to reach the numbers on deep passes, but McLeod put his full range on display. He often worked from the middle of the field to the sideline on deep balls and managed to stay over the top or even contest the catch.

His ability to stay over the top allows corners to play more aggressively, since they know he can protect them from behind. He broke quickly on a number of routes, nearly getting interceptions while breaking on dig routes to Eli Rogers in the third quarter and Markus Wheaton in the fourth. He finally got the interception he deserved after initially being beaten down the sideline. He recovered amazingly before turning his head to locate the ball and come away with the interception in the end zone. 

Washington might be in the market for a new free safety this week after DeAngelo Hall tore his ACL against the Giants and is out for the season. His backup, Will Blackmon, is a similar player in that both converted to safety from corner recently. Blackmon did make one key play, forcing a fumble from running back Shane Vereen that Washington recovered, but he wasn't consistent enough playing deep.

Corey Graham stood out in the Bills secondary against the Cardinals. He was immediately in the action, breaking up a deep ball to Michael Floyd and nearly managing to pull in an interception on another deep shot in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, he broke well on an underneath route and arrived at the same time as the ball. While he couldn't prevent the reception, he did land a big hit that stopped any potential yards after the catch. In the fourth quarter, Graham registered a sack, coming free off the edge on a safety blitz to wrap up Cardinals quarterback Carson Palmer.

He finished off his performance with an excellent interception, reading Palmer as he sank to match a wheel route. Graham played the ball in the air and came down with it before any receiver could make a play.

Grading Scale

Cvg: Coverage (Graded out of 30)

Rec: Recovery (Graded out of 30)

Slot: Slot/LB (Graded out of 10)

Tkl: Tackling (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Free Safety Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Cvg	Rec	Slot	Tkl	Pos	Ovr
1	Rodney McLeod	PHI	25	26	7	17	8	83
2	Corey Graham	BUF	25	25	7	16	8	81
3	Ron Parker	KC	26	25	6	16	8	81
4	Duron Harmon	NE	25	25	6	17	8	81
5	Devin McCourty	NE	24	24	7	17	8	80
6	Eric Reid	SF	24	26	6	16	8	80
7	Clayton Geathers	IND	23	25	7	16	8	79
8	Byron Jones	DAL	23	23	7	17	8	78
9	George Iloka	CIN	23	22	7	17	8	77
10	Darian Stewart	DEN	23	24	7	15	8	77
11	Earl Thomas	SEA	23	26	5	14	8	76
12	Mo Alexander	LA	21	23	7	16	8	75
13	Harrison Smith	MIN	21	23	7	16	8	75
14	Lardarius Webb	BAL	23	23	5	15	8	74
15	Tre Boston	CAR	21	21	7	17	8	74
16	Reggie Nelson	OAK	23	21	6	16	8	74
17	Dwight Lowery	SD	21	23	6	15	8	73
18	Kevin Byard	TEN	20	22	7	16	8	73
19	Glover Quin	DET	21	21	7	15	8	72
20	Ha Ha Clinton-Dix	GB	21	21	6	16	8	72
21	Tashaun Gipson	JAX	23	21	5	15	8	72
22	Michael Mitchell	PIT	19	20	7	17	8	71
23	Andre Hal	HOU	21	22	5	14	8	70
24	Isa Abdul-Quddus	MIA	20	21	6	15	8	70
25	Marcus Gilchrist	NYJ	21	20	6	15	8	70
26	DeAngelo Hall	WAS	21	21	6	14	8	70
27	Kentrell Brice	GB	19	17	7	16	8	67
28	Will Blackmon	WAS	19	19	6	15	8	67
29	Bradley McDougald	TB	18	19	6	15	8	66
30	J.J. Wilcox	DAL	18	19	5	15	8	65
31	Jairus Byrd	NO	20	19	4	14	8	65
32	Vonn Bell	NO	18	19	5	15	8	65
33	Adrian Amos	CHI	17	16	7	16	8	64
34	Nat Berhe	NYG	19	18	5	14	8	64
35	Robert Blanton	BUF	17	18	6	14	8	63
36	Cody Davis	LA	17	18	5	15	8	63
37	Ricardo Allen	ATL	17	18	5	14	8	62
38	Rashad Johnson	TEN	19	21	4	10	8	62
39	D.J. Swearinger	ARI	16	18	5	14	8	61
40	Chris Prosinski	CHI	16	16	5	15	8	60
41	Dexter McCoil	SD	16	17	5	14	8	60
42	T.J. Green	IND	14	15	5	16	8	58

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Ibraheim Campbell—injury
• Justin Simmons—inactive
• Darian Thompson—inactive

Strong Safeties

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The Eagles' Malcolm Jenkins topped the list of strong safeties this week. He put in a phenomenal performance against a potent Steelers offense that can attack a defense in multiple ways and made three fantastic plays against Antonio Brown.

