Panthers Week 1 PFF Grades - Defense

[Jeremy Igo]

Josh Norman leads the defensive rankings this week, which should be obvious. Dwan Edwards and Kyle Love are at the bottom, highlighting a real need for Star to be healthy soon. 

PFF was not as forgiving of Kony Ealy as Ron Rivera was. Rivera stated Ealy was doing more of the grunt work, but his lack of pass rush remains a problem. 

 

Defensive summary

			Play Counts				Ratings
Pos.	#	Name	Total	Run	Rush	Cov.	Overall	Run Defense	Pass Rush	Pass Cov.	Penalty	# of Pen	QB Sk	QB Ht	QB Hu	BP	Tks	Ass	MT	Stops
LCB	24	Josh Norman *	67	19	1	47	4.3	0.6	-0.1	3.7	0.1	0-0					5	1	1	2
WLB	58	Thomas Davis *	67	19	6	42	3.3	1.9	0.0	1.3	0.1	0-0	1				6			5
MLB	59	Luke Kuechly *	31	11	1	19	2.0	0.7	0.4	0.9	0.0	0-0	1		1		6	2		2
MLB	56	A.J. Klein	37	8	3	26	1.5	1.2	-0.2	0.5	0.0	0-0					5	1		1
RCB	31	Charles Tillman *	57	18	2	37	1.4	0.1	-0.2	1.4	0.1	0-0					4			1
DLE	96	Wes Horton	20	6	14	0	0.8	0.4	0.3	0.0	0.1	0-0		1			1
DRE	97	Mario Addison	31	2	27	2	0.4	-0.5	0.8	0.0	0.1	0-0	2	1	1					2
DLT	99	Kawann Short *	40	13	27	0	0.3	1.1	-0.9	0.0	0.1	0-0			1		2			2
SCB	25	Ben� Benwikere	51	11	0	40	0.2	0.6	0.0	-0.5	0.1	0-0					5	2	2	3
SS	42	Colin Jones	9	0	0	9	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0-0
FS	33	Tre Boston	3	2	0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0-0
DLE	95	Charles Johnson *	54	15	38	1	-0.3	1.7	-2.2	0.0	0.2	0-0	1		1		1			2
SLB	54	Shaq Thompson *	17	10	1	6	-0.3	-0.3	-0.1	0.1	0.0	0-0						1
DRT	91	Colin Cole	14	5	9	0	-1.2	-0.7	-0.5	0.0	0.0	0-0
SS	41	Roman Harper *	64	17	2	45	-1.2	0.2	-0.2	-1.3	0.1	0-0					1
FS	20	Kurt Coleman *	66	18	5	43	-1.9	-0.8	-0.4	-0.8	0.1	0-0					3	1	2	1
DRE	94	Kony Ealy *	42	16	26	0	-2.3	-0.8	-1.7	0.0	0.2	0-0					1		1	1
DLT	92	Dwan Edwards	42	8	34	0	-3.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.0	0.1	0-0			2
DRT	93	Kyle Love *	25	11	14	0	-3.5	-2.9	-0.7	0.0	0.1	0-0					1

 

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[nctarheel0619]

Man, our secondary is finally stout.  Or at least our corners are.  

[Mage]

Those linbackers tho

[Nick_81]

C'mon D-Line!

[Jeremy Igo]

C'mon D-Line!

Star is so darn important. 

 

Also, Chuck always seems to start the year slow doesn't he. 

[Growl]

We've got a great trio of corners. Safeties have to step up.

[Jeremy Igo]

Keep in mind those secondary grades are with almost zero pass rush most of the game. 

 

 

Imagine when Star is back and pressure is there. 

[thefuzz]

Star is so darn important. 

 

Also, Chuck always seems to start the year slow doesn't he. 

Star means more to this team than what the stat sheet says, been saying that for a while now.

[PhillyB]

Imagine when Star is back and pressure is there. 

any word on this week's prognosis? 

[Jeremy Igo]

any word on this week's prognosis? 

Off today, should get a glimpse tomorrow. 

[TheWiz]

Guess this is as a good place as any to do a little "collar popping"

[Riverboat Ron]

I hope Star can go this week, just want him to stay healthy and clog up that middle.

[beastson]

Roman can gtfo

[Nick_81]

Star is so darn important. 

 

Also, Chuck always seems to start the year slow doesn't he. 

Yes, because he always seems to start the year coming off of an injury.  We need 100% Chuck now!