Following a 13-6 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pro Football Focus has released game grades for Denver Broncos players. PFF grades players on a 0 (worst) to 100 (best) scale. Check out the best and worst of Week 2 below.
Best Offensive Players
- RB Tyler Badie: 79.1
- WR Josh Reynolds: 77.6
- WR Lil’Jordan Humphrey: 67.4
- G Quinn Meinerz: 62.3
- RB Javonte Williams: 60.0
Williams getting the fifth-best grade on offense is a bit surprising given that he averaged just 1.5 yards per carry. PFF seems to be casting blame for that poor YPC average on the offensive line. Badie was productive on a small sample size of two touches. We’ll see if his utilization goes up next week.
Best Defensive Players
- LB Alex Singleton: 78.2
- OLB Jonah Elliss: 73.0
- DB Brandon Jones: 70.2
- DB P.J. Locke: 69.2
- CB Levi Wallace: 66.1
Singleton continues to anchor the defense and Elliss stepped up after Baron Browning left with an injury.
Worst Offensive Players
- TE/FB Nate Adkins: 37.9
- G Ben Powers: 42.7
- TE Greg Dulcich: 44.6
- OT Garett Bolles: 45.9
- QB Bo Nix: 46.8
Nix’s rushing grade (54.4) was unsurprisingly better than his passing grade (47.8). The offensive line had a poor showing overall and Dulcich had two drops.
Worst Defensive Players
- DL Jordan Jackson: 42.7
- DL D.J. Jones: 43.6
- CB Pat Surtain: 46.0
- DL John Franklin-Myers: 50.8
- LB Kristian Welch: 52.3
An uncharacteristically poor performance from PS2 and an extremely bad showing from the defensive line, which in part explains how Pittsburgh managed to rush for 141 yards.
Special Teams
- ST Michael Burton: 81.4
- ST Keidron Smith: 76.5
- ST Nate Adkins: 75.5
- P Riley Dixon: 65.1
- K Wil Lutz: 62.2 (FG) 60.0 (KO)
- R Marvin Mims: 60.4
Mims averaged 6.7 yards per punt return and he did not get an opportunity to return any kickoffs.
You can view grades for every player on the paid version of PFF’s website.
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