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Cincinnati Bengals — 2021
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Team grade · 2021
67.1
Overall
72 pct
64.6
Offense
69
61.4
Defense
66
62.5
S. Teams
69
Position breakdown
Offense
QB
74
OL
22
Starting lineup
4-2-5 Nickel
FS
Jessie Bates
›
35.1
SS
Ricardo Allen
›
Full roster
all
offense
defense
Special teams
#
Player
▼
Pos
▼
▼
GP / GS
▼
Snaps
▼
Grade
Pct
1
Trey Hendrickson
›
EDGE
16
/ 13
760
86.0
96
2
Ja'Marr Chase
›
WR
17
/ 16
939
84.9
98
3
Larry Ogunjobi
›
iDL
16
/ 15
790
79.8
91
4
B.J. Hill
›
iDL
16
/ 8
573
79.2
90
5
Joe Burrow
›
QB
16
/ 16
1,007
78.1
91
6
Chidobe Awuzie
›
CB
14
/ 13
824
69.8
86
7
Tee Higgins
›
WR
14
/ 14
710
67.9
91
8
Sam Hubbard
›
EDGE
16
/ 16
949
62.5
75
9
C.J. Uzomah
›
TE
16
/ 16
906
60.4
79
10
Tyler Boyd
›
WR
16
/ 16
811
58.6
71
11
Evan McPherson
›
K
16
/ 3
172
57.2
54
12
Markus Bailey
›
low volume
LB
16
/ 12
484
56.4
73
13
Eli Apple
›
CB
16
/ 15
1,015
55.5
64
14
Kevin Huber
›
P
17
/ 0
151
54.8
58
15
Samaje Perine
›
low volume
RB
16
/ 15
548
52.5
51
16
Logan Wilson
›
LB
13
/ 12
803
51.0
64
17
Germaine Pratt
›
LB
15
/ 11
842
48.1
55
18
Joe Mixon
›
RB
16
/ 15
697
45.1
49
19
Vonn Bell
›
S
16
/ 16
1,075
42.7
30
20
Akeem Davis-Gaither
›
low volume
LB
9
/ 8
358
39.2
16
21
Cameron Sample
›
low volume
EDGE
14
/ 2
323
37.5
35
22
DJ Reader
›
iDL
15
/ 12
656
36.7
33
23
Mike Hilton
›
CB
17
/ 14
805
36.5
26
24
Jessie Bates
›
S
15
/ 15
1,018
35.1
14
25
Vernon Hargreaves III
›
CB
12
/ 5
440
32.7
18
26
Tre Flowers
›
CB
16
/ 7
597
27.6
11
27
Wyatt Ray
›
low volume
EDGE
15
/ 1
288
24.0
6
28
Brandon Allen
›
low volume
QB
6
/ 1
92
23.4
15
29
Josh Tupou
›
iDL
17
/ 3
467
17.7
1
30
Quinton Spain
›
OL
16
/ 15
1,073
—
—
31
Trey Hopkins
›
OL
15
/ 15
950
—
—
32
Riley Reiff
›
OL
12
/ 12
764
—
—
33
Drew Sample
›
TE
17
/ 4
658
—
—
34
Hakeem Adeniji
›
OL
9
/ 8
583
—
—
35
Jackson Carman
›
OL
17
/ 8
541
—
—
36
Isaiah Prince
›
OL
15
/ 4
448
—
—
37
Stanley Morgan
›
WR
17
/ 17
447
—
—
38
Clay Johnston
›
LB
13
/ 12
329
—
—
39
Mitchell Wilcox
›
TE
15
/ 13
323
—
—
40
Joe Bachie
›
LB
9
/ 7
307
—
—
41
Ricardo Allen
›
S
14
/ 1
280
—
—
42
Trey Hill
›
OL
13
/ 3
273
—
—
43
Mike Thomas
›
WR
12
/ 4
259
—
—
44
Trae Waynes
›
CB
5
/ 4
246
—
—
45
Michael Thomas
›
S
8
/ 7
230
—
—
46
Darius Phillips
›
CB
12
/ 3
219
—
—
47
Brandon Wilson
›
S
9
/ 7
215
—
—
48
Chris Evans
›
RB
14
/ 2
211
—
—
49
Damion Square
›
iDL
9
/ 1
195
—
—
50
Jalen Davis
›
CB
16
/ 0
168
—
—
51
Clark Harris
›
LS
17
/ 0
150
—
—
52
Chris Myarick
›
TE
8
/ 0
149
—
—
53
Auden Tate
›
WR
7
/ 1
148
—
—
54
Jordan Evans
›
LB
5
/ 4
145
—
—
55
Jonah Williams
›
OL
8
/ 0
137
—
—
56
Xavier Su'a-Filo
›
OL
2
/ 2
132
—
—
57
Zach Kerr
›
iDL
7
/ 0
121
—
—
58
Khalid Kareem
›
EDGE
7
/ 1
119
—
—
59
Austin Calitro
›
LB
