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Panthers have PFF's highest-graded rookie entering Week 4

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The Carolina Panthers may have found themselves a gem for their secondary.

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Through three weeks, Pro Football Focus has safety Zakee Wheatley at an 86.1 overall defensive grade. And that overall mark, as we enter Week 4, is the highest amongst all rookies who have recorded at least 60 snaps this season.

Here, led by the impressive 24-year-old, is how the top 10 for PFF looked after Week 3:

  1. S Zakee Wheatley: 86.1
  2. CB Mansoor Delane: 83.2
  3. S Genesis Smith: 83.0
  4. LB Josiah Trotter: 81.9
  5. OT Max Iheanachor: 80.8
  6. LB Harold Perkins Jr.: 77.0
  7. S Caleb Downs: 76.3
  8. WR Antonio Williams: 76.3
  9. WR Denzel Boston: 75.6
  10. TE Matthew Hibner: 75.5

Carolina selected Wheatley, a standout at Penn State, in the fifth round of the 2026 NFL Draft. He'd make his regular-season debut in Week 2, where he earned a team-best 93.7 overall grade in the 34-3 win over the Atlanta Falcons.

Under the hood, Wheatley has been given a 77.7 grade in coverage, a 74.5 in run defense and an 88.9 in tackling.

And for those into the more traditional numbers, he's amassed 10 combined tackles and a forced fumble.

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Jared Verse after beating Steelers: I don't have respect for anybody who plays dirty

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Browns defensive end Jared Verse picked up an unnecessary roughness flag in Thursday night's win over the Steelers, but he says it was Pittsburgh that played dirty.

Verse said after the game that he and the Steelers went back and forth with a lot of trash talk, and also said the Steelers were playing dirty in addition to their talk.

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“They were talking crazy. I was telling them, ‘You’re double-teaming, y’all sliding, y’all garbage.’ I was talking crazy to them. I don’t have any respect for anybody that plays too dirty and does too much extra shit after the game, excuse my French. So, I can't wait to see them again. It's going to be a good time when I see them again," Verse said.

The Browns will be in Pittsburgh in Week 9, when Verse and the Steelers' offensive linemen will have plenty more opportunities to talk, and perhaps do more than just talk.

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Trump says US may ask Europe to release diesel reserves

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