Week 6 PFF grades vs. DAL

[Icege]

10 hours ago, mav1234 said:

Alright but to say that he was only average on the game?  Do you agree with that?

I forgot to mention my thoughts on the rushing grade!

He ran his ass off both weeks. I can't remember the stat offhand but didn't he have something crazy like 120+ yards after contact vs. Dallas? Against Miami he had lanes as wide as the entirety of I-95 to run through which is why his rushing grade wasn't as high as this week's. He's ran like a man possessed and going to earn himself some money in the offseason.

[mav1234]

1 hour ago, Luciu5 said:

PFF said the fumble was a BIG ding on Rico (the off-script lateral thing they tried). They also said his PBLK really drug him down some. I think they said he has the highest grade as a runner in the NFL or 2nd highest something like that.

Did we find out if he actually called for the ball there?

The fumble was also a really good punch by the Dallas defender 

[strato]

26 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

Did we find out if he actually called for the ball there?

The fumble was also a really good punch by the Dallas defender 

He said he called for it. 

[mav1234]

38 minutes ago, strato said:

He said he called for it. 

Definitely a bad decision on his part

[AU-panther]

On 10/13/2025 at 11:43 PM, mav1234 said:

Okay sure.

An 82 rushing grade is, according to pff, bottom of a "good" tier. See below:

So in the end Rico "I made history on Sunday" Dowdle has a 67 on the day. So he's on the high end of average. Not even above average. Just average.

Now call me crazy or say I don't understand PFF, if you want. But I'd call Ricos rushing elite, and his overall play at minimum... Good.

Here again people it getting caught up with labels like a high school math grade.  Very few players every get 90s and the number of players that end the year above 90 is rare, but fans get their feelings hurt because their favorite player didn't get a "A" on the test.

His actually rushing grade was an 82 I think?  That is actually really good, and my guess is if you compare to every other running back that weekend he is probably one of the highest.  

I look at these grades and I see an RB who had a great day rushing, terrible day at blocking, and I think a couple of penalties, which is pretty much in line what I saw that day.

 

 

 

[mav1234]

1 minute ago, AU-panther said:

Here again people it getting caught up with labels like a high school math grade.  Very few players every get 90s and the number of players that end the year above 90 is rare, but fans get their feelings hurt because their favorite player didn't get a "A" on the test.

His actually rushing grade was an 82 I think?  That is actually really good, and my guess is if you compare to every other running back that weekend he is probably one of the highest.  

I look at these grades and I see an RB who had a great day rushing, terrible day at blocking, and I think a couple of penalties, which is pretty much in line what I saw that day.

So, objectively, you'd say from a holistic review of Rico's performance and the team overall there were at least a dozen players on the team that performed at least as well if not better in their roles?

[AU-panther]

17 minutes ago, mav1234 said:

So, objectively, you'd say from a holistic review of Rico's performance and the team overall there were at least a dozen players on the team that performed at least as well if not better in their roles?

I think there were 9, and since I haven't took time to watch each of them on each play individually Its impossible for me to say, which I doubt you have either.  

It's not a stat driven grading system; it's a per play grading system.  Tommy Tremble making a great block to spring Rico for that 10-yard run might actually score higher on that play then Ricos run. The actual run might not be anything special; it might be a run that pretty much every back in the league would have made.

Here again, I would guess, if you look at every RB in the league, he is towards the top in rushing grade for the year which is what most of us are seeing.  Whether you call that a 90/80/70, 50/40/30, A/B/C, Gold/Green/Red star, it doesn't really matter it's how he ranks relative to everybody else at his position.