5
/ 5
117
—
—
60
Keandre Jones
›
LB
5
/ 5
99
—
—
61
Trenton Irwin
›
WR
7
/ 1
98
—
—
62
Fred Johnson
›
OL
5
/ 1
95
—
—
63
Trayvon Henderson
›
S
2
/ 1
86
—
—
64
Trayveon Williams
›
RB
5
/ 1
83
—
—
65
Mike Daniels
›
iDL
2
/ 1
70
—
—
66
Trent Taylor
›
WR
4
/ 0
62
—
—
67
Noah Spence
›
EDGE
2
/ 1
61
—
—
68
D'Ante Smith
›
OL
2
/ 1
52
—
—
69
Tyler Shelvin
›
iDL
3
/ 1
50
—
—
70
Renell Wren
›
iDL
1
/ 1
43
—
—
71
Elliott Fry
›
K
2
/ 1
22
—
—
72
Keaton Sutherland
›
OL
1
/ 0
17
—
—
73
Doug Costin
›
iDL
1
/ 0
15
—
—
74
Pooka Williams Jr.
›
RB
1
/ 0
8
—
—
75
Mason Schreck
›
TE
1
/ 0
5
—
—
76
Scotty Washington
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
77
Lamont Gaillard
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
78
Dan Godsil
›
LS
0
/ 0
—
—
—
79
Elijah Holyfield
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
80
Jake Browning
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
81
Donnie Lewis
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
82
Holton Hill
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
83
Colin Holba
›
LS
0
/ 0
—
—
—
84
Winston Rose
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
85
Joseph Ossai
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
86
Wyatt Hubert
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
87
Drue Chrisman
›
P
0
/ 0
—
—
—
88
Gunnar Vogel
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
89
Thaddeus Moss
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
90
John Brannon
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
WR
71
RB
47
TE
60
Defense
EDGE
63
CB
48
LB
49
S
39
iDL
57
Special teams
K
57
P
55
Overall grade trend
Snap-weighted aggregate of the player grades on this team, by position, weighted into Offense / Defense / Special-teams (see
methodology
).
47.5
*
SLOT CB
Mike Hilton
›
36.5
LB
Markus Bailey
›
56.4
LB
Austin Calitro
›
71.3
*
LCB
Eli Apple
›
55.5
EDGE
Sam Hubbard
›
62.5
iDL
Josh Tupou
›
17.7
iDL
Cameron Sample
›
37.5
EDGE
Khalid Kareem
›
29.3
*
RCB
Tre Flowers
›
27.6
WR1
Tee Higgins
›
67.9
OL
22.0
LT
—
LG
Smith
C
Hill
RG
Adeniji
RT
—
TE
C.J. Uzomah
›
60.4
WR2
Mike Thomas
›
19.8
*
QB
Joe Burrow
›
78.1
RB
Samaje Perine
›
52.5
Special teams
K
Evan McPherson
›
57.2
P
Kevin Huber
›
54.8
Offense
QB
Joe Burrow
›
78.1
RB
Samaje Perine
›
52.5
WR1
Tee Higgins
›
67.9
WR2
Mike Thomas
›
19.8
*
TE
C.J. Uzomah
›
60.4
Offensive line
Team grade
22.0
LT
—
LG
Smith
C
Hill
RG
Adeniji
RT
—
Defense
EDGE
Sam Hubbard
›
62.5
iDL
Josh Tupou
›
17.7
iDL
Cameron Sample
›
37.5
EDGE
Khalid Kareem
›
29.3
*
LB
Special teams
K
Evan McPherson
›
57.2
P
Kevin Huber
›
54.8
Markus Bailey
›
56.4
LB
Austin Calitro
›
71.3
*
LCB
Eli Apple
›
55.5
SLOT CB
Mike Hilton
›
36.5
RCB
Tre Flowers
›
27.6
FS
Jessie Bates
›
35.1
SS
Ricardo Allen
›
47.5
*