PFF Stats And Analysis of Saints, Game #5

Here are some screenshots of player performances yesterday.PFF Stats of Saints, Game #5
I'll list them by their rank order under various conditions (e.g., best to worst defensive player for pass rush).


OFFENSE

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DEFENSE

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PFF Team Analysis of Standout Performances:

--Cameron Jordan didn’t get any sacks in this game, but notched a pair of hits on Cutler and three more hurries. Such is his confidence level within the new scheme that he actually made some of this happen from the 4-3 DE spot that he found so troublesome before. Jordan’s pressure, and that of Junior Galette (+1.6 pass rush), is critical for the Saints who aren’t generating much else up front and have been relying on bringing blitzers from the secondary to make up the shortfall.

--Any time a receiver tops ‘two-bills’ you know there’s a corner somewhere on the opposing side that’s popping up with a bad grade and some ugly stats. In this game that player was Jabari Greer, but his troubles weren’t contained to Jeffery. He did give up 87 yards on four catches (and targets) to Jeffery, but he also allowed a catch to four other receivers and, all told, surrendered 128 yards and a touchdown from nine targets. Greer isn’t the most physical corner in the world and he was completely out muscled at times by both Jeffery and Marshall.

--With Rob Gronkowski still struggling back from injury the crown as the league’s best TE is firmly resting on the head of Jimmy Graham. OK, so he still can’t block, but the Saints know this and don’t ask him to do much of it, instead taking advantage of the matchup nightmare he poses teams. Graham was targeted 10 times in the game and caught all 10, for 135 yards. He beat six different Bears defenders in coverage for those receptions as they cycled through their defense to try and find anybody that could match up with him. None could, and when Brees was looking for a key pick-up to keep the offense on the field he tended to go straight to Graham. You can’t blame him — throwing Graham’s way gave him a 118.8 passer rating on the day.

--Drew Brees went after the Bears’ linebackers, targeting each five or more times while Charles Tillman and Tim Jennings saw just six targets combined.

--Pierre Thomas is one of the league’s best backs on screen passes. He ended this game catching all 9 of his targets in the pass game for 55 yards (75 after the catch) and two TDs.

--The Saints’ defense missed four tackles. The Bears D missed eight. This is not how it is supposed to go.