Seems to show similar to what I was thinking, -30.3 in pass blocking -1.1 run blocking with all the starters being bad in pass blocking and good in run blocking. According to these numbers the only bright spots on offense are Foster, Fitz, Andre, and Nuk (only in the pass game).
PFF is useful but also flawed. I don't see eye to eye with their grades a decent chunk of the time. Hopefully they keep improving it or someone comes along with something better in the near future.
Ranks of our players (of all players taking 50%+ of the snaps) QB: Ryan Fitzpatrick (12th out of 28) HB: Arian Foster (T-6th out of 21) FB: None qualify WR: Andre Johnson (T-13th out of 74) and DeAndre Hopkins (38th out of 74) TE: Garrett Graham (24th out of 32) T: Duane Brown (31st out of 58) and Derek Newton (T-37 out of 74) G: Brandon Brooks (22nd out of 59) and Ben Jones (T-40 out of 59) C: Chris Myers (14th out of 30) 3-4 DE: JJ Watt: (1st out of 26, more than double 2nd place) NT: None qualify 3-4 OLB: Whitney Mercilus (20th out of 32) and Brooks Reed (21st out of 32) ILB: Brian Cushing (29th out of 36) CB: Kareem Jackson (T-9th out of 68) and Jonathon Joseph (T-44th out of 68) S: Kendrick Lewis (11th out of 61) and DJ Swearinger (T-37th out of 61)
Hah, requested as I was typing the above post. Enjoy. I would update the original post with all of this but unfortunately it's been too long to edit. Maybe a mod can help out?
So, the good: Watt, Foster, Andre, Kareem, Kendrick Lewis The bad- Cushing, Mercilus, Reed, Graham, Ben Jones, JJo, Swearinger The meh- everyone else
Oh don't leave off the O line when you are listing the bad, they clearly have red negative ratings ranging from kind of bad to really really terrible when it comes to pass blocking.
Hopefully we can extend K Jack at a reasonable rate... he has shown he is clearly the best corner on the team and one of the better ones in the league.
I put Ben Jones in there. The rest were meh. Brooks was almost top 3rd while the others were right in the middle.
It is frightful to think how bad the defense would be without Watt. Other than Kareem and Lewis, we have no other full-time players with positive grades.
So looking at these numbers. Change your opinion of Bob's coaching? We've been competitive in every game except perhaps the Giants game.