In the first quarter, he made a tackle on a screen to Brown. In the second, he stuck tight to him on an out route, breaking up the pass, and perhaps he should have had an interception.

But his best play came in the third quarter. Jenkins lined up deep as part of a Cover 2 look pre-snap. After the snap, he quickly recognized Brown running a crossing route and charged down and across the field to catch up with him and break up the pass.

The Chargers are perhaps regretting letting Eric Weddle leave in free agency this past offseason. Their safeties graded out poorly and were at fault on a critical play in the game. T.Y. Hilton caught a short pass and ran 63 yards for a touchdown, breaking the tackle of Dexter McCoil and leaving Adrian Phillips looking lost. That ended up winning the game for the Colts.

Meanwhile, Weddle made a number of tackles and broke up one pass in a strong outing for the Ravens against Jacksonville that left him as the fourth-ranked strong safety this week. Adrian Phillips ranked 42nd at the bottom of the strong safety list.

Eric Berry had a strong outing for the Chiefs. He had a few ups and downs in the first half but took over in the second. He read one fade route in the end zone perfectly and got over the top of it, leaping and seemingly hanging in the air to get his hand on the ball and knock it incomplete.

On the next play, he followed the eyes of Jets quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick to the opposite side of the field. Fitzpatrick tried to fit the ball in a tight window, and the ball was deflected up in the air. Berry made the most of the opportunity, grabbing it before anyone else for the interception. 

The Giants will be looking for more out of Landon Collins, who played his part in giving up two touchdowns to Washington. On DeSean Jackson's, Collins was supposed to give safety support to the corner on the outside, but he bit on an underneath route and vacated space for Jackson to run into.

Collins was also blocked too easily on a screen pass to Jamison Crowder, who took it 55 yards for a touchdown. In the fourth quarter, Collins was in position to make a number of tackles but instead went for the big hit and missed, giving Washington extra yards in a close game.

Grading Scale

Cvg: Coverage (Graded out of 25)

Rec: Recovery (Graded out of 25)

Slot: Slot/LB (Graded out of 20)

Tkl: Tackling (Graded out of 20)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Strong Safety Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Cvg	Rec	Slot	Tkl	Pos	Ovr
1	Malcolm Jenkins	PHI	22	22	17	17	6	84
2	Eric Berry	KC	21	22	17	17	6	83
3	Reshad Jones	MIA	22	22	17	16	6	83
4	Eric Weddle	BAL	22	21	16	17	6	82
5	Shawn Williams	CIN	21	22	16	17	6	82
6	Kam Chancellor	SEA	21	21	17	17	6	82
7	Aaron Williams	BUF	20	21	17	16	6	80
8	T.J. Ward	DEN	19	20	17	16	6	78
9	Da'Norris Searcy	TEN	19	21	15	16	6	77
10	Kemal Ishmael	ATL	18	19	17	16	6	76
11	Jordan Poyer	CLE	20	21	14	15	6	76
12	Daniel Sorensen	KC	20	20	15	15	6	76
13	T.J. McDonald	LA	18	19	16	17	6	76
14	Patrick Chung	NE	18	20	16	15	6	75
15	Karl Joseph	OAK	19	17	16	16	6	74
16	Tony Jefferson	ARI	17	18	15	17	6	73
17	Keanu Neal	ATL	18	18	16	15	6	73
18	John Cyprien	JAX	18	17	16	16	6	73
19	David Bruton	WAS	19	19	14	15	6	73
20	Barry Church	DAL	19	17	15	15	6	72
21	Will Parks	DEN	18	18	15	15	6	72
22	Andrew Sendejo	MIN	16	18	16	16	6	72
23	Antoine Bethea	SF	17	18	15	15	6	71
24	Anthony Levine	BAL	18	17	14	15	6	70
25	Micah Hyde	GB	17	19	14	14	6	70
26	Mike C. Adams	IND	17	16	15	16	6	70
27	Sean Davis	PIT	18	18	14	14	6	70
28	Chris Conte	TB	16	17	16	15	6	70
29	Tavon Wilson	DET	16	18	15	14	6	69
30	Kurt Coleman	CAR	16	16	15	15	6	68
31	Harold Jones-Quartey	CHI	16	18	14	14	6	68
32	Derrick Kindred	CLE	17	18	14	13	6	68
33	Daimion Stafford	TEN	16	18	14	14	6	68
34	Quintin Demps	HOU	15	17	15	14	6	67
35	Jaquiski Tartt	SF	16	17	14	14	6	67
36	Jonathan Meeks	BUF	16	16	14	14	6	66
37	Roman Harper	NO	17	17	13	13	6	66
38	Duke Williams	BUF	14	15	15	14	6	64
39	Rafael Bush	DET	14	16	14	14	6	64
40	Landon Collins	NYG	15	16	14	13	6	64
41	Calvin Pryor	NYJ	13	13	15	15	6	62
42	Adrian Phillips	SD	13	15	12	11	6	57

