Ji’Ayir Brown has provided three meaningful starts for the 49ers since Talanoa Hufanga suffered a season-ending injury. There have been some hiccups along the way, which should be expected for a player drafted No. 88 overall who played sparingly during the first 2.5 months of the season.
There’s no way to simulate a game in practice, and that’s been evident in Brown’s tackling. But instead of focusing on his missed tackles, we can acknowledge that Brown is in the right spot essentially all of the time.
PFF grades hardly tell the full story, but, in the last three weeks, Brown is PFF’s sixth-highest graded safety.