CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns defense was good during Sunday’s 24-19 win over the Steelers.
Here’s how the defense graded according to Pro Football Focus:
(PFF grades every player on every play and uses a scale of 0-100, with higher grades indicating better play. PFF has explained its grades this way: 100-90 elite; 89-85 Pro Bowler; 84-70 starter; 69-60 backup; 59-0 replaceable. In other words, it’s similar to how we would match up percentages with traditional letter grades in school.)
NOTE: Snap counts in parentheses.
DEFENSIVE END
Myles Garrett: 90.4 (53)
Ogbo Okoronkwo: 45.9 (48)
Isaiah McGuire: 43.3 (33)
Elerson Smith: 29.0 (8)
DEFENSIVE TACKLE
Dalvin Tomlinson: 76.0 (50)
Shelby Harris: 70.7 (46)
Maurice Hurst: 50.7 (20)
Sam Kamara: 38.3 (18)
LINEBACKER
Jordan Hicks: 86.0 (62)
Mohamoud Diabate: 84.2 (56)
Winston Reid: 77.5 (13)
Devin Bush: 61.8 (39)
CORNERBACK
Martin Emerson Jr.: 70.3 (55)
Denzel Ward: 62.9 (66)
Greg Newsome II: 50.3 (29)
Rodney McLeod: 29.1 (38)
SAFETY
Ronnie Hickman Jr.: 79.5 (22)
Grant Delpit: 71.8 (69)
Juan Thornhill: 67.3 (33)
Cameron Mitchell: 61.1 (1)
Steelers’ Best Five Offensive Grades
Russell Wilson: 79.9 (62)
Pat Freiermuth: 79.0 (44)
Calvin Austin III: 76.2 (40)
Van Jefferson: 75.5 (18)
Broderick Jones: 69.3 (69)
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