Just how helpful are the player grades from Pro Football Focus? The analytics service uses a subjective process to summarize entire games, seasons, and even careers into quantifiable numbers, and the results can be hit-or-miss.
But they are a useful start point for keying in on the New Orleans Saints’ best and worst performers. As players log more snaps on the field, they’ll naturally be involved with more positive and negative plays, which get tallied up and into a final number. You should always watch the tape and decide these things for yourself, but this can at least get you pointed in the right direction.
With that said: these are lowest-graded players on defense who have recorded at least 100 snaps: