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 in 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.
Each week, PFSN will present the highest-graded player at each position with analysis on why that player excelled. Below we take a look at the players who were at the top of their class in Week 2.
QB: Jared Goff, Detroit Lions (86.5, B)
For the eighth time in his career, Jared Goff has posted the highest QB Impact grade in a single week. Three of those have come since the start of the 2024 season, as Week 2 was a strong reassurance that the Detroit Lions offense remains a potent force without former coordinator Ben Johnson.
Seeing a B grade may feel harsh considering Goff threw five touchdowns, no interceptions, and completed 82.1% of his passes (in addition to being named NFC Offensive Player of the Week). The main reason Goff didn’t grade higher was because of a strong YAC performance from the receivers (5.3 YAC per completion) as well as a surprisingly mediocre 44% conversion rate on 3rd and 4th downs (15th among QBs in Week 2).
Nevertheless, this was nothing to sneeze at, as Goff shined with 0.58 EPA per dropback when kept clean. That was especially noteworthy when paired with the fact that Goff was pressured at the third-lowest rate of his career (13.8%). Overall, Week 2 served notice that the Detroit passing game will continue to eviscerate defenses if the opposing pass rush can’t meaningfully disturb Goff in the pocket.
RB: Kenneth Walker III, Seattle Seahawks (86.6, B)
Kenneth Walker III’s 86.2 grade was the highest by a Seattle Seahawks RB in a game since Marshawn Lynch recorded a 91.1 in 2014 vs the Giants. Walker was a popular preseason breakout pick due to his fit in Klint Kubiak’s zone-based run scheme, and his 105-yard showing in Week 2 (on 8.1 yards per carry) only reaffirmed that sentiment.
Walker led all running backs with 0.22 EPA per rush this week, while also ranking first with a 52.2% rushing success rate. While his longest run was only 20 yards, none of his 13 carries lost yardage, and eight gained at least five yards.
WR: Ja’Marr Chase, Cincinnati Bengals (93.5, A)
After an extremely quiet Week 1, Ja’Marr Chase roared back to life with a 14-catch, 165-yard performance in the Cincinnati Bengals’ comeback win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. And while Joe Burrow’s injury puts a damper on the win, it’s worth noting that Chase did generate 10 catches for 128 yards after his LSU teammate’s departure.
First one in the Jungle? Had to be 9➡️1
📺: #JAXvsCIN on CBS/Paramount+ pic.twitter.com/iF159Dob1a
— Cincinnati Bengals (@Bengals) September 14, 2025
Chase caught 14 of his 16 targets, which was three receptions over expected based on air yards and location. In addition, he furthered his reputation as the best YAC wide receiver in the league, generating 26.2 YAC above expected. Jameson Williams and Jauan Jennings (both of whom had long touchdowns) were the only wide receivers with more YAC over expected than Chase in Week 2.
TE: Tucker Kraft, Green Bay Packers (91.0, A-)
The first of three Green Bay Packers on this list, Tucker Kraft exploded for 124 receiving yards and a touchdown on just six receptions in the team’s Thursday night win over the Washington Commanders. Kraft did much of his work after the catch, with 45 YAC over expected ranking first among tight ends in Week 2.
Overall, Kraft’s 91.0 grade was the highest single-game mark by a Packers tight end since 2019. Last season, there were only five games across the entire season with a higher TEi grade than what Kraft posted in Week 2.
OT: Jordan Mailata, Philadelphia Eagles (86.7, B)
One of the most consistent left tackles in the league, Jordan Mailata had a relatively clean game again in the Super Bowl LIX rematch. Mailata allowed just a single pressure to the Kansas City Chiefs defense, and did not give up a sack or commit a penalty.
Dating back to last year, Mailata has committed only one penalty in nine games. Additionally, after a disastrous 2023 game vs. the San Francisco 49ers in which he allowed 10 pressures, Mailata has not conceded more than three pressures in 19 games since.
