{"id":678593,"date":"2026-01-15T06:54:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/678593\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T06:54:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T06:54:10","slug":"chargers-top-10-defensive-performers-in-2025-per-pff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/678593\/","title":{"rendered":"Chargers&#8217; top 10 defensive performers in 2025, per PFF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chargers&#8217; top 10 defensive performers in 2025, per PFF<a class=\"gnt_bc\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Jan. 14, 2026, 8:51 p.m. PT<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" data-autotag=\"a419627d-6dfd-46c4-8ebe-6ca8a0506ea7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Los Angeles Chargers<\/a>\u2019 season ended when they fell flat to the New England Patriots in the Wild Card round of the AFC playoffs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">With the offseason on the horizon, Pro Football Focus\u2019 year-end defensive player rankings will become all the more important as Los Angeles looks to carry its dominant momentum into next season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Here are the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/los-angeles-chargers\/357\" data-autotag=\"a419627d-6dfd-46c4-8ebe-6ca8a0506ea7\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Chargers<\/a>\u2019 top-10 defensive performers by PFF\u2019s metrics:<\/p>\n<p>1. EDGE Khalil Mack<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">PFF grade: 79.2<\/p>\n<p>Expert NFL picks: <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (nfl)|e|auto spike click:4|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/picks\">Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>2. S Derwin James Jr.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">PFF grade:\u00a078.7<\/p>\n<p>3. CB Benjamin St-Juste<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">PFF grade:\u00a077.6<\/p>\n<p>4. EDGE Odafe Oweh<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">PFF grade:\u00a075.5<\/p>\n<p>5. DL Teair Tart<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">PFF grade:\u00a071.0<\/p>\n<p>6. RB Kimani Vidal<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">PFF grade:\u00a073.2<\/p>\n<p>7. S R.J. Mickens<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">PFF grade:\u00a070.8<\/p>\n<p>8. CB Donte Jackson<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">PFF grade:\u00a070.8<\/p>\n<p>9. S Tony Jefferson<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">PFF grade:\u00a070.8<\/p>\n<p>10. EDGE Tuli Tuipulotu<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">PFF grade:\u00a067.8<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 2026 chargerswire.usatoday.com. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Chargers&#8217; top 10 defensive performers in 2025, per PFF Jan. 14, 2026, 8:51 p.m. PT The Los Angeles&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":678594,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2064],"tags":[95878,241,7,1014,262,2444,2443,6,97083,97084,95882,95887,99141,97519,97085,95895,97641,95906,95902,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-678593","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles-chargers","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-chargers","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-los-angeles-chargers","13":"tag-losangeles","14":"tag-losangeleschargers","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-sstssportsnflchargers","17":"tag-sstsnchargers","18":"tag-tagamerican-football","19":"tag-tagamerican-football-conference","20":"tag-tagbenjamin-st-juste","21":"tag-tagderwin-james-jr","22":"tag-taglos-angeles-chargers","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagodafe-oweh","25":"tag-tagoverall-positive","26":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115897805550539061","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678593","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=678593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/678593\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/678594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=678593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=678593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=678593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}