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Receivers: the playoff slate

Weeks 15–17, 2017 last season's final profiles, while this season has fewer than three games

Each offense's three opponents in weeks 15 to 17 and the average of what those defenses have allowed a game to receivers this season, the softest slate first. What a defense has allowed is history. Across the whole league it has said little about the next game; at the two ends it has said more, and each block below gives that record.

#OffenseWeek 15Week 16Week 17Average
1 Atlanta Falcons Falcons @Tampa Bay Buccaneers 167@New Orleans Saints 181Carolina Panthers 181 176.3
2 New York Giants Giants Philadelphia Eagles 183@Arizona Cardinals 180Washington Commanders 160 174.4
3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Buccaneers Atlanta Falcons 160@Carolina Panthers 181New Orleans Saints 181 174.1
  1. 1 Atlanta Falcons Falcons week 15 at TB, week 16 at NO, week 17 vs CAR 176.3rec yds a game, average
  2. 2 New York Giants Giants week 15 vs PHI, week 16 at ARI, week 17 vs WAS 174.4rec yds a game, average
  3. 3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Buccaneers week 15 vs ATL, week 16 at CAR, week 17 vs NO 174.1rec yds a game, average

Yards and targets allowed are from each defense's final games this season. Every rank is over usual: what the defense allowed each game against that offense's own average in its other games, 1st the biggest margin, over each row's games. Shares are of the team's carries or targets over the player's last four games. Data from nflverse (CC BY 4.0). The definitions and the record are on How we count.

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