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New England Patriots — 2018
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New England Patriots
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Team grade · 2018
77.7
Overall
88 pct
74.5
Offense
84
69.3
Defense
84
45.5
S. Teams
38
Position breakdown
Offense
QB
63
OL
72
Starting lineup
4-3 Base
FS
Patrick Chung
›
39.7
SS
Duron Harmon
›
Full roster
all
offense
defense
Special teams
#
Player
▼
Pos
▼
▼
GP / GS
▼
Snaps
▼
Grade
Pct
1
Stephon Gilmore
›
CB
16
/ 16
1,015
87.7
100
2
J.C. Jackson
›
CB
13
/ 5
444
86.8
99
3
Trey Flowers
›
EDGE
15
/ 14
732
70.6
83
4
Josh Gordon
›
WR
12
/ 10
636
70.1
89
5
Elandon Roberts
›
low volume
LB
16
/ 4
510
68.9
92
6
Tom Brady
›
QB
16
/ 16
1,092
63.6
74
7
Julian Edelman
›
WR
12
/ 12
801
61.6
74
8
Cordarrelle Patterson
›
low volume
WR
15
/ 1
304
60.3
67
9
Duron Harmon
›
S
16
/ 12
641
60.0
74
10
Rob Gronkowski
›
TE
13
/ 13
842
59.5
79
11
Adrian Clayborn
›
low volume
EDGE
14
/ 1
318
57.4
57
12
Adam Butler
›
low volume
iDL
16
/ 3
511
56.1
67
13
Stephen Gostkowski
›
K
16
/ 4
177
51.8
48
14
James White
›
RB
16
/ 8
633
51.3
56
15
Chris Hogan
›
low volume
WR
16
/ 13
949
50.8
52
16
Deatrich Wise
›
EDGE
16
/ 4
493
46.7
45
17
Sony Michel
›
RB
13
/ 0
341
45.5
42
18
Kyle Van Noy
›
LB
16
/ 16
1,071
44.5
38
19
Lawrence Guy
›
iDL
16
/ 9
689
42.6
42
20
Jason McCourty
›
CB
16
/ 14
948
42.6
36
21
Jonathan Jones
›
CB
16
/ 12
775
41.7
32
22
Rex Burkhead
›
low volume
RB
8
/ 2
242
40.8
33
23
Brian Hoyer
›
low volume
QB
5
/ 0
27
40.5
29
24
Patrick Chung
›
S
15
/ 14
1,073
39.7
32
25
Phillip Dorsett
›
low volume
WR
16
/ 6
399
38.8
24
26
Dont'a Hightower
›
LB
15
/ 15
852
38.7
17
27
Ryan Allen
›
P
16
/ 0
147
37.0
31
28
Devin McCourty
›
S
16
/ 16
1,188
35.4
20
29
Danny Shelton
›
low volume
iDL
13
/ 3
422
28.7
15
30
Malcom Brown
›
iDL
15
/ 5
507
17.2
2
31
Joe Thuney
›
OL
16
/ 16
1,201
—
—
32
Trent Brown
›
OL
16
/ 16
1,171
—
—
33
David Andrews
›
OL
16
/ 16
1,105
—
—
34
Shaq Mason
›
OL
14
/ 14
1,025
—
—
35
Marcus Cannon
›
OL
13
/ 13
891
—
—
36
James Develin
›
RB
16
/ 1
556
—
—
37
Dwayne Allen
›
TE
13
/ 4
445
—
—
38
LaAdrian Waddle
›
OL
16
/ 4
411
—
—
39
Ramon Humber
›
LB
15
/ 15
338
—
—
40
Nate Ebner
›
CB
15
/ 14
330
—
—
41
Matthew Slater
›
WR
16
/ 16
322
—
—
42
Albert McClellan
›
LB
13
/ 13
294
—
—
43
Brandon King
›
LB
15
/ 15
281
—
—
44
John Simon
›
LB
11
/ 1
272
—
—
45
Ted Karras
›
OL
13
/ 2
232
—
—
46
Keionta Davis
›
EDGE
6
/ 1
185
—
—
47
Ja'Whaun Bentley
›
LB
3
/ 2
184
—
—
48
Jacob Hollister
›
TE
8
/ 2
156
—
—
49
Keion Crossen
›
CB
11
/ 0
152
—
—
50
Joe Cardona
›
LS
16
/ 0
147
—
—
51
Eric Rowe
›
CB
4
/ 1
136
—
—
52
Derek Rivers
›
EDGE
6
/ 0
81
—
—
53
Obi Melifonwu
›
CB
2
/ 1
45
—
—
54
Ufomba Kamalu
›
EDGE
2
/ 0
32
—
—
55
Riley McCarron
›
WR
1
/ 0
26
—
—
56
Brian Schwenke
›
OL
3
/ 0
25
—
—
57
Jeremy Hill
›
RB
1
/ 0
18
—
—
58
James Ferentz
›
OL
2
/ 0
16
—
—
59
Cole Croston
›
OL
2
/ 0
4
—
—
60
Stephen Anderson
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
61
K.J. Maye
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
62
Jace Billingsley
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
63
Devin Lucien
