PFFs Top/Bottom 5 by Position (Final Regular Season Ranking)

[RandyMossIsBoss]

Now I know PFF is pretty infamous around these parts, and for good reasons as they seem to have incredible biases and their entire grading system is pretty flawed, that being said I still enjoy some of their statistics and value their opinions at least a little. For those not familiar they have a grading system where they grade every play for each player from I think -2 to +2, receiving a 0 means you did your job and nothing more, while getting a +2 is rare and would probably be something like a one handed game winning TD catch with no time left off a bad pass. You get the point. Not going to give the exact grades because they're a business too and I'm sure they don't want someone giving out mass info for free, however you could probably find their info I'm about to give you if you want through all their free articles (which I wouldn't advise...). The following are basically who PFF considers to have played the best/worst at their position so far this season, and this season only. It's not as much a player ranking as it is a performance ranking. If you see a player on your team for any reason please don't shy away from giving your opinion as to whether you think they've actually been playing that good/bad. Interested to see how accurate PFF has been so far this year. Also if you see any player in general who don't think deserves his ranking here then feel free to comment.
(To be eligible here you've had to participated in at least 25% of your teams offensive/defensive snaps)



QB

Best
1. Peyton Manning
2. Aaron Rodgers
3. Tom Brady
4. Drew Brees
5t. Matt Ryan
5t. Russell Wilson

Worst
1. Brandon Weeden (1 is the worst, 2 is the 2nd worst etc)
2. Mark Sanchez
3. John Skelton
4. Ryan Fitzpatrick
5. Christian Ponder


RB

Best
1. Adrian Peterson
2. CJ Spiller
3. Alfred Morris
4. Pierre Thomas
5. Marshawn Lynch

Worst
1. Darren McFadden
2. Chris Johnson
3. Shaun Draughn
4. Daryl Richardson
5. BenJarvus Green-Ellis


FB

Best
1. Vonta Leach
2. Marcel Reece
3. Mike Tolbert
4. Rhett Ellison
5. Darrel Young

Worst
1. Lex Hilliard
2. Alex Smith
3. Le'Ron McClain
4. Quinn Johnson
5. Erik Lorig


WR

Best
1. Andre Johnson
2. Reggie Wayne
3. Demaryius Thomas
4. Calvin Johnson
5. Vincent Jackson

Worst
1. T.J. Graham
2. Devery Henderson
3. Early Doucet
4. Andre Roberts
5. Jeremy Maclin


TE

Best
1. Rob Gronkowski
2. Dwayne Allen
3. Jason Witten
4. Marcedes Lewis
5. Martellus Bennett

Worst
1. Jermaine Gresham
2. Brandon Myers
3. Jeff King
4. Rob Housler
5. Kellen Davis


OT

Best
1. Joe Staley
2. Duane Brown
3. Michael Roos
4t. Ryan Clady
4t. Andre Smith

Worst
1. Michael Harris (Finished with a grade of -43.4, lowest rated player of 2012)
2. D'Anthony Batiste
3t. Tyler Polumbus
3t. Demetress Bell
5. Jonathan Martin


OG

Best
1. Evan Mathis (Finished with a grade of 51.3, making him the highest rated OL of 2012. His grade was more than double Yanda’s)
2. Marshal Yanda
3. Alex Boone
4. Brandon Moore
5. Josh Sitton

Worst
1. Mike McGlynn
2. Mike Brewster
3. Jeff Allen
4. Adam Snyder
5. Amini Silatolu


C

Best
1. John Sullivan
2. Brian De La Puente
3. Max Unger
4t. Will Montgomery
4t. Ryan Wendell

Worst
1. Jeff Faine
2. Brad Meester
3. Dallas Reynolds
4. Samson Satele
5. Geoff Hangartner


4-3 DE

Best
1. Cameron Wake
2. Brandon Graham
3. Jason Pierre-Paul
4. Derrick Morgan
5. John Abraham

Worst
1. Kyle Vanden Bosch
2. Will Smith
3. Red Bryant
4. Jared Odrick
5. Robert Geathers


3-4 DE

Best
1. JJ Watt (Finished with a grade of 101.7, the highest in PFF history and more than double the previous highest grade for a 3-4 DE)
2. Muhammad Wilkerson
3. Calais Campbell
4. Jason Hatcher
5. Justin Smith

Worst
1. Darnell Dockett
2. Vaughn Martin
3. Jerel Worthy
4. Ziggy Hood
5. Tyson Jackson


DT/NT

Best
1. Geno Atkins (Finished with a grade of 79.9, more than double the next highest graded DT/NT )
2. Gerald McCoy
3. Kyle Williams
4. Ndamukong Suh
5. Nick Fairley

Worst
1. Letroy Guion
2. Corey Peters
3. Sione Fua
4. Isaac Sopoaga
5. Andre Neblett


