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PFF Gives Aaron Rodgers Negative Grade For Week 3

Sep 29, 2015 12:05 PM

Aaron Rodgers had an overall grade of -0.8 by Pro Football Focus.

Rodgers had 333 passing yards, five touchdowns, no interceptions and a 138.5 passer rating, which are simply video game numbers.

But PFF three of his touchdowns were thrown short of the end zone on speed outs to Randall Cobb that make for a zero-graded throw.

Rodgers had a fumble in the second quarter that earned a negative grade and he also had a throw early in the third quarter that should have been a pick-six for the Kansas City Chiefs.

"The greatness of Rodgers’ performance last night was in the intangibles," writes Stockwell. "Recognizing the blitz, drawing the defense offsides, catching the Chiefs in bad situations and exploiting those scenarios with simple passes to open receivers. But you cannot — and we do not try to — quantify intangibles, or what comes pre-snap. Our system grades what can be graded — the execution of the play post-snap — and in that regard Rodgers did not stand out in the same way that his statistics did."

Ben Stockwell/Pro Football Focus

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Jimmy Graham Unhappy With Lack Of Targets

Sep 24, 2015 12:02 PM

Jimmy Graham is not happy with his lack of targets over his first two weeks with the Seattle Seahawks, according to Mike Freeman of Bleacher Report.

Graham has been targeted on just 13 percent of his routes compared to 32 percent last season with the New Orleans Saints.

Graham has just 62 receiving yards.

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Broncos Remain 'Committed' To Gary Kubiak's Offense

Sep 25, 2015 12:23 PM

The Denver Broncos plan to stay committed to Gary Kubiak's playbook despite struggles by Peyton Manning and their switch to the up-tempo, shotgun-style offense.

"You stay committed to what you believe in," Kubiak said this week, per ESPN.com's Jeff Legwold. "We're going to get where we want to go offensively if we stay committed to something. We believe in what we're doing, been doing it a long time, we just got to get better at how we're doing it. As coaches that always starts with us. You don't run away from something, you keep working at it."

The Broncos have lost their big play ability this season.

"I think there's always going to be an adjustment, every season is going to bring an adjustment," Manning said. "I think no matter what's occurred in the offseason you're going to have new players in new positions and you're always going to be trying new things, it's certainly going to be an adjustment, I think that's fair. ... As long as we continue to work and improve, that's what we said all along, that's what we said we were going to do and that's what we will do."

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Cowboys Want Running Game Opponents Must Respect

Sep 2, 2015 12:55 PM

Jerry Jones believes the strength of the Dallas Cowboys' offensive line will allow Joseph Randle and Darren McFadden to be productive at running back.

The goal is to have a running game opponents must respect.

"Even if we're in that game, even if they've done a good job of taking it away from us a little bit, even if we're having to throw more, the word is respect," Jones said, via the Dallas Morning News. "If we can get defenses to compromise what they do their best to have to work on something that we can do because we have a running game, then we've accomplished something going into the game."

The Cowboys are replacing DeMarco Murray this season, who left in free agency to join the Philadelphia Eagles.

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