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
64
Malcolm Mitchell
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
65
Troy Niklas
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
66
Ulrick John
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
67
Matt Tobin
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
68
Eric Decker
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
69
Kenneth Farrow
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
70
Tony Adams
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
71
Isaiah Wynn
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
72
Duke Dawson
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
73
Damoun Patterson
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
74
Shane Wimann
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
75
Frank Herron
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
76
Trent Harris
›
EDGE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
77
Kenny Britt
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
78
A.J. Howard
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
79
Toby Weathersby
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
80
Ryan Izzo
›
TE
0
/ 0
—
—
—
81
Danny Etling
›
QB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
82
Braxton Berrios
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
83
Christian Sam
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
84
Henry Poggi
›
RB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
85
Dan Skipper
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
86
Jomal Wiltz
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
87
Calvin Munson
›
LB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
88
Nate Theaker
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
89
Damarius Travis
›
CB
0
/ 0
—
—
—
90
Jason King
›
OL
0
/ 0
—
—
—
91
Cody Hollister
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
92
Paul Turner
›
WR
0
/ 0
—
—
—
WR
57
RB
50
TE
60
Defense
EDGE
61
CB
65
LB
47
S
43
iDL
36
Special teams
K
52
P
37
Overall grade trend
Snap-weighted aggregate of the player grades on this team, by position, weighted into Offense / Defense / Special-teams (see
methodology
).
60.0
LB
Dont'a Hightower
›
38.7
LB
Albert McClellan
›
—
LB
Brandon King
›
—
LCB
Jason McCourty
›
42.6
iDL
Malcom Brown
›
17.2
iDL
Danny Shelton
›
28.7
RCB
Stephon Gilmore
›
87.7
WR1
Julian Edelman
›
61.6
SLOT
Matthew Slater
›
—
OL
71.7
LT
Brown
LG
Thuney
C
Andrews
RG
Mason
RT
Cannon
TE
Rob Gronkowski
›
59.5
WR2
Cordarrelle Patterson
›
60.3
QB
Tom Brady
›
63.6
RB
Sony Michel
›
45.5
Special teams
K
Stephen Gostkowski
›
51.8
P
Ryan Allen
›
37.0
Offense
QB
Tom Brady
›
63.6
RB
Sony Michel
›
45.5
WR1
Julian Edelman
›
61.6
WR2
Cordarrelle Patterson
›
60.3
SLOT
Matthew Slater
›
—
TE
Rob Gronkowski
›
59.5
Offensive line
Team grade
71.7
LT
Brown
LG
Thuney
C
Andrews
RG
Mason
RT
Cannon
Defense
iDL
Malcom Brown
›
17.2
iDL
Danny Shelton
›
28.7
LB
Dont'a Hightower
›
38.7
LB
Albert McClellan
›
—
LB
Special teams
K
Stephen Gostkowski
›
51.8
P
Ryan Allen
›
37.0
Brandon King
›
—
LCB
Jason McCourty
›
42.6
RCB
Stephon Gilmore
›
87.7
FS
Patrick Chung
›
39.7
SS
Duron Harmon
›
60.0