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Mike Moraitis

Titans’ best and worst PFF grades, stats from Week 9

With the Tennessee Titans’ Week 9 game in the books following a tough, 20-17 loss to the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday night, it’s time to see how Pro Football Focus graded things.

On defense, defensive lineman Teair Tart continued his banner year, posting a team-high overall grade of 89.5. Tight end Chigoziem Okonkwo earned the highest mark on offense, notching an 81.3.

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Not only will we be taking a look at PFF grades, but we’ll also check out how the offensive and defensive lines performed in terms of allowing/getting pressures and sacks, and how the secondary was in coverage.

Let’s dive into the numbers.

Overall grades: Offense (min. 10 snaps)

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Top 5

TE Chigoziem Okonkwo: 81.3

TE Austin Hooper: 76.1

RB Derrick Henry: 75.4

QB Malik Willis: 63.3

TE Geoff Swaim: 63.3

Bottom 5

RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 48.1

WR Nick Westbrook-Ikhine: 51.8

WR Cody Hollister: 53.9

LT Dennis Daley: 54.6

TE Kevin Rader: 55.8

Overall grades: Defense (min. 10 snaps)

Syndication: The Tennessean

Top 5

DL Teair Tart: 89.5

S Andrew Adams: 79.2

DL Denico Autry: 78.0

S Kevin Byard: 74.3

DB Lonnie Johnson: 73.2

Bottom 5

DL Naquan Jones: 41.8

OLB Rashad Weaver: 50.0

CB Kristian Fulton: 51.3

LB David Long: 51.7

LB Zach Cunningham: 53.3

Pass protection grades (OL only)

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C Ben Jones: 74.4

LT Dennis Daley: 51.4

LG Aaron Brewer: 51.1

RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 34.6

RG Nate Davis: 18.4

Run-blocking grades (OL only)

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RG Nate Davis: 74.9

LG Aaron Brewer: 58.4

C Ben Jones: 57.5

LT Dennis Daley: 53.5

RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 51.4

Pressures/Sacks allowed

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RT Nicholas Petit-Frere: 3/1

RG Nate Davis: 2/0

LT Dennis Daley: 2/0

RB Dontrell Hilliard: 1/1

C Ben Jones: 0/0

LG Aaron Brewer: 0/0

Pressures allowed: 8

Pass-rush grades (front-seven only, min. 5 pass-rush snaps)

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DL Teair Tart: 80.1

DL Denico Autry: 75.1

DL Jeffery Simmons: 69.1

DL DeMarcus Walker: 66.4

DL Mario Edwards: 56.7

Pressures/Sacks

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DL Mario Edwards: 8/1

DL Denico Autry: 8/2

OLB Rashad Weaver: 5/0

DL Jeffery Simmons: 4/0

DL DeMarcus Walker: 4/1

LB David Long: 3/0

DL Teair Tart: 2/0

OLB Bud Dupree: 2/0

LB Dylan Cole: 1/0

Total pressures: 37

Coverage grades (min. 10 coverage snaps)

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Top 5

S Andrew Adams: 75.3

S Kevin Byard: 72.2

DB Lonnie Johnson: 69.6

LB Zach Cunningham: 62.9

CB Roger McCreary: 61.6

Bottom 5

LB David Long: 43.0

LB Dylan Cole: 49.4

CB Kristian Fulton: 51.4

CB Terrance Mitchell: 56.0

DB Joshua Kalu: 58.1

Targets/Receptions/Yards/Touchdowns against

Syndication: The Tennessean

LB David Long: 11/9/82/0

CB Kristian Fulton: 9/4/61/0

CB Roger McCreary: 8/5/56/1

DB Joshua Kalu: 6/5/22/0

LB Zach Cunningham: 6/4/32/0

CB Terrance Mitchell: 6/5/78/0

LB Dylan Cole: 5/4/40/0

S Kevin Byard: 5/3/40/0

S Andrew Adams: 4/3/21/0

LB Monty Rice:1/1/14/0

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