Rankings 2022 PFF Roster Rankings (1 Viewer)

[dutar76]

Updated NFL roster rankings for all 32 teams for 2022: Strengths, weaknesses and X factors for every starting lineup

PFF stacks the most complete rosters from top to bottom after the preseason, with Super Bowl contenders leading the way.

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Saints come in at #11

11. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS​

Biggest strength: New Orleans' defense ranked second in EPA per play during the 2021 regular season, behind only the Bills. The Saints are running largely the same group back in 2022 outside of safety, where Tyrann Mathieu and Marcus Maye are replacing Marcus Williams and Malcolm Jenkins. Impact players at all three levels should make it one of the stingier defenses in the league again this season, particularly against the run. The only team to allow fewer yards per run play than the Saints since 2019 is Tampa Bay.

Biggest weakness: The Saints locked in their left tackle of the future, Trevor Penning, in the 2022 NFL draft, but there could be some growing pains when it comes to replacing Terron Armstead. Penning was a dominant run blocker in his final season at Northern Iowa in 2021, earning a 99.9 run-blocking grade. However, he'll be making the jump from FCS to NFL competition as a rookie and had trouble with penalties at the college level. Whether it's Penning or James Hurst starting the season on the left side, New Orleans can expect a step back at the position.

X factor for 2022: Michael Thomas set the single-season receptions record with 149 catches in 2019. Since that point, he has played fewer than 500 offensive snaps and caught just 40 regular-season passes in two campaigns. The Saints did a good job of bolstering what profiled as one of the weaker receiving corps in the league entering this offseason with the Chris Olave and Jarvis Landry additions, but they need Thomas to get back to the level he was playing at prior to 2020 in order to really flourish as a unit.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

Updated NFL roster rankings for all 32 teams for 2022: Strengths, weaknesses and X factors for every starting lineup

PFF stacks the most complete rosters from top to bottom after the preseason, with Super Bowl contenders leading the way.

www.pff.com

Saints come in at #11

11. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS​

Biggest strength: New Orleans' defense ranked second in EPA per play during the 2021 regular season, behind only the Bills. The Saints are running largely the same group back in 2022 outside of safety, where Tyrann Mathieu and Marcus Maye are replacing Marcus Williams and Malcolm Jenkins. Impact players at all three levels should make it one of the stingier defenses in the league again this season, particularly against the run. The only team to allow fewer yards per run play than the Saints since 2019 is Tampa Bay.

Biggest weakness: The Saints locked in their left tackle of the future, Trevor Penning, in the 2022 NFL draft, but there could be some growing pains when it comes to replacing Terron Armstead. Penning was a dominant run blocker in his final season at Northern Iowa in 2021, earning a 99.9 run-blocking grade. However, he'll be making the jump from FCS to NFL competition as a rookie and had trouble with penalties at the college level. Whether it's Penning or James Hurst starting the season on the left side, New Orleans can expect a step back at the position.

X factor for 2022: Michael Thomas set the single-season receptions record with 149 catches in 2019. Since that point, he has played fewer than 500 offensive snaps and caught just 40 regular-season passes in two campaigns. The Saints did a good job of bolstering what profiled as one of the weaker receiving corps in the league entering this offseason with the Chris Olave and Jarvis Landry additions, but they need Thomas to get back to the level he was playing at prior to 2020 in order to really flourish as a unit.

Are the numbers grades? I don’t keep up with PFF (or any of the sports sites and such). If those are grades then Davis is way too low.

 

[dutar76]

Are the numbers grades? I don’t keep up with PFF (or any of the sports sites and such). If those are grades then Davis is way too low.

PFF grades are weird. They're very subjective and do not account for any sort of context.

But they are useful to fans. ex: if they prove your point, then they're gospel. If you disagree with them, they're trash.

Perfect fan-fodder. Mostly just for talking points. I don't recommend using PFF grades to pick your fantasy team. lol

 

[Mamba]

Absurd. And par for the course.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

PFF grades are weird. They're very subjective and do not account for any sort of context.

But they are useful to fans. ex: if they prove your point, then they're gospel. If you disagree with them, they're trash.

Perfect fan-fodder. Mostly just for talking points. I don't recommend using PFF grades to pick your fantasy team. lol

That was funny. Thank you for breaking it down lol.

 

[Smokedacane]

So 2x 2nd team all-pro (2020, 2021) LB Roquan Smith has a PFF score of 47.1????