These Jaguars’ players received the highest and lowest PFF grades in the team’s Week 17 win.
Following the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Week 17 win over the Indianapolis Colts, let’s take a look at which players received the highest grades from Pro Football Focus and which players didn’t.
Below is a look at PFF’s grading system for some context. While this metric is very helpful when it comes to quantifying a player’s performance, PFF’s grading system isn’t the be-all and end-all either. It is one metric out of many that are out there.
90.0+: Elite80-89.9: High quality70-79.9: Good60-69.9: Above average50-59.9: Average40-49.9: Below average39.9 or less: Poor
Here are the Jaguars‘ five highest-graded players on offense and defense, along with the three lowest-graded players overall.
Jaguars‘ five highest graded players on offense vs. ColtsQB Trevor Lawrence: 81.1WR Parker Washington: 76.8WR Jakobi Meyers: 73.8LG Ezra Cleveland: 72.9LT Cole Van Lanen: 72.7
Lawrence was particularly good when blitzed and under pressure in this game. Washington had another 100-plus yard performance — his third of the season and second in a row.
Meyers was again reliable, catching 6-of-9 passes for 39 yards. Van Lanen and Cleveland each allowed just two pressures on 43 dropbacks. Both received run blocking grades of over 71.0.
Jaguars’ five highest-graded players on defense vs. ColtsLB Devin Lloyd: 78.4CB Montaric Brown: 77.8DE Josh Hines-Allen: 71.4DT DaVon Hamilton: 69.8S Antonio Johnson: 65.6
Lloyd did a bit of everything, making six tackles, recording a quarterback pressure, and logging a pass breakup in coverage. Brown was excellent in coverage, forcing two pass breakups and allowing two receptions on eight targets.
Hines-Allen had four pressures and made five tackles in the run game. Hamilton played a key role in clogging up the middle of the field against the Colts’ run game. Johnson came away with an interception.
Jaguars’ three lowest graded players vs. ColtsDT Dawuane Smoot: 29.7TE Johnny Mundt: 33.3DT Matt Dickerson: 35.0
Smoot played only 11 snaps, so it was a small sample size for him. He recorded a pressure and a tackle. Dickerson made two tackles over 31 snaps. Mundt had one target, which was recorded as a dropped pass.