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Owen O'Connor

PFF’s 10 highest-graded defensive players in loss vs. Giants

It was a difficult first half for defensive end Myles Garrett and the Cleveland Browns defense on Sunday against the New York Giants. The team was able to find their footing in Week 2 with an excellent performance and was sure to continue this momentum into Week 3. Instead, Giants quarterback Daniel Jones and rookie wide receiver Malik Nabers was a duo the Browns defense had no answer for.

These PFF grades help tell us who might’ve had the biggest impact on the team and what needs to improve the most. The majority of Cleveland’s PFF grades tell the story that we saw play out in this ugly Week 3 result. Despite the loss, some individual performances stood out for Cleveland.

Many Browns defenders played to the best of their strengths and had a tremendous game, like Garrett. The star defensive end is one of the many reasons why viewing individual performances is a critical analysis for game-planning and seeing how to improve as a team moving forward. Most of the defenders now find themselves on the wrong end of this PFF report two of the three weeks into the season.

Let’s see who the most impactful defenders were for Cleveland’s defense in Week 3:

DE Myles Garrett

Overall: 92.6

Pass Rush: 93.5

Run Defense: 69.5

LB Jordan Hicks

Overall: 83.5

Pass Coverage: 76.4

Run Defense: 74.5

DT Shelby Harris

Overall: 78.7

Pass Rush: 62.8

Run Defense: 79.9

CB Denzel Ward

Overall: 76.1

Pass Coverage: 77.7

Run Defense: 63.1

DT Dalvin Tomlinson

Overall: 74.5

Pass Rush: 83.6

Run Defense: 61.6

S Grant Delpit

Overall: 69.8

Pass Coverage: 69.0

Run Defense: 65.6

DE Sam Kamara

Overall: 68.8

Pass Rush: 58.6

Run Defense: 69.5

LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah

Overall: 66.9

Pass Coverage: 45.2

Run Defense: 84.7

CB Cameron Mitchell

Overall: 64.8

Pass Coverage: 63.6

Run Defense: 60.0

S Ronnie Hickman Jr.

Overall: 64.7

Pass Coverage: 63.0

Run Defense: 63.8

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