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Receivers: the playoff slate

Weeks 15–17, 2025 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 Minnesota Vikings Vikings @Dallas Cowboys 158@New York Giants 150Detroit Lions 185 164.3
2 New York Jets Jets @Jacksonville Jaguars 175@New Orleans Saints 166New England Patriots 147 162.6
3 Detroit Lions Lions @Los Angeles Rams 142Pittsburgh Steelers 155@Minnesota Vikings 183 160.1
  1. 1 Minnesota Vikings Vikings week 15 at DAL, week 16 at NYG, week 17 vs DET 164.3rec yds a game, average
  2. 2 New York Jets Jets week 15 at JAX, week 16 at NO, week 17 vs NE 162.6rec yds a game, average
  3. 3 Detroit Lions Lions week 15 at LA, week 16 vs PIT, week 17 at MIN 160.1rec 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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