The biggest recent swings in our NFL grades — who is climbing, who is sliding, and the deals where pay and value have drifted furthest apart.
Grades are not static. As games pile up, deals get restructured, and roles change, our NFL grades move with them. This page tracks the sharpest recent swings — the players climbing fast and the ones sliding.
We lead with the Contract Value Index (CVI), our flagship contract-value grade, because that is where a single trade, extension, or breakout stretch can reshape a verdict overnight. Performance movers follow, catching the form changes the box score has started to show.
It is the closest thing we have to a momentum board: not where a player ranks, but which direction he is heading.
Movers compare each player's two most recent grade snapshots over the last 30 days. We show how far the letter grade moved, never the underlying number. New deals and stat updates feed the next refresh.
NFL contracts whose Contract Value Index (CVI) grade climbed the most over the last 30 days, as production caught up to — or outran — the money.
| # | Player | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andre JamesC · Free Agent | F F | C+ C+ |
Deals whose Contract Value Index grade dropped the most — the contracts aging fastest against their cost.
| # | Player | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cameron JordanDE · New Orleans Saints | A- A- | B- B- |
NFL players whose Performance grade improved the most recently — the form charts trending up.
| # | Player | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garrett BradburyC · New England Patriots | D- D- | B- B- |
| 2 | David QuessenberryOT · Los Angeles Rams | D- D- | B- B- |
Every time our pipeline regrades a NFL player, it logs a snapshot. A mover is a player whose latest snapshot lands in a different letter tier than the one before it. We surface the largest tier swings — up and down — across the Contract Value Index and Performance grades. Grades shift as new games, contracts, and context arrive. Read the full methodology.
| 3 |
Charlie HeckOT · Miami Dolphins |
D- D- |
C C |
| 4 | Tyler LinderbaumC · Las Vegas Raiders | D- D- | C C |
| 5 | John SimpsonG · Baltimore Ravens | D- D- | C C |
| 6 | Tyler BiadaszC · Los Angeles Chargers | D- D- | C C |
| 7 | Tyre PhillipsT · Cleveland Browns | D- D- | C- C- |
| 8 | Juice ScruggsG · Detroit Lions | D- D- | C- C- |
| 9 | Trey HillC · Tennessee Titans | D- D- | C- C- |
| 10 | Austin DeculusOT · Tennessee Titans | D- D- | C- C- |
| 11 | Jon Gaines IIG · Arizona Cardinals | D- D- | D+ D+ |
| 12 | Cornelius LucasOT · Cleveland Browns | D- D- | D+ D+ |
Players whose Performance grade slipped the most — slumps and reduced roles showing up in the grade.
| # | Player | Was | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kyle AllenQB · Buffalo Bills | C- C- | D- D- |
| 2 | Will GrierQB · Carolina Panthers | C C | C- C- |
| 3 | Bailey ZappeQB · New York Jets | D- D- | F F |
| 4 | Hendon HookerQB · Tennessee Titans | D+ D+ | D D |
| 5 | Sean CliffordQB · Cincinnati Bengals | C- C- | D+ D+ |
| 6 | Josh JohnsonQB · Cincinnati Bengals | C- C- | D+ D+ |
| 7 | Kirk CousinsQB · Las Vegas Raiders | B B | B- B- |
| 8 | Julian OkwaraLB · Cleveland Browns | C C | C- C- |
| 9 | Quincy WilliamsLB · Cleveland Browns | A+ A+ | A A |
| 10 | Cedric GrayLB · Tennessee Titans | B+ B+ | B B |
| 11 | Kevin Winston Jr.S · Tennessee Titans | C- C- | D+ D+ |
| 12 | Oluwafemi OladejoLB · Tennessee Titans | C+ C+ | C C |