Receivers vs the defense

Week 17, 2021 last season's final profiles, while this season has fewer than three games

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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.

at Rams

Allowed 126 receiving yards a game last season.

Marquise Brown

28% of targets over his last four, 46 rec yds a game.

Rashod Bateman

16% of targets over his last four, 34 rec yds a game.

at Chiefs

Allowed 139 receiving yards a game last season.

Tee Higgins

22% of targets over his last four, 117 rec yds a game.

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Tyler Boyd

15% of targets over his last four, 80 rec yds a game.

vs Packers

Allowed 145 receiving yards a game last season.

Justin Jefferson

36% of targets over his last four, 106 rec yds a game.

K.J. Osborn

17% of targets over his last four, 55 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.

at Falcons

Allowed 209 receiving yards a game last season.

Gabe Davis

20% of targets over his last four, 51 rec yds a game.

Cole Beasley

16% of targets over his last four, 39 rec yds a game.

at Lions

Allowed 205 receiving yards a game last season.

DK Metcalf

34% of targets over his last four, 49 rec yds a game.

Tyler Lockett

22% of targets over his last four, 84 rec yds a game.

vs Seahawks

Allowed 201 receiving yards a game last season.

Amon-Ra St. Brown

35% of targets over his last four, 85 rec yds a game.

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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.