Monday, December 15, 2025

PFF Grades from the Panthers Game: Breaking Down the Bears Defense

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Each week, Pro Football Focus evaluates every player on every team, offering some of the top football analytics available. This week, we’ll focus on the Bears defensive grades from their big win vs. the Carolina Panthers.

Top overall grades

  1. CB Jaylon Jones, 92.0 (9 total snaps)
  2. S Kevin Byard, 91.7 (2nd highest graded safety in week 5)
  3. LB Tremaine Edmunds, 85.4
  4. CB Jaylon Johnson, 83.7
  5. DE Darrell Taylor, 81.7
  6. LB Amen Ogbongbemiga, 79.6 (9 total snaps)
  7. DT Gervon Dexter Sr. 73.7
  8. DT Andrew Billings, 71.1

Worst overall grades

  1. LB Jack Sanborn, 42.2
  2. CB Josh Blackwell, 47.7
  3. DE Daniel Hardy, 53.7
  4. ED Montez Sweat, 54.0
  5. S Jaquan Brisker 56.6
  6. CB Tyrique Stevenson, 57.0

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Dave
Dave
Dave is a Senior NFL Analyst for SM, where he’s been covering the Chicago Bears since 2020. He also co-hosts Bears Film Room — one of the fastest-growing Bears podcasts — delivering instant reactions, breaking news, and in-depth analysis every week. Across X (formerly Twitter), Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, Dave has built a community of more than 100,000 followers who enjoy his insights, film breakdowns, and real-time coverage of everything happening in Chicago.

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