Which players earned the top Pro Football Focus grades in Week 12?
Prior to Sunday’s 24-10 victory over the New Orleans Saints on Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons had gone over a month since their last win. The return of linebacker Divine Deablo helped the Falcons pun an end to their five-game losing streak. The team recorded five sacks, two turnovers and three fourth-down stops en route to a 14-point win.
Offensively, the Falcons put up 302 total yards against the Saints. Despite losing the time of possession battle and going 3-for-12 on third down, Atlanta’s offense did enough to outscore New Orleans. Kirk Cousins started at quarterback and passed for 199 yards, two touchdowns and an interception.
Pro Football Focus just released its Week 12 player grades. Let’s check out the Falcons’ highest and lowest-graded players from Sunday’s win over the Saints.
Falcons’ 10 highest-graded players in Week 12OG Chris Lindstrom: 85.9QB Kirk Cousins: 83.3EDGE Arnold Ebiketie: 80.7LB Divine Deablo: 79.5DL Brandon Dorlus: 76.7S Jessie Bates III: 76.0WR Darnell Mooney: 75.0C Ryan Neuzil: 73.5S Xavier Watts: 72.8EDGE Jalon Walker: 72.5
Right guard Chris Lindstrom was the team’s highest-graded player in Week 12. Despite being listed as questionable, Lindstrom played one of his best games of the season. Other notable standouts include Brandon Dorlus, who recorded 1.5 sacks, and Deablo (79.5 grade).
Falcons’ 10 lowest-graded players in Week 12DL LaCale London: 37.7DL Kentavius Street: 46.9TE Teagan Quitoriano: 49.6TE Kyle Pitts: 50.0RB Tyler Allgeier: 59.8WR David Sills V: 60.5CB Mike Hughes: 60.5CB Dee Alford: 60.5LB Ronnie Harrison: 61.4CB Natrone Brooks: 61.4
Tight end Kyle Pitts didn’t have his best day, although he was somewhat unfairly criticized for Kirk Cousins’ pick-six. Overall, the Falcons offense still needs to clean up some things, and should benefit from Drake London’s potential return in Week 13.