Bears' defensive line stood out in a major way despite the heart breaking loss based on the Week 8 PFF grades
The dust has long been settled on the Chicago Bears' Week 8 loss that ended in heart-breaking fashion after the Washington Commanders walked it off on a Hail Mary to win the game as time expired.These kind of losses are tough for any team and really the only thing you can do is pick yourself […]
The dust has long been settled on the Chicago Bears' Week 8 loss that ended in heart-breaking fashion after the Washington Commanders walked it off on a Hail Mary to win the game as time expired.
These kind of losses are tough for any team and really the only thing you can do is pick yourself up from the ground and learn from it.
Despite the loss, there's still plenty of good things that came out of Sunday's game, but a lot more that were bad. Here are the highest and lowest PFF graded players from the Bears loss to the Commanders.
Most Notable Grade:
Welcome back Jacob Martin.
The Bears veteran defensive end finally got to see his first action wearing a Chicago Bears uniform on Sunday after being activated from the injured reserve on Saturday.
In his first game of NFL action this season, Martin had the highest grade on defense, and on the entire team, with an 86.4 grade. Martin played 15 defensive snaps mixing in on the Bears' defensive line rotation and recorded three pressures, one QB hit, and one defensive stop. Not bad for only 15 snaps. We'll see if defensive coordinator Eric Washington starts giving the veteran more looks going forward.
Top-5 Grades:
Here's what the rest of the top grades looked like for the Bears on offense and defense. As you can see, the defense was dominated by the front with four defensive linemen representing the Top-5 highest grades on that side of the ball.
Offense:
LG Teven Jenkins – 83.1
WR Rome Odunze – 77.0
C Coleman Shelton – 73.3
WR DJ Moore – 68.2
RB D'Andre Swift – 67.2
Defense:
DE Jacob Martin – 86.4
DE Montez Sweat – 86.1
DT Byron Cowart – 82.2
DT Chris Williams – 79.5
LB Jack Sanborn – 76.3
Montez Sweat had a big game in his return to Washington recording six total pressures and two QB hits before leaving the game with an ankle injury. On the offensive side of the ball, left guard Teven Jenkins played well again but unfortunately suffered another injury that knocked him out of the game twice. The Bears WRs killed the Commanders and were constantly open, so it's no surprise to see Rome Odunze and DJ Moore posting top grades on offense despite combining for 12 touches for 88 total yards.
Bottom-5 Grades:
As for the lowest graded players of the game, it's not shocking to anyone to see cornerback Tyrique Stevenson at the bottom of the list. Even before letting his ego get to his head on the final play, Stevenson got torched by Terry McLaurin and had a horrible personal foul after poking a Commanders' offensive lineman. Bad game by the second-year defensive back.
Offense:
C/FB Doug Kramer Jr. – 41.9
LT Kiran Amegadjie – 48.4
LT Braxton Jones – 52.6
TE Gerald Everett – 55.2
QB Caleb Williams – 57.7
Defense:
CB Tyrique Stevenson – 38.2
S Elijah Hicks – 40.3
LB T.J. Edwards – 42.1
CB Josh Blackwell – 52.5
CB Jaylon Johnson – 54.6
On offense, Doug Kramer had the lowest grade after fumbling on a trick play trying to punch in a touchdown in the final quarter. Rookie Kiran Amegadjie was right behind him after struggling once entering the game for an injured Braxton Jones, although he had a great block on D'Andre Swift's huge TD run. And don't get me started on Gerald Everett. I'm absolutely tired of seeing his name among the worst graded players.
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