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Receivers: the playoff slate

Weeks 15–17, 2018 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 Arizona Cardinals 144@Carolina Panthers 167@Tampa Bay Buccaneers 181 163.9
2 Dallas Cowboys Cowboys @Indianapolis Colts 163Tampa Bay Buccaneers 181@New York Giants 147 163.5
3 New York Jets Jets Houston Texans 160Green Bay Packers 161@New England Patriots 169 163.1
  1. 1 Atlanta Falcons Falcons week 15 vs ARI, week 16 at CAR, week 17 at TB 163.9rec yds a game, average
  2. 2 Dallas Cowboys Cowboys week 15 at IND, week 16 vs TB, week 17 at NYG 163.5rec yds a game, average
  3. 3 New York Jets Jets week 15 vs HOU, week 16 vs GB, week 17 at NE 163.1rec 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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