Here are PFF's grades for every first round pick of the 2014 NFL Draft (in order of selection). For the record, I think Pryor clearly needs to improve, particularly at his angles and tackling ability (whether or not he plays in his ideal SS position or FS), but he actually did better than most rookies this year. He performed better than both Ha Ha and Bucannon, and overall he is ranked #26 among all safeties. Let's not give up on Pryor just yet. NOTE: A player must play 25% of his team's snaps to be eligible for PFF's base grades. Jadeveon, DE, Houston Texans - Did Not Qualify Greg Robinson, OT, St. Louis Rams: -23.6 (#78 of 84 OT's) Blake Bortles, QB, Jacksonville Jaguars: -38.9 (#39 of 39 QB's) Sammy Watkins, WR, Buffalo Bills; -5.0 (#79 of 110 WR's) Khalil Mack, OLB, Oakland Raiders: 56.4 (#1 of 40 4-3 OLB's) Jake Matthews, OT, Atlanta Falcons: -34.3 (#84 of 84 OT's) Mike Evans, WR, Tampa Bay Buccaneers: 10.2 (#13 of 110 WR's) Justin Gilbert, CB, Cleveland Browns: -2.8 (#61 of 108 CB's) Anthony Barr, OLB, Minnesota Vikings: 9.3 (#8 of 40 4-3 OLB's) Eric Ebron, TE, Detroit Lions: -6.5 (#44 of 67 TE's) Taylor Lewan, OT, Tennessee Titans: 2.2 (#31 of 84 OT's) Odell Beckham, Jr., WR, New York Giants: 20.4 (#3 of 110 WR's) Aaron Donald, DT, St. Louis Rams: 34.5 (#1 of 81 DT/NT's) Kyle Fuller, CB, Chicago Bears: -18.4 (#107 of 108 CB's) Ryan Shazier, ILB, Pittsburgh Steelers - Did Not Qualify Zack Martin, OG, Dallas Cowboys: 20.6 (#7 of 78 OG's) C.J. Mosley, ILB, Baltimore Ravens: 12.8 (#9 of 60 ILB's) Calvin Pryor, S, New York Jets: 4.3 (#26 of 88 S) Ja'Wuan James, OT, Miami Dolphins: -25.9 (#80 of 84 OT's) Brandin Cooks, WR, New Orleans Saints: -2.1 (#t-61 of 110 WR's) Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, S, Green Bay Packers: -2.4 (#61 of 88 S) Johnny Manziel, QB, Cleveland Browns - Did Not Qualify Dee Ford, OLB, Kansas City - Did Not Qualify Darqueze Dennard, CB, Cincinnati Bengals - Did Not Qualify Jason Verrett, CB, San Diego Chargers - Did Not Qualify Marcus Smith, OLB, Philadelphia Eagles - Did Not Qualify Deone Bucannon, S, Arizona Cardinals: -11.3 (#80 of 88 S) Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Carolina Panthers: -6.2 (#85 of 110 WR's) Dominique Easley, DE, New England Patriots: -4.6 (#34 of 47 3-4 DE's) Jimmie Ward, CB, San Francisco 49ers - Did Not Qualify Bradley Roby, CB, Denver Broncos: -2.5 (#t-57 of 108 CB's) Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Minnesota Vikings: 3.5 (#15 of 39 QB's)
Surprised at this ranking. He didn't look good out there in my opinion, cost us two games with blown coverages by himself (Packers, Bears). Should get better with time. Meanwhile Fuller gets a horrible grade and everybody's been pumping his tires all year.
HaHa Clinton Dix had a good year from what I understand. He is better in pass coverage than Pryor. His team is in the playoffs and Pryor's team has the sixth overall pick in the draft. How are these rankings determined and in what universe is Pryor the 29th best safety while Dix is 61st? Did these experts disclose how the players were scored or how they came up with these rankings?
Wow surprising.. But I'm sure there are many, many plays that we didn't notice him on, but he was actually in position. And apparently Aaron Donald can hold Sheldon Richardson's jock
Unfortunately, when you're out of position as a safety in Rex's defenses, you're going to get exposed real quick!! I think we were all hoping for the big hits that we didn't see enough of. but he has potential.
PFF has been a very well respected grading organization for the past few years, particularly for OLine and Defrnsive grades since they watch every play of every player for every game and use several grades and algorithms to come up with a number each game (positive or negative) signaling whether the player overall contributed positively or negatively toward the outcome of the game. These numbers are simply added up at the end of the season to determine a player's contribution over all. It's not a perfect system by any means. I am dubious of their Qb ratings and their team ratings are always off (because adding up every player discounts the fact that Qbs are not equal to punters, etc.) But I respect their ratings for DBs in particular. Pryor had a bunch of negative games but he had a few hugely positive ones that counteracted the negative games. Ha ha may have played a better season overall, but PFF believes Pryor helped his team's performance to a greater extent when the season was said and done.
It does, but it also knows talent. It ranked Sheldon Richardson first among rookies last year before anyone had him in the running for DROY. This year PFF graded Sheldon right below JJ Watt. Wilkerson was 3rd after Sheldon (held back due to injuries). It's not a guessing game.
I thought pryor played much better as the season went on and made is presence felt much more so. certainly not a great rookie season but he should be in this league for a long time and not just because teams are desperate to fill roster spots like the kyle Wilson's of the world.
Yea well that's to be expected,He didn't strike me as a guy that was gonna light the world on fire right away.Hopefullly year two he gets to the level we are all hoping for
