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Running backs vs the defense

Week 13, 2017 last season's final profiles, while this season has fewer than three games

Every week, the defenses that have been hardest and easiest on running backs this season, after adjusting for who they have played, and the players who face them this week. What a defense has allowed is history, never a forecast.

The toughest matchups for running backs

From last season's final figures, until this season has three games.

Los Angeles Rams vsArizona Cardinals Cardinals

Allowed 70 rushing yards a game last season.

Todd Gurley

76% of carries over his last four, 106 scrimmage yds a game.

Buffalo Bills atNew England Patriots Patriots

Allowed 73 rushing yards a game last season.

LeSean McCoy

59% of carries over his last four, 73 scrimmage yds a game.

Houston Texans vsTennessee Titans Titans

Allowed 73 rushing yards a game last season.

Alfred Blue

50% of carries over his last four, 14 scrimmage yds a game.

Lamar Miller

46% of carries over his last four, 77 scrimmage yds a game.

The other 26 defenses on the field this week are on the full board, with the players who face each one.

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The softest matchups for running backs

From last season's final figures, until this season has three games.

Chicago Bears atSan Francisco 49ers 49ers

Allowed 145 rushing yards a game last season.

Jordan Howard

65% of carries over his last four, 80 scrimmage yds a game.

Los Angeles Chargers atCleveland Browns Browns

Allowed 125 rushing yards a game last season.

Melvin Gordon

68% of carries over his last four, 87 scrimmage yds a game.

New England Patriots vsBuffalo Bills Bills

Allowed 111 rushing yards a game last season.

Dion Lewis

57% of carries over his last four, 78 scrimmage yds a game.

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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