{"id":2157,"date":"2024-11-10T14:54:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-10T14:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=2157"},"modified":"2024-11-10T14:54:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-10T14:54:57","slug":"breaking-news-denzel-ward-earns-interesting-top-10-rank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/breakingnews.azontree.com\/?p=2157","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS : Denzel Ward Earns Interesting Top 10 Rank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com\/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZbPx0y64OBeq_kjQYTemCH5H8b814cJBz-g&amp;s\" alt=\"Denzel Ward Earns Interesting Top 10 Rank\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Cleveland Browns have struggled to start the season as the franchise owns a 2-7 record heading into their Week 10 bye date.<\/p>\n<p>While the offense has been blamed for much of the team\u2019s struggles this season, the defense has been less than stellar at times, too.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s not been the case with defensive back Denzel Ward, according to PFF.<\/p>\n<p>The X account PFF CLE Browns shared that Ward was the ninth-best corner in the league at preventing separation from the receivers he is covering, earning a 57.58 percent grade in that category.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">9. Denzel Ward &#8211; 57.58% \ud83d\udd12<\/p>\n<p>Which defenders have prevented the most separation this season:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6M1ji4rPLr\">https:\/\/t.co\/6M1ji4rPLr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; PFF CLE Browns (@PFF_Browns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PFF_Browns\/status\/1855412688387461461?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Overall, PFF has graded Ward\u2019s performance this season as a 64.6 score, down slightly from his 69.6 mark in\u00a02023.<\/p>\n<p>Ward had been ranked among the top corners in the league until his most recent outings as the corner surrendered a touchdown to the Baltimore Ravens and a pair of scores to the Los Angeles Chargers in back-to-back weeks.<\/p>\n<p>On the year, Ward allowed only 43.8 percent of the passes against him to be completed for 373 yards according to\u00a0Pro Football Reference.<\/p>\n<p>The cornerback is currently leading the league with 15 pass deflections through the team\u2019s first nine weeks, and he has 16 combined tackles this season.<\/p>\n<p>Ward has been\u00a0open\u00a0about his recent struggles, saying he needed to improve missing assignments during his team\u2019s loss to the Los Angeles Chargers.<\/p>\n<p>Cleveland will return to the field on November 17, hitting the road for a contest against the New Orleans Saints.<\/p>\n<p>The Browns are seeking their first win over an NFC opponent this season<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Please enable cookies.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2158,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cleveland-browns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - 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