G: Chris Lindstrom, Atlanta Falcons (85.7)
The three-time Pro Bowler got the featured spotlight from Cris Collinsworth on Sunday Night Football, and for good reason. Chris Lindstrom led a relentless Atlanta Falcons ground game that controlled the tempo in the team’s win over the Minnesota Vikings.
Lindstrom gave up a single pressure on 24 pass blocking snaps, while also recording an above-average run blocking grade as well. He’s also gone five straight games without committing a penalty dating back to last season.
C: Ryan Neuzil, Atlanta Falcons (88.8, B+)
Lindstrom’s teammate on the Falcons’ interior graded out even more highly in Atlanta’s win. Center Ryan Neuzil, who got a taste of starting in 2024 with Drew Dalman missing seven games, has thrived so far in his first year as a full-time starter.
Neuzil had the highest grade of any offensive lineman at any position in Week 2. He did allow two pressures but had the highest run-blocking grade among centers, paving the way for Bijan Robinson’s 143-yard night.
DT: Devonte Wyatt, Green Bay Packers (88.1, B+)
Devonte Wyatt was the highest-graded defensive lineman on Thursday Night Football in Week 2, recording a career-high 88.1 DTi grade. That was the highest DTi grade by a Packers DT since 2023 and sixth-highest overall since 2019.
The former first-rounder recorded a career-high seven pressures, six of which were on true dropbacks (non-play action or screens). Wyatt already has nine true dropback pressures this season, a third of the way to his entire 2024 season total (27 in 14 games).
EDGE: Nick Bosa, San Francisco 49ers (91.1, A-)
Nick Bosa notched a sack for the second straight week, while also delivering six pressures in the San Francisco 49ers’ win at New Orleans. The former Defensive Player of the Year earned this grade by being active beyond the pass rush, recording a single-game career-high of nine tackles.
In fact, eight of those nine tackles were in the run game, and limited the New Orleans Saints to an average of 3.5 yards per carry on his run tackles. Of course, Bosa didn’t disappoint with his fastball either, recording three quick pressures (generated within 2.5 seconds), tied for the most of any EDGE in Week 2.
LB: Daiyan Henley, Los Angeles Chargers (93.6, A)
A popular breakout pick at the start of the season, Daiyan Henley looks to be fulfilling his potential in his third season. The Los Angeles Chargers linebacker recorded the franchise’s highest single-game LBi grade since 2019 in the team’s stifling Monday Night Football win over the Las Vegas Raiders.
the ranger had a game pic.twitter.com/0FvzQoXX3X
— Los Angeles Chargers (@chargers) September 16, 2025
Henley arrived at that grade by excelling in coverage and as a blitzer. Henley was targeted 10 times but allowed a meager 37.1 quarterback rating as the primary coverage defender. In addition, he had a very loud sack of Geno Smith and a pair of pressures on just five pass rush snaps.
CB: Keisean Nixon, Green Bay Packers (98.7, A+)
Keisean Nixon has proclaimed himself a cornerback, not a kick returner, despite being an All-Pro in the latter. After a promising start to his career as a nickel, Nixon’s Week 2 performance may have firmly established him as an elite outside cornerback as well.
Nixon’s 98.7 grade is not only the highest of the week, but the second-highest in a single game by a CB since 2019 (Jason Verrett recorded a 99.5 in 2020). Nixon was targeted five times and recorded four pass breakups. That 80% forced incompletion rate was the highest among 5,598 CB games with 5+ targets since 2019.
S: Alohi Gilman, Los Angeles Chargers (94.0, A)
The Bolts actually had the two highest-graded safeties of Week 2. Alohi Gilman’s teammate Derwin James graded out at 86.9 as the team largely suffocated the Geno Smith-led passing attack. Third safety Tony Jefferson played just enough to qualify and also had a strong 82.1 (B-) grade, which ranked 10th at the position this past week.
Gilman didn’t allow a catch on either of his targets and actually recorded a pass breakup on both of them. Combined with two tackles and zero missed tackle attempts, the sixth-year pro played an extremely clean game in his usual role as the deep safety in the Chargers defense.
