PFF ranks the Giants LB corps 5th overall

[MightyGiants]

5. NEW YORK GIANTS
The Giants are solid at their starting linebacker spots. Bobby Okereke's 78.9 PFF grade ranked 13th at the position in 2023, and Micah McFadden came in at No. 46 in his second season in the league. They also have Isaiah Simmons, who hasn't lived up to his billing as a top-10 draft pick but was a useful depth player for the team last year, earning an 82.7 PFF coverage grade on 203 snaps.

https://www.pff.com/news/nfl-2024-linebacker-unit-rankings-new-york-jets-san-francisco-49ers

[DaveBrown74]

I guess this explains the 18th ranking for the D-line. They're using calling 3-4 OLB linebackers and just focusing on the three defensive linemen with their rankings. That's fair enough and technically accurate.

if you just take a simplistic view and average our 18th ranking for D line and our 5th ranking for linebackers, you get that we're something like 11th or 12th for front seven, according to PFF. Since there are technically four linebackers and three D linemen in a 3-4, then it's probably reasonable to give more weight to the 5th ranking for linebackers and call us a top 10 front seven in PFF's eyes.

BTW in no way am I saying PFF is some bible or anything like that. I'm just extrapolating their take to our whole front seven. It's not meant to be some huge endorsement of them.

[Ed Vette]

I guess this explains the 18th ranking for the D-line. They're using calling 3-4 OLB linebackers and just focusing on the three defensive linemen with their rankings. That's fair enough and technically accurate.

if you just take a simplistic view and average our 18th ranking for D line and our 5th ranking for linebackers, you get that we're something like 11th or 12th for front seven, according to PFF. Since there are technically four linebackers and three D linemen in a 3-4, then it's probably reasonable to give more weight to the 5th ranking for linebackers and call us a top 10 front seven in PFF's eyes.

BTW in no way am I saying PFF is some bible or anything like that. I'm just extrapolating their take to our whole front seven. It's not meant to be some huge endorsement of them.

"With the important caveat that we are looking only at off-ball linebackers here, not outside linebackers who are edge defenders, here are our 2024 rankings for every linebacker group in the NFL."

[DaveBrown74]

"With the important caveat that we are looking only at off-ball linebackers here, not outside linebackers who are edge defenders, here are our 2024 rankings for every linebacker group in the NFL."

Missed that-  thanks for clarifying.

This ranking surprises me then, as much as I like Okereke.