CINCINNATI, Ohio — The Bengals started the 2025 season with a 1-0 record after beating the Browns in Cleveland on Sunday, 17-16.
Here is 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 ENDS
Shemar Stewart: 88.9 (37)
Trey Hendrickson: 88.1 (57)
Myles Murphy: 68.8 (22)
Cam Sample: 58.9 (3)
Joseph Ossai: 55.9 (48)
DEFENSIVE TACKLES
B.J. Hill: 72.0 (45)
Mike Pennel: 62.1 (22)
Kris Jenkins: 61.0 (37)
T.J. Slaton: 55.4 (34)
LINEBACKERS
Logan Wilson: 89.4 (64)
Oren Burks: 56.3 (22)
Demetrius Knight Jr.: 55.9 (58)
Barrett Carter: 39.0 (14)
CORNERBACKS
Dax Hill: 78.6 (74)
DJ Turner II: 69.7 (46)
Josh Newton: 65.5 (29)
Cam Taylor-Britt: 35.6 (74)
SAFETIES
Tycen Anderson: 77.4 (7)
Geno Stone: 67.7 (67)
Browns’ Five Best Offensive Grades
Joel Bitonio: 81.1 (76)
Wyatt Teller: 75.2 (76)
Joe Flacco: 73.1 (76)
Dylan Sampson: 70.8 (33)
Raheim Sanders: 65.0 (3)
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