Texans PFF grades vs Vikings

Offense:

WR Baxton Berrios-91.0

OL Ed Ingram-84.4

RB Dare Ogunbowale-79.1

TE Cade Stover-76.6

OL Jake Andrews-73.6

WR John Metchie III-69.7

WR Jaylin Noel-66.9

QB Davis Mills-64.4

RB Woody Marks-62.9

OT Aireontae Ersery-52.1*

OL Juice Scruggs-44.8

TE Luke Lachey-43.1

QB Graham Mertz-42.5

OL Eli Cox-41.6

OT Blake Fisher-27.1

*While Ersery only had a run block grade of 43.1, his passing grade of 77.7 was the highest among all offensive linemen.

Ed Ingram and Jake Andrews being so highly graded hopefully shows progress along the Offensive line. I think the reason Davis Mills is rated so low is because he overthrew Cade Stover on that one play. Dare Ogunbowale is so far our RB 4 and we see good signs from our rookies for the most part. Blake Fisher might get demoted and cut at this rate.

Defense:

LB EJ Speed-92.0

LB KC Ossai-78.0

LB Jamal Hill-72.3

DB Myles Bryant-72.3

DE Darell Taylor-66.9

DB Russ Yeast-62.5

DE Casey Toolhill-59.3

DB Damon Arnette-58.6

DB Jaylin Smith-56.2

DL Tommy Togiai-47.0

DL Haggai Ndubuisi-46.7

LB Jake Hanson-46.4

DB Arthur Maluet-38.4

LB Nick Niemann-37.4

DL Marlon Davidson-32.4

EJ Speed is perfect Swarm material and was our highest graded player. He’ll likely see a decent amount of snaps in the linebacker rotation. While Jamal Hill got all the attention, KC Ossai also had a really nice game, and once he was taken out, our run defense struggled mightily. I’m surprised Myles Bryant had such a high grade, especially considering he didn’t seemingly play all that well. Marlon Davidson surprisingly was our worst graded player on defense, but looking back on it, our 3rd/4th string defensive line graded really poorly and was our worst graded group as a whole. They had no consistent pass rush and struggled to fill in the holes in the run game.