Quarterbacks vs the defense

Week 10, 2026 2026 through week 8

QB RB WR TE

Every week, the defenses that have been hardest and easiest on quarterbacks 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 quarterbacks

Quarterbacks with a real workload have gained 93% of their recent average against defenses like that since 2016, and beaten it in 40% of games. Against the middle of the league, 48% have.

at Seahawks

Holds them to 72 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Kirk Cousins

35 attempts a game over his last four, 275 pass yds a game.

Kirk Cousins silences quarterback change talks in Week 8 win over New York Jets Silver And Black Pride, 6 d ago

vs Giants

Holds them to 55 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Jayden Daniels

28 attempts a game over his last four, 203 pass yds a game.

Jayden Daniels tosses 7-yard TD, Commanders lead Rams 10-3 ProFootballTalk (RSS), 1 h ago

at Vikings

Holds them to 54 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Jordan Love

40 attempts a game over his last four, 301 pass yds a game.

Drake Maye vs. Jordan Love: Which is the better quarterback? Acme Packing Company, 2 d ago

The other 22 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 quarterbacks

Quarterbacks with a real workload have gained 100% of their recent average against defenses like that since 2016, and beaten it in 50% of games. Against the middle of the league, 48% have.

vs Lions

Allows 59 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Drake Maye

29 attempts a game over his last four, 282 pass yds a game.

Drake Maye’s early-season turnaround earns him October honors Pats Pulpit, 2 d ago

vs Bengals

Allows 57 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Aaron Rodgers

34 attempts a game over his last four, 218 pass yds a game.

Tom Brady says no one is stopping Aaron Rodgers, Steelers in the AFC North Behind the Steel Curtain, 4 d ago

vs Titans

Allows 42 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Trevor Lawrence

30 attempts a game over his last four, 272 pass yds a game.

Trevor Lawrence is having by far the best season of his career ProFootballTalk (RSS), 2 d ago

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.