How Myles Garrett, Denzel Ward, and the rest of the Browns defense graded vs. the Steelers

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  • Published: Dec. 29, 2025, 12:27 p.m.

Cleveland Browns vs. Pittsburgh Steelers, December 28, 2025

Cleveland Browns protect extremity Myles Garrett puts unit connected Pittsburgh Steelers backmost Aaron Rodgers connected a walk play successful nan 2nd half. John Kuntz, cleveland.com

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The Browns defense dominated during Sunday’s 13-6 triumph complete nan Pittsburgh Steelers.

Here’s really nan defense graded according to Pro Football Focus:

(PFF grades every subordinate connected each play and uses a standard of 0-100, pinch higher grades indicating amended play. PFF has explained its grades this way: 100-90 elite; 89-85 Pro Bowler; 84-70 starter; 69-60 backup; 59-0 replaceable. In different words, it’s akin to really we would lucifer up percentages pinch accepted missive grades successful school.)

NOTE: Snap counts successful parentheses.

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DEFENSIVE END

Cameron Thomas: 71.5 (11)

Myles Garrett: 67.3 (62)

Alex Wright: 64.6 (48)

Adin Huntington: 53.9 (15)

Isaiah McGuire: 52.8 (11)

DEFENSIVE TACKLE

Mason Graham: 63.9 (52)

Michael Hall Jr.: 57.6 (19)

Shelby Harris: 51.5 (46)

LINEBACKER

Jerome Baker: 86.0 (12)

Devin Bush: 81.0 (50)

Mohamoud Diabate: 74.5 (14)

Carson Schwesinger: 52.2 (66)

CORNERBACK

Tyson Campbell: 90.1 (56)

Denzel Ward: 82.9 (66)

Tre Avery: 57.7 (29)

SAFETY

Grant Delpit: 72.6 (66)

Rayshawn Jenkins: 55.7 (36)

Ronnie Hickman Jr.: 48.5 (66)

Steelers’ Best Five Offensive Grades

Mason McCormick: 73.9 (66)

Pat Freiermuth: 69.7 (46)

Spencer Anderson: 67.2 (54)

Dylan Cook: 65.5 (66)

Andrus Peat: 64.4 (26)


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Irie Harris joined The Plain Dealer and Cleveland.com, arsenic a Cleveland Browns newsman successful August of 2022. Harris focuses connected telling nan communicative done nan eyes of analytics and data, and periodically delivers...

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