Kyler Gordon earns Week 6’s top PFF grade in Bears’ win over Falcons

Chicago Bears cornerback Kyler Gordon received Pro Football Focus’s highest overall grade of NFL Week 6 on October 19, following the Bears’ 31-23 win over the Atlanta Falcons on October 18 in Atlanta. His 95.3 grade came from 17 defensive snaps, making a brief appearance the week’s top-rated performance under PFF’s grading system.

Gordon recorded three sacks and four defensive stops, according to PFF, which gave him a 94.7 pass-rush grade. Bears Wire said the game was his season debut and also credited him with four tackles, three tackles for loss and two quarterback hits. The grade is PFF’s assessment of his play, rather than a league statistic.

How Gordon compared across Week 6

The full game-by-game selections appear in Pro Football Focus’s Week 6 grades. Its figures provide a way to compare its evaluations across games, while the Bears Wire rankings give a closer look at Chicago’s defense against Atlanta.

Bears’ highest- and lowest-graded defenders

Bears Wire listed cornerback Josh Blackwell next among Chicago defenders at 86.5. Linebackers Devin Bush, Noah Sewell and Jack Sanborn followed at 82.7, 82.2 and 81.1 respectively. Gordon’s 95.3 stood well above that group in the outlet’s summary of the team’s defensive grades.

At the other end of the list, Bears Wire put cornerback Nick McCloud at 35.6, safety Dillon Thieneman at 42.5, defensive tackle Jordan van den Berg at 45.3, safety Cam Lewis at 45.7 and defensive tackle Neville Gallimore at 47.0. The spread shows that PFF’s assessment of Chicago’s defense varied sharply by player despite the team’s eight-point win.

Bears Wire singled out Thieneman’s recent stretch and said Chicago still had questions to address in its secondary and at defensive tackle. Those concerns sit alongside Gordon’s standout grade and the result against Atlanta: the win was a team outcome, while the individual numbers reflect PFF’s evaluations of each player’s performance.