CFL HONOUR ROLL: WEEK 21 – HOWSARE, BROWN AND BOMBERS’ O-LINE MAKE THE GRADE
Pro Football Focus Player Grades power weekly top performer honours
TORONTO (October 31, 2023) – Julian Howsare, Dru Brown and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ offensive line have made the grade for Week 21 in the Canadian Football League (CFL) Honour Roll powered by Pro Football Focus (PFF).
PFF utilizes extensive review of game footage to provide additional context for every action on the field. Highly-trained PFF staff breakdown every game, player and play to provide over 200 unique data points, which are used to compile Player Grades – a numerical representation up-to-100 of performance at their specific position. For more information on PFF, Player Grades, the Grading Scale and more, please visit pff.com/grades.
Each week, the highest individual Player Grades on offence and defence, as well as the highest graded offensive line, will be recognized in the CFL Honour Roll. The best individual performers by Player Grade from each of the nine position groups will also receive honourable mentions as part of the All-Week team. Offensive and defensive players must play a minimum of 25 snaps to be eligible and special teams players must play 10. Ties will be broken by the number of snaps played.
CFL HONOUR ROLL – WEEK 21: OFFENCE
QB | Dru Brown | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | WPG 36 – CGY 13
- PFF Player Grade: 90.2
- 13-of-17 passing (76.5 per cent)
- Took 39 of Winnipeg’s 69 offensive snaps
- 278 passing yards and two touchdowns
- Three 30+ yard passes, including a 68-yard touchdown to Rasheed Bailey in the third quarter
- 158.3 efficiency rating
- Second Honour Roll All-week selection (Week 10)
CFL HONOUR ROLL – WEEK 21: DEFENCE
DL | Julian Howsare | Calgary Stampeders | WPG 36 – CGY 13
- PFF Player Grade: 91.4
- 40 total defensive snaps
- Four defensive tackles, one sack and one forced fumble
- 44 defensive tackles this season established a new career-high
- 90.8 Grade on 17 pass rush snaps
- Second Honour Roll All-week selection (Week 2)
CFL HONOUR ROLL – WEEK 21: OFFENSIVE LINE
Winnipeg Blue Bombers | WPG 36 – CGY 13
- PFF unit grade: 82.4
- Top-3 performers:
- Asotui Eli | 80.1
- Geoff Gray | 79.8
- Jermarcus Hardrick | 73.6
CFL HONOUR ROLL: ALL-WEEK 21
(Position | Name | Team | Grade)
- QB | Dru Brown | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 90.2
- RB | Dedrick Mills | Calgary Stampeders | 77.8
- REC | Rasheed Bailey | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 81.1
- OL | Asotui Eli | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 80.1
- DL | Julian Howsare | Calgary Stampeders | 91.4
- LB | Brian Cole | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 91.4
- DB | Mason Pierce | Toronto Argonauts | 91.0
- K/P | Sergio Castillo | Winnipeg Blue Bombers | 85.6
- ST | Thomas Costigan | Toronto Argonauts | 91.3
TOP OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE PERFORMANCES OF 2023
(Grade | Week | Position | Name | Team)
- 94.0 | Week 14 | QB | Zach Collaros | Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- 93.4 | Week 6 | QB | Chad Kelly | Toronto Argonauts
- 92.9 | Week 12 | DB | Marc-Antoine Dequoy | Montreal Alouettes
- 92.9 | Week 16 | QB | Dustin Crum | Ottawa REDBLACKS
- 92.9 | Week 9 | QB | Zach Collaros | Winnipeg Blue Bombers
- 92.5 | Week 3 | DB | Royce Metchie | Toronto Argonauts
- 91.9 | Week 16 | DL | Bryce Carter | Ottawa REDBLACKS
- 91.8 | Week 8 | DB | Kabion Ento | Montreal Alouettes
- 91.8 | Week 16 | DL | Christian Albright | Saskatchewan Roughriders
- 91.7 | Week 11 | QB | Tre Ford | Edmonton Elks