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Running backs vs the defense

Week 9, 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 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.

Detroit Lions vsMinnesota Vikings Vikings

Allowed 67 rushing yards a game last season.

Kerryon Johnson

59% of carries over his last four, 103 scrimmage yds a game.

LeGarrette Blount

36% of carries over his last four, 28 scrimmage yds a game.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers vsCarolina Panthers Panthers

Allowed 72 rushing yards a game last season.

Peyton Barber

74% of carries over his last four, 63 scrimmage yds a game.

Dallas Cowboys atTennessee Titans Titans

Allowed 75 rushing yards a game last season.

Ezekiel Elliott

84% of carries over his last four, 121 scrimmage yds a game.

The other 20 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.

Seattle Seahawks atLos Angeles Chargers Chargers

Allowed 116 rushing yards a game last season.

Chris Carson

61% of carries over his last four, 109 scrimmage yds a game.

Atlanta Falcons vsWashington Commanders Commanders

Allowed 112 rushing yards a game last season.

Tevin Coleman

40% of carries over his last four, 58 scrimmage yds a game.

Ito Smith

39% of carries over his last four, 31 scrimmage yds a game.

Chicago Bears vsBuffalo Bills Bills

Allowed 112 rushing yards a game last season.

Jordan Howard

58% of carries over his last four, 56 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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