WAS Washington Commanders · LB· #56
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Overall grade
65th of 65 linebackers
Among the weakestamong the worst; 50 is average
Grades updated Rechecked every few hours on game days
Kain grades among the worst among linebackers so far, with no number far from the middle.
Back in the lineup: He missed 2 games earlier, then played all of the last 2 games, on the field for about 5 of every 10 plays when he plays.
Written from his numbers, not from film. 4 games are behind the season figures.
Every graded stat at a glance, against all the linebackers in the league.
Left is the worst at his job, right is the best, and the line down the middle is average. The bubble is his percentile: 90 means better than nine in ten qualifying linebackers. Faded bars are still small samples.
Where he has ranked among linebackers after each week, and every game behind it.
Season rank holding near the 0th percentile since Wk 3.
The line is his season-to-date rank among players at his position after each week, from 100 (the best) to 0 (the worst). It rises when he passes other players, not when he has one big game. Early weeks are noisier because fewer plays are behind them. The shaded weeks are the recent stretch.
| Week | Opponent | That game | tackle chances | Season rank after |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | vs SEA | 29% | 7 | 1st pct |
| 4 | vs IND | 33% | 3 | 0th pct |
Lower is better for this stat. One game is a small sample: a single stat over 5 tackle chances can swing on a handful of plays. Shaded rows are the recent stretch.
Each one against every linebacker with at least 10 tackle chances. Right on the strip is better.
30%lower is better
65th of 65 linebackers · bottom 2%
The share of his tackle chances he missed. Fewer is better.
The box score: Tackle totals reward the player who gets the most chances, not the one who finishes them.
Does it show up in winning? Across 212 games league-wide, a good or bad game on missed tackles from a linebacker has not lined up much with his team winning (53% wins in the best third, 47% in the worst).
He has played in 2 of his team's 4 games with snap counts, on the field for about 49% of the team's defensive plays when he plays.
Back in the lineup. He missed 2 games earlier, then played all of the last 2 games, on the field for about 5 of every 10 plays when he plays.
Each column is a game: the share of his team's defensive snaps he played. 80% means about 8 of every 10 plays. “Out” means he did not play; a question mark means snap counts are not posted yet. Shaded games are the recent stretch.
Every game this season: how it ended for his team, how much he played, his box score, and the advanced numbers from that one game. One game is a small sample, so read the right-hand columns as a snapshot, not his level.
| Game | Result | Snaps | Tkl | Solo | Ast | TFL | Sacks | Press | PBU | Int | Missed | Missed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wk 1 vs PHI | L 22–24 | Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Wk 2 vs DAL | L 20–37 | Out | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Wk 3 vs SEA | W 33–31 | 66% | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 29% |
| Wk 4 vs IND | L 13–30 | 32% | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33% |
The traditional totals, with where each ranks among linebackers. A total rewards volume, which is why the advanced numbers above matter.
| Stat | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Tackles | 7 | 64th of 65 |
| Solo tackles | 3 | 64th of 65 |
| Assisted tackles | 4 | 64th of 65 |
| Tackles for loss | 0 | 56th of 65 |
| Sacks | 0 | 29th of 65 |
| Pressures | 1 | 35th of 65 |
| Passes defended | 0 | 52nd of 65 |
| Interceptions | 1 | 3rd of 65 |
| Missed tackles | 3 | 14th of 65 |
Ranks are among players at the same job who have enough plays to be graded. Grades and rankings come from play-by-play, charting and snap-count data, so they cannot see blocking, route running or assignments. See how the grades work.
Data: nflverse play-by-play, CC BY 4.0. Also FTN charting, Pro Football Reference advanced stats, snap counts and injury reports, all through nflverse. Calculations and charts by Raiders Rundown.
