Josaiah Stewart

OLB · Los Angeles Rams vs Denver Broncos · 54 graded snaps

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Stewart posted an even, net-neutral 60.0 grade, pairing stout edge-setting flashes near the goal line with perimeter contain breakdowns against Denver's outside run game.

Josaiah Stewart film grade: 60: share card

Pass rush6031Run defense6023

The full breakdown

Stewart operated as a pure replacement-level defender across 54 snaps, with 50 graded neutral including his entire 31-snap pass-rushing workload. His grade fluctuated entirely in run defense, where high-end reps like defeating LT Garett Bolles to blow up a goal-line run at Q3 08:59 were completely canceled out by edge-setting lapses. Specifically, he was sealed inside at Q2 04:38 and lost outside leverage to a tight end on a 14-yard jet sweep at Q3 03:52. These offsetting positive and negative plays left both his facets and overall grade at a flat 60.0.

Strengths

At-the-point edge setting vs LT Bolles
Squeezing frontside cutback lanes

Weaknesses

Perimeter contain discipline
Defeating reach blocks against tight ends

Plays that moved the grade

+1Q3 08:59, 1st & 5Anchored firmly against Garett Bolles on the edge and shed the block to assist on a tackle for no gain.
-1Q3 03:52, 1st & 10Got hooked inside by the tight end, losing contain on a 14-yard perimeter jet sweep.
+0.5Q1 04:11, 1st & 10Forcefully squeezed the frontside B/C-gap to close down the cutback lane and combine on the tackle.

Every graded snap · 4 wins or losses, 50 routine

+0.5Q1 04:11 · 1 & 10 · Run defenseSqueezes down the frontside C/B-gap forcefully, helping close down the cutback lane and assisting on the tackle.
-0.5Q2 04:38 · 1 & 10 · Run defenseGets sealed on the edge by the tight end and tackle combination, allowing the ball carrier to turn the corner.
+1Q3 08:59 · 1 & 5 · Run defenseStalwart edge set against LT Garett Bolles, refusing to be hooked and disengaging to combine for the tackle on Dobbins.
-1Q3 03:52 · 1 & 10 · Run defenseGets hooked inside by the tight end and loses outside leverage, surrendering the boundary corner to Waddle.

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