New for the 2025 NFL season, PFSN is grading players at every position with our series of Impact Grades. These metrics are crafted for each position and seek to measure how a player’s individual contributions impacted the game.
Using a traditional grading system scale, players are ranked at their position based on a weighted average of a series of position-specific metrics. An exactly average performance will get a 75 overall grade, which translates to a C on the grading scale.
QB: Jaxson Dart, New York Giants
PFSN NFL QBi:Â 84.2, B
Jaxson Dart had the best game by any rookie QB this season based on our Impact metric in the New York Giants’ Thursday night upset over the defending Super Bowl champs. Surprisingly, given their recent dearth of quality quarterback play, the Giants have had one week-leading QB Impact performance each of the past 3 seasons before Dart:
- 2024: Drew Lock in Week 17 vs the Colts (92.7)
- 2023: Daniel Jones in Week 2 vs the Cardinals (83.8)
- 2022: Daniel Jones in Week 17 vs the Colts (85.3)
A big reason why Dart graded out so well was that he converted 71.4% of the 3rd- and 4th-down plays he was involved in. That’s tied for the 3rd-best conversion rate in a qualifying QBi game this season. It’s also the best by a Giants QB in a game since Eli Manning in 2015 vs the 49ers.
RB: Cam Skattebo, New York Giants
PFSN NFL RBi: 82.5, B-
As impressive as Dart has been thus far, he might not even be the best offensive rookie on his own team so far. Running back Cam Skattebo had the sixth-highest RB Impact Grade overall this week and paced all rookies with his 82.5 RBi mark.
Skattebo’s Boom-Bust rate (difference between % of 10+ yard runs vs. % of negative runs) was +21.1% in this game. That’s the second-best by a Giants RB over the last five seasons (Tyrone Tracy Jr. had a +22.2% rate vs. the Seahawks last season).
Skattebo’s hat trick of rushing touchdowns gave him five through his first six career games. In the last decade, only three others have had that many rush TDs in their first six games: De’Von Achane, Leonard Fournette, and Ezekiel Elliott.
WR: Matthew Golden, Green Bay Packers
PFSN NFL WRi: 79.0, C+
After a slow start that saw him average 31.5 receiving yards per game over his first four games, Green Bay Packers wideout Matthew Golden enjoyed a mini-breakout against the Cincinnati Bengals. Golden caught three of his five targets for 86 yards, resulting in the fourth-best EPA per target (1.40) and yards per target (17.2) among wide receivers this past week.
That led to Golden pacing all rookie wide receivers in WR Impact Grade, while ranking 10th overall at the position. It was a season-high grade for Golden, whose development into a reliable deep threat could elevate the Packers’ offense as the season goes on.
TE: Tyler Warren, Indianapolis Colts
PFSN NFL TEi: 82.5, B-
Another week, another elite outing from the best rookie tight end in the league. Tyler Warren ranked fifth among all players in TE Impact Grade in Week 6, and boasts an 86.2 season-long grade that ranks second behind Tucker Kraft.
Warren’s calling card has been yards after the catch, which was no different against the Cardinals — the No. 14-overall pick generated 10.7 YAC over expected, sixth-best among tight ends this week. For the season, his 58.2 YAC over expected was his second behind Kraft.
OL: Connor Colby, San Francisco 49ers
PFSN NFL OLi: 80.6, B-
An unexpected starter at left guard, Connor Colby had his best game yet in Week 6. The seventh-rounder allowed three pressures but did so on 47 pass-blocking snaps. As a result, his 6.4% pressure rate allowed was his lowest in four starts this season.
Colby had given up at least four pressures in each of his first three starts, never grading higher than 77.6 in our OL Impact metric. However, Week 6 was a promising step forward, resulting in the 49ers’ rookie ranking 14th among guards in OLi grade.
EDGE: Jalon Walker, Atlanta Falcons
PFSN NFL EDGEi: 78.7, C+
After recording three pressures in his first four career games, Jalon Walker nearly doubled that with five pressures in the Atlanta Falcons’ impressive win over the Buffalo Bills. Walker did that on just 16 pass rush snaps, an impressive 31.3% pressure rate that ranked second among EDGEs in Week 6 behind Jonathon Cooper (35.3%).
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Walker’s pass rush performance earned him high marks, but he was no slouch against the run either. The 15th overall pick made a career-high three run tackles on just nine run defense snaps. That means Walker made a tackle or pressured the QB on eight of 29 snaps (two coverage snaps), an impressive 27.6% rate of affecting the play.
DT: Deone Walker, Buffalo Bills
PFSN NFL DTi: 90.3, A-
Until Monday night, Jeffery Simmons was on track to repeat as the highest-graded defensive tackle for the third straight week. Instead, the Buffalo Bills usurped him with the two highest-graded DTs in their loss to the Atlanta Falcons.
Seeing Ed Oliver near the top of the charts is no surprise, but fourth-round rookie Deone Walker actually surpassed him. Walker played a season-high 53 snaps after starter DaQuan Jones got hurt in pregame warmups.
He took advantage of his opportunity by generating five tackles for loss in the run game, more than any defensive tackle in a game in the last 20 years. The only defensive lineman with at least five run TFLs in a game over that span is DeMarcus Lawrence in 2018 vs the Commanders.
LB: Shemar James, Dallas Cowboys
PFSN NFL LBi: 83.2, B
Like most of the Cowboys’ defense, Shemar James had a tough time stopping Rico Dowdle and the Carolina run game in Week 6. James made 10 run tackles, good for an impressive 30.3% tackle rate that ranked seventh among linebackers this week. However, while the tackling volume boosted his grade, his average run tackle came a whopping 7.7 yards downfield.
James does get a boost as well for his 73.7 passer rating allowed in coverage, but this grade is more about volume than efficiency. The good news for Dallas is that the fifth-rounder has improved his LBi grade each week, rising from 73.5 in Week 4 to 78.9 in Week 5 and now to 83.2 in his third game.
CB: Jacob Parrish, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
PFSN NFL CBi: 81.1, B-
Jacob Parrish’s quietly impressive rookie season added another chapter in the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ Week 6 win. The slot corner was targeted six times, but allowed only 24 yards on three catches. He also had a pass breakup and made five tackles without a missed tackle.
Parrish has made strides in the tackling department since missing three in his career debut vs. the Falcons in Week 1. He’s missed just two tackles in five games since. Additionally, his 60.4 passer rating allowed was the best single-game mark of his young career.
S: Nick Emmanwori, Seattle Seahawks
PFSN NFL SAFi: 78.8, C+
Seattle Seahawks rookie Nick Emmanwori was targeted eight times in Jacksonville, more than any other safety in Week 6. And while he allowed seven receptions, those catches went for a paltry 31 yards. Four of Emmanwori’s six coverage tackles resulted in an unsuccessful play for the Jaguars, leading to the eighth-best Safety Impact Grade this week.
Emmanwori’s career is effectively two games old since he suffered a high-ankle sprain early in Week 1, leading to a three-game absence. Still, the first-rounder looks like a weapon as a box safety for Mike Macdonald, as nine of his 15 tackles to date have resulted in an unsuccessful play for the offense.
