Bryan Cook

FS · Cincinnati Bengals vs Pittsburgh Steelers · 22 graded snaps

Replacement

Cook balanced early coverage breakdowns with dependable run fills from depth, resulting in a dead-even replacement-level grade.

Coverage5617Run defense675

The full breakdown

Cook earned an exact 60.0 grade due to contrasting results between his coverage and run defense across 22 snaps. His coverage grade suffered early after he was sidestepped in space by Jaylen Warren (Q1 14:55) and failed to range over in time from deep middle on Roman Wilson's 38-yard touchdown (Q1 13:17). He salvaged his outing in run support, taking sound pursuit angles to push ball-carriers out of bounds on outside runs at Q1 04:12 and Q2 09:25.

Strengths

Alley fills from deep alignment
Pursuit angles in run support

Weaknesses

Deep-third range in single-high
Open-field tackling in space

Plays that moved the grade

-0.5Q1 13:17, 3rd & 5Opened to the wrong side in single-high Cover 1 and was late to assist on a 38-yard touchdown pass to Roman Wilson.
-0.5Q1 14:55, 1st & 10Rallied downhill from deep coverage against a checkdown but was sidestepped by Jaylen Warren in the open field.
+0.5Q1 04:12, 1st & 10Read the run trigger quickly from deep safety and closed the distance to push Jaylen Warren out of bounds.

Every graded snap · 4 wins or losses, 18 routine

-0.5Q1 14:55 · 1 & 10 · CoverageComes downhill from deep coverage but gets sidestepped by Warren around midfield, failing to contain the run.
-0.5Q1 13:17 · 3 & 5 · CoverageOpens to the right side initially before trying to range over to help Hill on the deep sideline, but is far too late to contest the throw.
+0.5Q1 04:12 · 1 & 10 · Run defenseRead the run trigger promptly from deep alignment, closed the distance well, and pushed Warren out of bounds to limit the play to 13 yards.
+0.5Q2 09:25 · 1 & 10 · Run defenseCloses down rapidly from depth along the sideline to push Warren out of bounds at the CIN 19.

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