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Running backs: 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 running backs 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 Miami Dolphins Dolphins @Buffalo Bills 111@Kansas City Chiefs 103Buffalo Bills 111 108.7
2 Baltimore Ravens Ravens @Cleveland Browns 125Indianapolis Colts 106Cincinnati Bengals 95 108.4
3 Tennessee Titans Titans @San Francisco 49ers 145Los Angeles Rams 90Jacksonville Jaguars 88 107.9
  1. 1 Miami Dolphins Dolphins week 15 at BUF, week 16 at KC, week 17 vs BUF 108.7rush yds a game, average
  2. 2 Baltimore Ravens Ravens week 15 at CLE, week 16 vs IND, week 17 vs CIN 108.4rush yds a game, average
  3. 3 Tennessee Titans Titans week 15 at SF, week 16 vs LA, week 17 vs JAX 107.9rush 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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