Eagles' PFF grades: Best and worst defensive performers in 2025 season

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Eagles' PFF grades: Best and worst defensive performers in 2025 season

January 16, 2026

The Eagles were done in the NFC playoffs, and while the season ended badly, it wasn’t all gloom and disappointment like 2023. Nick Sirianni’s team secured the first back-to-back NFC East Champion since the 2001-04 Eagles (four) accomplished the feat 20 years ago. The Philadelphia Eagles are the only NFL team to repeat as a division winner in 2025.

The Eagles have won division titles in three of the last four seasons (also 2022 and 2024), and Philadelphia is one of just two NFL teams with five consecutive postseason berths (tying a team record set from 2000-04), joining Buffalo (seven).

The Philadelphia defense was the one bright spot, and aside from the performance against Chicago, there weren’t many moments when Vic Fangio’s unit was ill-prepared or played terribly. The Eagles limited opponents to the league’s lowest completion percentage (56.8%), their best figure since 2008 (54.1%). Philadelphia gave up a league-low 14 passing TDs this year, which were the fewest surrendered by an Eagles defense since 2001 (13).

Philadelphia held opponents to the 2nd-lowest passer rating (75.4) in the NFL, Eagles’ best mark since 2008, when they allowed a 72.9 passer rating, behind the L.A. Chargers (75.0). The rating included a 58.1 mark on third/fourth down and a 64.6 mark in the red zone – both 1st in the NFL. Philadelphia ranked 5th in points allowed per game (19.1), trailing only Seattle (17.2), Houston (17.4), Denver (18.3), and New England (18.8).

With the season complete, we’re looking at the highest- and lowest-graded performers in 2025 via PFF.

Highest graded players

1 OLB Josh Uche, PFF grade: 85.1

2 LB Zack Baun, PFF grades: 81.7

3 DB Quinyon Mitchell, PFF grade: 80.3

4 DB Cooper DeJean, PFF grade: 77.2

5 OLB Jaelan Phillips, PFF grade: 77.1

6 LB Jihaad Campbell, PFF grade: 76.2

7 DT Jordan Davis, PFF grade: 73.7

8 DT Moro Ojomo, PFF grade: 71.0

Davis led all NFL interior DL in run stops (34) and ranked 3rd among DTs in tackles (career-high 72), trailing only Cameron Heyward (78) and Derrick Brown (73). Davis and Jalen Carter also tied for the 2nd-most batted passes (6) among interior DL, behind Brown (7). According to Next Gen Stats, Quinyon Mitchell led all NFL CBs in catch rate allowed (42.4%) and average target separation (1.8) (min. 60 targets). He also ranked 2nd among CBs in tight windows forced (41.2%), behind Pat Surtain II (41.3%), and YAC per reception allowed (2.3), trailing only Keisean Nixon (2.3) (min. 35 receptions). In addition, Mitchell finished 3rd at his position in both passer rating allowed (63.4), behindDerek Stingley (57.9) and Joey Porter Jr. (61.5) and 3rd in forced incompletions (16, tied), trailing only Riley Moss (21) and A.J. Terrell (18). He was the only CB to not give up a TD in 600+ coverage snaps.

DeJean led all NFL slot CBs in PFF coverage grade (79.3), catch rate allowed (61.4%), passer rating allowed (55.4), and yards allowed per coverage snap (0.72) (min. 350 coverage snaps as a slot CB; min. 50 targets). DeJean has never allowed a passing TD as a slot CB.

Baun was the only NFL player to post 120+ tackles (123), 3.5+sacks (3.5), and 3+ takeaways (2 INTs, 1 FR) this season. According to PFF, Baun finished as the 2nd-highest graded LB (83.9) in the league, trailing only Jack Campbell (90.2) (min. 1,000 defensive snaps).