With the Detroit Lions' preseason Week 2 game against the Kansas City Chiefs in the books, it's time to take a look at the Lions' best and worst performers based on the grades from Pro Football Focus.
The highest-graded player on either side of the ball was linebacker Abraham Beauplan (90.1), who was signed a little over a week ago. Beauplan tallied two tackles for loss and recovered a fumble in the 24-23 win.
On offense, another new Lion earned the highest grade in offensive lineman Jamarco Jones, who allowed one pressure in his preseason debut.
Now, a look at the best and worst Pro Football Focus grades for the Lions in several categories.
Detroit Lions best and worst PFF grades
Top-10 overall grades: Offense
OL Jamarco Jones: 86.0
QB Hendon Hooker: 83.3
WR Tom Kennedy: 82.1
WR Isaiah Williams: 76.6
RB Zonovan Knight: 70.8
OG Michael Niese: 70.1
WR Maurice Alexander: 70.0
WR Jalon Calhoun: 68.1
RB Craig Reynolds: 68.1
RB Sione Vaki: 67.0
Bottom-5 overall grades: Offense
RB Jake Funk: 38.9
C Kingsley Eguakun: 49.6
QB Nate Sudfeld: 50.5
WR Donovan Peoples-Jones: 51.1
TE James Mitchell: 52.3
Top-10 overall grades: Defense
LB Abraham Beauplan: 90.1
DB Loren Strickland: 84.1
LB Ben Niemann: 82.6
LB Ty Summers: 79.2
DE Josh Paschal: 78.7
CB Khalil Dorsey: 77.3
CB Kindle Vildor: 75.4
LB Jalen Reeves-Maybin: 72.1
CB Amik Robertson: 65.4
LB Mitchell Agude: 62.7
Bottom-5 overall grades: Defense
LB Malik Jefferson: 27.1
DL Mathieu Betts: 39.0
DE Isaac Ukwu: 40.9
S Chris Smith: 44.2
S C.J. Moore: 47.0
Pass-blocking grades (OL only)
OT Giovanni Manu: 85.6
C Duke Clemens: 84.2
OG Jake Burton: 84.2
OL Colby Sorsdal: 83.9
OL Jamarco Jones: 82.5 (1 pressure)
C Bryan Hudson: 81.4
OG Kayode Awosika: 80.5 (1 pressure)
OG Michael Niese: 74.8
OT Dan Skipper: 46.5
C Kingsley Eguakun: 19.8 (2 pressures)
Run-blocking grades (OL only)
OL Jamarco Jones: 88.9
C Bryan Hudson: 67.2
OG Michael Niese: 65.3
C Kingsley Eguakun: 62.9
OT Dan Skipper: 60.0
OG Jake Burton: 59.6
OG Kayode Awosika: 56.2
C Duke Clemens: 47.7
OT Giovanni Manu: 47.0
OL Colby Sorsdal: 46.0
Top-5 coverage grades
CB Khalil Dorsey: 81.7
LB Mitchell Agude: 78.6
LB Abraham Beauplan: 77.1
CB Kindle Vildor: 75.8
DB Loren Strickland: 74.2
Bottom-5 coverage grades
LB Malik Jefferson: 29.1
DL Mathieu Betts: 43.8
CB Javelin Guidry: 44.8
S C.J. Moore: 47.6
S Ifeatu Melifonwu: 50.8
Top-5 pass-rush grades
LB Abraham Beauplan: 83.6
DE Josh Paschal: 73.0
LB Ben Niemann: 67.6
LB Ty Summers: 67.5
S Ifeatu Melifonwu: 59.5
Bottom-5 pass-rush grades
DL Mekhi Wingo: 48.5
DL Patrick O'Connor: 51.6
DL Brodric Martin: 53.9
DE Isaac Ukwu: 54.1
LB Mitchell Agude: 54.3
