{"id":484666,"date":"2025-10-29T16:02:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/484666\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T16:02:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T16:02:13","slug":"jets-cb-brandon-stephens-graded-as-pffs-no-1-cornerback-in-the-nfl-since-week-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/484666\/","title":{"rendered":"Jets CB Brandon Stephens Graded as PFF&#8217;s No. 1 Cornerback in the NFL Since Week 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After a thrilling 39-38 win over Cincinnati in Week 8, the Jets have reached their Week 9 bye. As the team gets some rest and shifts its focus to a Week 10 home matchup against the Browns, here is a look at the players who have received the highest grades from Pro Football Focus (min. 300 snaps) through the first 8 games of the season.<\/p>\n<p>DL <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkjets.com\/team\/players-roster\/quinnen-williams\/\" title=\"Quinnen Williams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Quinnen Williams<\/a> &#8212; 79.7<br \/>Williams has consistently ranked among the best on the team over the last three seasons, and he has received the Jets&#8217; highest grade through the first 8 weeks of 2025. His overall grade ranks eighth among interior defenders in the league, while his 90.8 run defense grade ranks first. Williams, who leads the Jets with 7 TFLs, has also recorded 3 QB hits and a sack. He has earned single-game grades of 90-plus twice, in Weeks 1 and 4.<\/p>\n<p>CB <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkjets.com\/team\/players-roster\/brandon-stephens\/\" title=\"Brandon Stephens\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brandon Stephens<\/a> &#8212; 73.1<br \/>Stephens, who has played the most defensive snaps on the team (510\/99.8%), has been playing at an especially high level since Week 4. His 82.2 grade across the last four 4 games ranks No. 1 among cornerbacks who have played at least 80% of snaps in that span. Stephens has recorded 6 pass defenses and 3 TFLs, and his 40 tackles are the third most on the team.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I feel like I&#8217;ve been playing my style of football all year,&#8221; Stephens said Tuesday. &#8220;There are some plays that I wish I had back early in the season, just finishing on the ball, but I feel like overall I&#8217;ve been in a great position when the ball is thrown. Obviously, I&#8217;ve got to continue that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>WR <a class=\"nfl-o-cta--link nfl-o-cta--underline\" style=\"word-break: break-word\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorkjets.com\/team\/players-roster\/garrett-wilson\/\" title=\"Garrett Wilson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Garrett Wilson<\/a> &#8212; 72.8<br \/>Wilson has missed the last two games with a knee injury, but his production over the first 6 games of the season earned him a grade of 72.8. Wilson leads the Jets with 36 receptions for 395 receiving yards and 4 TDs. Heading into Week 7, his receptions ranked ninth in the NFL, while his receiving yards and receiving TDs were tied for the sixth most in the league. Wilson played 89.6% percent of offensive snaps across the first 6 games and led the Jets in receiving yards in each of the first 5 games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After a thrilling 39-38 win over Cincinnati in Week 8, the Jets have reached their Week 9 bye.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484667,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2051],"tags":[798,10062,487,7,2310,226,929,1917,255,88,2321,2097,6,6736],"class_list":{"0":"post-484666","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-jets","8":"tag-armand-membou","9":"tag-brandon-stephens","10":"tag-breece-hall","11":"tag-football","12":"tag-garrett-wilson","13":"tag-jets","14":"tag-latest-headlines","15":"tag-new-york","16":"tag-new-york-jets","17":"tag-news","18":"tag-newyork","19":"tag-newyorkjets","20":"tag-nfl","21":"tag-quinnen-williams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115458299905979244","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484666"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484666\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}