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Jahleel Addae—inactive
• Morgan Burnett—inactive
• Robert Golden—injury
• Kenny Vaccaro—inactive

Kickers

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Another week, another top ranking for Baltimore's Justin Tucker, who continues to light up the scoreboard after signing a big contract in the offseason.

Tucker was perfect on the week, including blasting a 54-yard field goal with 1:02 remaining to give the Ravens a 19-17 win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The 26-year-old had some struggles from 50-plus yards last year, but he's been strong so far this season and continues to show he is an upper-echelon kicker. 

Dustin Hopkins is the only other kicker to spend all three weeks thus far in the top 10, as he went 5-of-5 on field goals and booted in a pair of extra points for good measure. Los Angeles' Greg Zuerlein, Arizona's Chandler Catanzaro and Seattle's Steven Hauschka round out this week's top five, with Catanzaro hitting a 60-yard bomb in a game that also required him to step in for two punts for injured punter Drew Butler.

The negative side of the ledger this week is not pretty. Cody Parkey, who signed with the Browns earlier in the week to replace the injured Patrick Murray, missed three field goals, including a potential game-winner, against the Miami Dolphins. While every kicker will struggle, a three-miss week will often cause teams to look for other options, though the Browns have not made any moves to this point.    

Rookie Roberto Aguayo struggled as well, missing two kicks wide left—one field goal and one extra point. Aguayo has tended to miss left throughout his career, with his mechanics drawing him in this direction. He seemed to regain his form late in the preseason and in Week 1, but he has regressed over the past two weeks. Rookies are notoriously volatile, and the Bucs should give Aguayo every chance to work out of his early struggles.

Grading Scale

Pwr: Kick Power (Graded out of 40)

Acc: Kick Accuracy (Graded out of 40)

Tkl: Tackling (Graded out of 10)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Kicker Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Pwr	Acc	Tkl	Pos	Ovr
1	Justin Tucker	BAL	33	39	5	3	80
2	Dustin Hopkins	WAS	33	39	5	3	80
3	Greg Zuerlein	LA	35	35	5	3	78
4	Chandler Catanzaro	ARI	36	34	5	3	78
5	Steven Hauschka	SEA	33	37	5	3	78
6	Mason Crosby	GB	33	36	5	3	77
7	Will Lutz	NO	35	34	5	3	77
8	Sebastian Janikowski	OAK	35	33	5	3	76
9	Matt Bryant	ATL	33	35	5	3	76
10	Stephen Gostkowski	NE	33	34	5	3	75
11	Caleb Sturgis	PHI	32	35	5	3	75
12	Josh Brown	NYG	32	34	5	3	74
13	Josh Lambo	SD	31	32	5	3	71
14	Andrew Franks	MIA	31	32	5	3	71
15	Adam Vinatieri	IND	30	33	5	3	71
16	Connor Barth	CHI	31	31	5	3	70
17	Ryan Succop	TEN	31	30	5	3	69
18	Matt Prater	DET	31	30	5	3	69
19	Dan Bailey	DAL	34	27	5	3	69
20	Cairo Santos	KC	28	32	5	3	68
21	Nick Folk	NYJ	31	29	5	3	68
22	Mike Nugent	CIN	28	31	5	3	67
23	Jason Myers	JAX	32	26	5	3	66
24	Graham Gano	CAR	31	25	5	3	64
25	Brandon McManus	DEN	33	22	5	3	63
26	Dan Carpenter	BUF	29	26	5	3	63
27	Blair Walsh	MIN	32	22	5	3	62
28	Phil Dawson	SF	30	24	5	3	62
29	Chris Boswell	PIT	32	21	5	3	61
30	Roberto Aguayo	TB	32	13	5	3	53
31	Cody Parkey	CLE	27	14	5	3	49

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• Nick Novak—no kicks attempted

Punters

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Much like with the Week 3 kickers, the punters see the same face atop the leaderboard as last week, with Los Angeles Rams punter Johnny Hekker taking the top spot. With a number of booming kicks and every punt placed on or outside the numbers, Hekker displayed proficiency in all three aspects of punting: hang time, distance and accuracy. He has been outstanding thus far this year, and his consistency is necessary for a Rams offense that lacks it. 

