As one might expect from a 16-10 defeat, most of the top-graded players from the Cleveland Browns in the Week 12 loss to the Baltimore Ravens come from the defensive side of the ball. Pro Football Focus issued seven of its 10 highest grades to players on the Cleveland defense from the loss.
The top-graded Browns defender was safety Grant Delpit. His 91.1 grade edges out rookie LB Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah, who earned an 88.1 overall score for his excellent effort in Baltimore.
Interestingly, PFF does not credit Delpit with the coverage on Baltimore’s touchdown pass from Lamar Jackson to Mark Andrews despite him being the only Browns defender in the vicinity. That certainly helps prop up Delpit’s grade.
On offense, left guard Joel Bitonio was one of the few Browns players who earned a good grade. Bitonio scored 89.5 overall in 60 snaps, best on the offense. Tight ends Harrison Bryant (82.0) and David Njoku (77.4) were the only other offensive players to top 70 in overall grades.
The rest of the top 10 Browns from the game, via PFF:
- Delpit 91.1
- Bitonio 89.5
- Owusu-Koramoah 88.1
- Bryant 82.0
- LB Malcolm Smith 78.0
- CB Greg Newsome 77.7
- S John Johnson III 77.7
- Njoku 77.4
- DE Myles Garrett 73.2
- LB Sione Takitaki 72.1
Those are the initial grades. There is potential for Njoku’s grade to drop after the PFF analysts review the game tape another time; he was not credited with a drop initially despite a fairly obvious dropped pass in the game.