Giants PFF grades: Best and worst performers from Week 3 loss vs. 49ers
The New York Giants continued their prime-time struggles on Thursday night, falling to the San Francisco 49ers, 30-12, at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.
With the loss, the Giants fall to 1-2 on the season and now face another prime-time game in Week 4 against the Seattle Seahawks.
Between now and then, the Giants have to heal up and clean up a lot of their poor play, which was once again on full display against the 49ers and reflected in the Pro Football Focus grades.
Here’s a look at the best and worst performers from the Week 3 defeat.
Top 5 offense
WR Darius Slayton (69.3)
WR Wan’Dale Robinson (67.3)
RB Gary Brightwell (66.0)
RB Matt Breida (64.7)
OL Matt Peart (63.0)
Bottom 5 offense
OL Joshua Ezeudu (27.2)
OL Markus McKethan (28.3)
OL Shane Lemieux (31.6)
OL John Michael Schmitz (33.8)
QB Tyrod Taylor (41.9)
Top 5 defense
NT Dexter Lawrence (90.3)
DL Leonard Williams (89.6)
DL D.J. Davidson (87.8)
CB Adoree’ Jackson (67.6)
CB Darnay Holmes (66.1)
Bottom 5 defense
LB Kayvon Thibodeaux (28.4)
LB Boogie Basham (32.1)
CB Tre Hawkins (38.7)
DT Rakeem Nunez-Roches (43.4)
LB Micah McFadden (46.7)
Top 5 special teams
CB Darnay Holmes (73.5)
LB Cam Brown (68.1)
LS Casey Kreiter (64.2)
LB Carter Coughlin (62.6)
LB Isaiah Simmons (62.1)
Bottom 5 special teams
TE Daniel Bellinger (40.5)
S Dane Belton (54.3)
DB Nick McCloud (56.1)
RB Gary Brightwell (56.5)
LB Boogie Basham (57.0)
Other notables
TE Darren Waller (59.6)
QB Daniel Jones (55.0)
WR Jalin Hyatt (53.7)
OL Evan Neal (45.3)
CB Deonte Banks (65.2)
S Xavier McKinney (60.2)
LB Bobby Okereke (51.4)