Quarterbacks vs the defense

Week 11, 2026 2026 through week 8

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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.

vs Giants

Holds them to 55 fewer 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

at Vikings

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

Brock Purdy

32 attempts a game over his last four, 240 pass yds a game.

vs Chargers

Holds them to 43 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Geno Smith

30 attempts a game over his last four, 253 pass yds a game.

Jets-Chiefs Game Preview | Geno Smith and Patrick Mahomes Take the Spotlight New York Jets official site, 2 d ago

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 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.

Baker Mayfield

20 attempts a game over his last four, 116 pass yds a game.

Baker Mayfield on zero completed passes: Whatever it takes to win ProFootballTalk (RSS), 6 d ago

at Bengals

Allows 57 more 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 Titans

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

Dak Prescott

38 attempts a game over his last four, 245 pass yds a game.

Dak Prescott's fourth-down TD throw gives Cowboys 10-7 lead ProFootballTalk (RSS), 1 h 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.