4-3 OLB

Best
1. Von Miller (Finished with a grade of 78.5, which is more than the grades of #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7 and #8 combined.)
2. Jerod Mayo
3. Kevin Burnett
4. Lance Briggs
5. Lavonte David

Worst
1. Miles Burris
2. Mychal Kendricks
3. DeAndre Levy
4. Michael Boley
5t. James Anderson
5t. Mathias Kiwanuka
5t. Rocky McIntosh


3-4 OLB

Best
1. Anthony Spencer
2. Clay Matthews
3. Aldon Smith
4. Justin Houston
5. Ahmad Brooks

Worst
1. Erik Walden
2. Shaun Phillips
3. Connor Barwin
4. Calvin Pace
5. Sam Acho


MLB/ILB

Best
1. Patrick Willis
2. Bobby Wagner
3. Daryl Washington
4. Derrick Johnson
5. Lawrence Timmons

Worst
1. Rey Maualuga
2. London Fletcher
3. Paris Lenon
4. Jasper Brinkley
5. Colin McCarthy


CB

Best
1. Richard Sherman
2. Antoine Winfield
3. Casey Hayward
4. Charles Tillman
5. Chris Harris Jr.

Worst
1. Cassius Vaughn
2. Jimmy Smith
3. Jayron Hosley
4. Corey Webster
5. Josh Robinson


S

Best
1. Eric Weddle
2. Jairus Byrd
3. Reshad Jones
4. Kerry Rhodes
5. Quintin Mikell

Worst
1. Malcolm Jenkins
2. Roman Harper
3. Michael Griffin
4. Kurt Coleman
5. Nate Allen


K

Best
1. Blair Walsh
2. Matt Prater
3. Justin Tucker
4. Stephen Gostkowski
5. Greg Zuerlein


P

Best
1. Donnie Jones
2. Pat McAfee
3. Thomas Morstead
4. Andy Lee
5. Brandon Fields

[Tzimisce]

Surprised [though not shocked] to see McCourty in the top-5. He's been solid this year, but not without his mistakes [especially penalty-wise].

REALLY surprised not to see Patrick Chung among the bottom-5 safeties. He's been pretty awful.
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[vikingsrule]

Percy Harvin and Harrison Smith are beasts!

Kevin Williams has played at a high level too, nice to see.

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RB Adrian Peterson - #1
WR Percy Harvin - #2
FB Jerome Felton - #5
C John Sullivan - #3
DT Kevin Williams - #5
LB Chad Greenway - #4
CB Antoine Winfield - #2
S Harrison Smith - #3

Vikings have been playing well this year.

I am surprised Matt Kalil and Erin Henderson aren't up there, however I am surprised that Winfield and Kevin Williams are playing that well.

Jerome Felton and Harrison Smith both are pleasant surprises and definitely deserve their rankings.
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[IDOG_det]

Awful, how is John Wendling not the worst safety?!? He's garbage! Also, Pettigrew should be worst TE. Happy to see Rob Sims on the OG list. Surprised I don't see Stephen Peterman on the worst OG list. Also surprised Chris Houston isn't on the best CB list, he's been on lockdown every snap.
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[Siv]

I thought Jerel Worthy had been playing pretty well surprised to see him bottom 5 at 3-4 DE.

[CrashMan510]

Philip Wheeler

how richard seymour is not in the bottom 5 at DT is beyond me, he and kelly have been trash
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[Kikuchiyo]

Wow. SF is pretty well represented in the top 5's. One theyre missing is Anthony Davis. He's had a much better year than Staley so far this year, allowing zero sacks and being a beast in the run game.
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[jrry32]

Quinn Ojinnaka is most definitely one of the worst 5 OGs in the league.
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[candyman93]

This list just confirms what I've felt about TJ Ward.

God forbid if he got hurt. He is our only safety worth a damn.
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[RandyMossIsBoss]

The saddest thing is seeing Arizona have 4 of their 5 offensive lineman on bottom 5 lists. Poor Kolb.

Also surprised to see how dominating the SF line has been, although that would explain why Alex Smith is doing so well. Not saying Smith is trash but he's playing like a top 8 QB which I definitely don't think he is. Maybe top 15.
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[Chiefer]

Justin Houston #1

He's been such a beast this year, in all facets of the 34 OLB position. Ridiculous steal.
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[Dalton]

Pretty bad list concerning the Patriots.

- Devin McCourty is completely awful. Top 5? Maybe bottom 15.
- Vince Wilfork is undoubtedly in the top 5 for his position.
- Vollmer isn't bad, but he's not top 5. He's too injured for that.

[game3525]

Nice to see Liuget up there......sad to see Vaughn Martin among the worst though.

[oldtownniner]

So 49ers lose Adam Snyder as a FA and replace him with Alex Boone,that look like a win to me
and some people still think we need to get a OG in the 1st 2 rounds of the draft
shock to see Joe Staley over Anthony Davis