With the Detroit Lions' 2024 season-opener against the Los Angeles Rams in the books, it's time to take a look at the most notable Pro Football Focus grades and stats following the Lions' 26-20 overtime victory.
We begin in the pressures department, where the Lions recorded an unfathomable 27 in the win over Los Angeles. Leading the way, as you'd expect, was stud edge rusher Aidan Hutchinson, who had 11.
Right behind Hutchinson was 2024 free-agent signing, Marcus Davenport, who had six. Rounding out the top three was defensive lineman Levi Onwuzurike, who like Davenport and Hutchinson recorded one sack. Five other players recorded one pressure aside from those three.
Now, a look at the Lions' best and worst Pro Football Focus grades and stats from several different categories.
Detroit Lions PFF grades, stats for Week 1
Top-5 grades: Offense
RB David Montgomery: 86.6
WR Jameson Williams: 83.4
LG Graham Glasgow: 82.2
RT Penei Sewell: 78.9
C Frank Ragnow: 70.3
Bottom-5 grades: Offense
QB Jared Goff: 43.2
TE Brock Wright: 47.1
FB Parker Hesse: 47.2
WR Amon-Ra St. Brown: 51.1
WR Kalif Raymond: 54.9
Top-5 grades: Defense
DE Aidan Hutchinson: 94.0
LB Alex Anzalone: 79.0
LB Derrick Barnes: 77.1
S Kerby Joseph: 72.1
CB Carlton Davis: 68.4
Bottom-5 grades: Defense
DL Kyle Peko: 54.0
DB Brian Branch: 55.2
DL Mekhi Wingo: 57.0
LB Jack Campbell: 57.8
CB Terrion Arnold: 57.8
Pass protection report
LT Taylor Decker: 3 pressures, 1 sack
RG Kevin Zeitler: 2 pressures, 1 sack
RT Penei Sewell: 2 pressures
LG Graham Glasgow: 2 pressures
TE Sam LaPorta: 1 pressure
TE Brock Wright: 1 pressure
C Frank Ragnow: 1 pressure
Pass-rush report
DE Aidan Hutchinson: 11 pressures, 1 sack
DE Marcus Davenport: 6 pressures, 1 sack
DL Levi Onwuzurike: 5 pressures, 1 sack
DL Mekhi Wingo: 1 pressure
LB Jack Campbell: 1 pressure
DL Alim McNeill: 1 pressure
LB Derrick Barnes: 1 pressure
DL Kyle Peko: 1 pressure
Coverage report (Targets/Receptions/Yards/TDs/Grade)
CB Carlton Davis: 13/9/114/1/63.9
CB Terrion Arnold: 10/8/57/0/57.7
DB Brian Branch: 8/6/65/0/50.8
LB Alex Anzalone: 7/6/33/0/81.4
LB Jack Campbell: 3/3/24/0/47.0
S Kerby Joseph: 3/1/4/0/69.2 (INT)
CB Amik Robertson: 3/1/20/0/58.1
DE Aidan Hutchison: 1/0/0/0/60.0
