Amon-Ra St. Brown Is Lions' Highest PFF-Graded Offensive Player
The Detroit Lions put together a complete performance against the Jacksonville Jaguars, in Week 13, in front of their home fans.
Many have expressed that Detroit's defense forcing a turnover on the second play of the game set the tone for the rest of the contest. The Lions ended up beating the Jaguars handedly, 40-14.
"Absolutely, set the whole tone for the game. I mean, that’s how you start," said Lions head coach Dan Campbell. "Honestly, when you start a game that way, you go out there on defense, you get a takeaway, and then we turn it into points like that, seven points. And then, you come out in the third quarter, and your offense takes it all the way down for a touchdown. That’s how you got to start.
"Defense showed up, I thought. They played well. I got it right here, they were three-for-12 on third down, that’s good stuff," Campbell continued. "You get off the field. They really couldn’t get in a rhythm, because our guys played well. There again, this is one of those games where you can give out a game ball to a number of guys. Because there were a lot of guys who played well today.”
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Wideout Amon-Ra St. Brown continues to shine, as he was the team's highest PFF-graded offensive player for the week.
In Week 13, Detroit's second-year wideout earned a 90.0 overall grade.
"I would say, from the start of the season, I was excited. Compared to last year, I knew this was a completely different team," said St. Brown. "But, when you show it and put it on the field for everyone to see, I think definitely for me, I’m excited for these next five weeks to see what we can do. We want to go on a run, we want to shake some things up. Even moving forward, even next year, I think Detroit’s in good hands.”
Here are Pro Football Focus’ best and worst Lions player grades, based on Sunday's game.
Top PFF-graded offensive players
- WR Amon-Ra St. Brown -- 90.0
- WR DJ Chark -- 77.8
- C Frank Ragnow -- 77.6
- QB Jared Goff -- 77.3
- LG Jonah Jackson -- 71.7
Worst PFF-graded offensive players
- WR Jameson Williams -- 57.8
- RG Kayode Awosika -- 57.7
- WR Kalif Raymond -- 52.5
- TE James Mitchell -- 48.5
- RB Justin Jackson -- 41.4
Top PFF-graded defensive players
- DE James Houston -- 86.3
- LB Alex Anzalone -- 74.2
- S DeShon Elliott -- 72.7
- CB Will Harris -- 70.8
- LB Malcolm Rodriguez -- 69.3
Worst PFF-graded defensive players
- DE Austin Bryant -- 54.7
- DE Josh Paschal -- 49.8
- LB Chris Board -- 49.1
- DT Isaiah Buggs -- 47.7
- LB Anthony Pittman -- 39.6