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Receivers vs the defense

Week 6, 2018 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.

Los Angeles Rams vsDenver Broncos Broncos

Allowed 105 receiving yards a game last season.

Brandin Cooks

28% of targets over his last four, 113 rec yds a game.

Robert Woods

24% of targets over his last four, 95 rec yds a game.

Dallas Cowboys atJacksonville Jaguars Jaguars

Allowed 109 receiving yards a game last season.

Michael Gallup

19% of targets over his last four, 18 rec yds a game.

Pittsburgh Steelers vsCincinnati Bengals Bengals

Allowed 120 receiving yards a game last season.

JuJu Smith-Schuster

29% of targets over his last four, 83 rec yds a game.

Antonio Brown

27% of targets over his last four, 70 rec yds a game.

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The other 24 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.

Atlanta Falcons atTampa Bay Buccaneers Buccaneers

Allowed 181 receiving yards a game last season.

Julio Jones

24% of targets over his last four, 99 rec yds a game.

Mohamed Sanu

22% of targets over his last four, 60 rec yds a game.

New England Patriots atKansas City Chiefs Chiefs

Allowed 175 receiving yards a game last season.

Julian Edelman

26% of targets over his last four, 57 rec yds a game.

Chris Hogan

20% of targets over his last four, 33 rec yds a game.

Kansas City Chiefs vsNew England Patriots Patriots

Allowed 169 receiving yards a game last season.

Tyreek Hill

23% of targets over his last four, 64 rec yds a game.

Sammy Watkins

16% of targets over his last four, 58 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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