Cardinals' Week 1 PFF Grades:

by Walter Mitchell

Top Dawg Week 1: CB Will Johnson --- 90.2

photo: Arizona Sports

The 70-90 Club (Very Good - Elite):

Walter B J Mitchell
@WBJMItch
Promote
Cardinals Week 1 70-90 PFF Club: 1-0 Baby! * Will Johnson --- 90.2 --- D * Rabbit --- 80.4 --- D * Dortcher Chamber --- 79.7 --- STs * ADG (yeah you know me) --- 78.0 --- D * Budda --- 75.4 --- D * Sweaty --- 74.5 --- D * LJ Collier --- 73.5 --- D * MHJ --- 72.3 --- O * Zaven --- 72.3 --- STs * ADG --- 72.0 --- STs * PJJ --- 71.2 --- O * Burch Tree --- 70.2 --- D * T-Vo --- 70.0 --- STs
Last edited
433
Views

The 60s Club (So-So - Above Average):

* Trey McBride --- 69.4
* Max Melton --- 69.2
* Zaven Collins --- 68.4
* Hjalte Froholdt --- 67.2
* Kyler Murray --- 65.5
* James Conner --- 64.5
* Garrett Williams --- 61.9
* Calais Campbell --- 61.2

Subpar Grades:

* Trey Benson --- 59.6
* Elijah Higgins --- 58.0
* Baron Browning --- 56.1
* Dalvin Tomlinson --- 56.0
* Michael Wison --- 55.6
* Dante Stills --- 55.0 (I am surprised at this one because of the 3 great stops he made)
* Mack Wilson Sr. --- 54.4 (35.9 RDEF, 61.7 COV)
* Greg Dortch --- 53.8
* Tip Reiman --- 53.2
* Zay Jones --- 52.5
* Travis Vokolek --- 50.3
* Evan Brown --- 48.0
* Darius Robinson --- 46.2
* PJ Mustipher --- 45.5
* Isaiah Adams --- 41.6

The Professor's Astute Take:


The Cardinal Rule
@jokomo13
PFF run blocking grades for the Cardinals starting offensive line: PJJ 55.8 Evan Brown 39.6 Froholdt 69.4 Isaiah Adams 43.1 Jonah Williams 40.2 Conner and Benson had their work cut out for them.
1,491
Views

Add these run blocking grades:

* MHJ --- 60.1
* TMB --- 45.6
* Tip --- 49.6
* Higgy --- 62.4
*Vokolek --- 56.4
* Wilson --- 54.0
* Zay Jo --- 60.1

It's one game --- but --- we have all been wishing and hoping that new OL coach Justin Frye could pick up where Klayton Adams left off. 

Cowboys' Run Blocking versus PHI in Klayton Adams' 1st game as OC/running game coordinator:

* TE Spann-Ford --- 89.9
* C Beebe --- 71.1
* T Steele --- 71.9
* TE Schoonmaker --- 66.0
* G Booker --- 50.9
* T Guyton --- 53.9

The eye test from the get-go versus the Saints was the Cardinals' offensive line was not getting off the ball nearly as physically, quickly or aggressively as they did the past two years under Klayton Adams. 

Is it too soon to be concerned?










Comments

  1. JethroBodineSeptember 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM

    "Is it too soon to be concerned?" Absolutely. The starters really didn't play much in pre-season so this was their first full game in a while. That said, some parts of this team looked really good.

    ReplyDelete
  2. RedrunSeptember 8, 2025 at 3:21 PM

    I am not overly concerned as it was a single game (1st game for starters all playing together), but it definitely highlights what we saw in-game. Our run game (excluding Kyler & one long gain by Benson) averaged 2.9yd / carry. Brown & Adams had 'rough' days. Good news is Hernandez is a known product if Adams continues to struggle.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Image
 Clayton Tune: The Fateful Path of an NFL Legacy by Walter Mitchell photo: @azcardinals.com via Instagram During the second night of the 2023 NFL Draft, Clayton Tune received a call from the Green Bay Packers. The Packers wanted to assure Clayton of their interest in drafting the University of Houston quarterback at some point on day three.  When the Arizona Cardinals selected Clayton Tune with the #139 pick a day later, he was surprised, given that the Cardinals had not expressed any significant interest in him during the pre-draft process. The Cardinals were not one of the six teams that brought him in for 30 visits (Texans, Saints, Browns, Steelers, Bucs, Giants). Tune had also been given a private workout by the Rams. The eventual link the Cardinals had to Clayton Tune was that Israel Woolfork was one of his coaches at the Senior Bowl. At that time, Woolfork had just finished his second year of a Bill Walsh/Bill Willis coaching fellowship with the Cleveland Browns.  A...
Read more
Image
 Was Will Johnson's Red and White Interception Staged? by Walter Mitchell photo thanks to Tyler Drake at Arizona Sports Cardinals' 2nd round pick, CB Will Johnson of Michigan, is off to a fabulous start just 10 days into training camp.  Will Johnson has come to the Cardinals just as advertised. He is a keenly instinctive zone cover corner who reads his man and the QB extremely well, which enables him to jump routes and make timely pass breakups and interceptions.  In man coverage, he lacks the requisite recovery speed to stay sticky on speedy receivers. But that's ok, as long as the coaches match him up with receivers whom he can run stride for stride with.  We have yet to see whether the 2024 concerns about Will Johnson's tackling, which may have been due to injuries. With him presumably taking over Sean Murphy-Bunting's starting role, the coaches will have to hope that he tackles way better than SMB (29.4 2024 PFF tackling grade). If you look at Will's 2023 ga...
Read more
Image
  Drew Petzing Deserves More Praise Than Derision                                       image courtesy of @azcardinals.com By Walter Mitchell On X yesterday, there was this chance for Cardinals' fans to grade Jonathan Gannon, Drew Petzing and Nick Rallis thanks to @BirdmanofAZ. Bird Droppings @BirdmanofAZ Bye week report card.......coaching staff Jonathan Gannon ________ Drew Petzing ________ Nick Rallis ________ Here are the average results thus far of the fans' grades: Jonathan Gannon: D Drew Petzing: F Nick Rallis: C Why is it that Drew Petzing has drawn such abject scorn from Cardinals' fans? Going back to last year, the PHNX Cardinals media site has been waging a daily campaign to see Drew Petzing get fired, that is if he can't coach up a weekly magical connection between Kyler Murray and Marvin Harrison Jr. This season, in light of Kyler Murray's inconsistencies and Marvin Harriso...
Read more