Bryan Anger of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers finds himself in the second spot this week. He has a big leg, but his issues have always been accuracy and distance control. This week, he was proficient in those areas, but this is likely to be an outlier, as he has not maintained those skills consistently throughout his career. The hang time and distance are always there, but the rest of his game tends to come and go from week to week.

Tennessee's Brett Kern, last year's top punter, ends up in the third spot, with Cleveland's Britton Colquitt and New England's Ryan Allen finishing up the top five. Kern has only been out of the top five once this year (Week 2, eighth place) and continues to show a well-rounded game that is capable of making any kick.

Colquitt has displayed the strong form from his 2015 season as well, showing it was not a fluke and that he is worthy of consideration as an upper-echelon punter. Allen, meanwhile, bounced back from a disastrous first two weeks of the season, reclaiming the form from last year that made it seem like he had turned the corner.

This week also saw real struggles. While Drew Butler's injury forced Arizona Cardinals kicker Chandler Catanzaro into duty, several regular punters put up some weak numbers. Buffalo's Colton Schmidt had two punts from inside his own 40-yard line travel less than 30 yards, with another traveling less than 40 yards.

Philadelphia's Donnie Jones, Jacksonville's Brad Nortman and Butler (prior to injury) also saw significantly below-average distances and hang times on their punts. Veteran Mike Scifres remains unsigned and could be an upgrade over several of these punters if healthy.

Grading Scale

Dist: Kick Distance (Graded out of 20)

Hang: Kick Hang Time (Graded out of 20)

Acc: Kick Accuracy (Graded out of 45)

Tkl: Tackling (Graded out of 5)

Pos: Positional Value (Graded out of 10)

Ovr: Top Possible Score of 100

Punter Rankings Week 3

Rank	Player	Team	Dist	Hang	Acc	Tkl	Pos	Ovr
1	Johnny Hekker	LA	20	16	39	3	3	81
2	Bryan Anger	TB	19	20	34	3	3	79
3	Brett Kern	TEN	19	16	38	3	3	79
4	Britton Colquitt	CLE	14	16	42	3	3	78
5	Ryan Allen	NE	19	15	37	3	3	77
6	Shane Lechler	HOU	17	18	35	3	3	76
7	Marquette King	OAK	18	14	38	3	3	76
8	Tress Way	WAS	16	18	35	3	3	75
9	Chris Jones	DAL	18	19	32	3	3	75
10	Matt Darr	MIA	18	18	32	3	3	74
11	Andy Lee	CAR	19	19	29	3	3	73
12	Riley Dixon	DEN	15	15	36	3	3	72
13	Sam Martin	DET	15	20	30	3	3	71
14	Jon Ryan	SEA	18	17	30	3	3	71
15	Dustin Colquitt	KC	15	16	33	3	3	70
16	Thomas Morstead	NO	16	15	32	3	3	69
17	Lachlan Edwards	NYJ	18	16	28	3	3	68
18	Pat O'Donnell	CHI	11	17	34	3	3	68
19	Kevin Huber	CIN	15	16	28	3	3	65
20	Jordan Berry	PIT	19	12	28	3	3	65
21	Pat McAfee	IND	14	12	32	3	3	64
22	Matt Bosher	ATL	14	19	25	3	3	64
23	Jeff Locke	MIN	17	19	21	3	3	63
24	Brad Wing	NYG	16	10	30	3	3	62
25	Sam Koch	BAL	15	9	30	3	3	60
26	Bradley Pinion	SF	14	16	24	3	3	60
27	Drew Kaser	SD	10	16	27	3	3	59
28	Drew Butler	ARI	7	16	29	3	3	58
29	Jacob Schum	GB	11	10	28	3	3	55
30	Brad Nortman	JAX	6	14	28	3	3	54
31	Donnie Jones	PHI	8	14	22	3	3	50
32	Colton Schmidt	BUF	1	12	29	3	3	48
33	Chandler Catanzaro	ARI	1	10	28	3	3	45

Notable Omissions/Not Graded This Week

• None