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Receivers 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 receivers 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 receivers

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

Miami Dolphins atDenver Broncos Broncos

Allowed 99 receiving yards a game last season.

Jarvis Landry

23% of targets over his last four, 60 rec yds a game.

DeVante Parker

22% of targets over his last four, 43 rec yds a game.

Atlanta Falcons atMinnesota Vikings Vikings

Allowed 133 receiving yards a game last season.

Julio Jones

34% of targets over his last four, 125 rec yds a game.

Mohamed Sanu

21% of targets over his last four, 38 rec yds a game.

Pittsburgh Steelers vsCincinnati Bengals Bengals

Allowed 135 receiving yards a game last season.

Antonio Brown

24% of targets over his last four, 108 rec yds a game.

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JuJu Smith-Schuster

22% of targets over his last four, 94 rec 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 receivers

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

Houston Texans vsTennessee Titans Titans

Allowed 189 receiving yards a game last season.

DeAndre Hopkins

39% of targets over his last four, 100 rec yds a game.

Bruce Ellington

18% of targets over his last four, 39 rec yds a game.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vsGreen Bay Packers Packers

Allowed 185 receiving yards a game last season.

Chris Godwin Jr.

17% of targets over his last four, 33 rec yds a game.

Seattle Seahawks atPhiladelphia Eagles Eagles

Allowed 183 receiving yards a game last season.

Doug Baldwin

21% of targets over his last four, 67 rec yds a game.

Paul Richardson

19% of targets over his last four, 53 rec 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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