Casey Hayward's Sunday performance propels him to the No. 1 spot

The Los Angeles Chargers’ cornerback Casey Hayward turned in a huge performance Week 11 against the Buffalo Bills and their rookie quarterback Nathan Peterman. Hayward’s 96.3 game grade was the third highest of the season for a cornerback. Hayward was all over the place Sunday and on eight targets into his coverage, he gave up just one catch while intercepting two passes and breaking up two others.
With yet another monster performance from Hayward, he now ranks first among cornerbacks on the season with an overall grade of 93.5. He has been a nightmare for quarterback’s week-in and week-out, allowing the fourth lowest catch rate into his coverage of 44.7 percent and getting his hands on 12 of 47 targets for either an interception or pass-breakup. His playmaker index of 25.9 percent ranks first among 75 cornerbacks that have been targeted at least 35 times.
Hayward has been money in critical moments, allowing a passer rating against of just 49.7 on third and fourth downs.
Perhaps most impressively Hayward has put up such gaudy performances while shadowing opposing team’s No. 1 wide receiver on 187 snaps, the fourth most among cornerbacks.

Casey Hayward, cornerback, Los Angeles Chargers