PFF Team Rankings After Week 4

[River Dog]

I gotta get my money's worth out of this subscription, so here's some more stuff from PFF. Keep in mind that these were done after last night's Rams-Niners game:

Passing: #3. Top Ranked: Rams
Pass Blocking: #10. Top Ranked: Broncos
Receiving: #1. Top Ranked: Seahawks
Rushing: #6. Top Ranked: Chargers.
Run Blocking: #15. Top Ranked: Bills
Overall Offense: #2. Top Ranked: Rams.

Run Defense: #5. Top Ranked: Browns
Tackling: #29. Top Ranked: Steelers
Pass Rush: #11. Top Ranked: Browns
Coverage: #14. Top Ranked: Chiefs
Overall Defense: #8. Top Ranked: Browns.

Special Teams: #5. Top Ranked: Commanders

At a glance, some of these rankings don't make a lot of sense. For example, how can we be ranked 5th in run defense and 8th in overall defense but we're ranked 29th in tackling? The answer is that the tackling numbers can easily get skewed, especially early in the season where the sample sizes are smaller. For example, there was a 60-yard catch and run play in the Steelers game where I swear that every player on our defense whiffed. One or two of those plays can have a huge effect on a team's cumulative tackling grade.