Quarterbacks vs the defense

Week 13, 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 Seahawks

Holds them to 72 fewer 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

vs Giants

Holds them to 55 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 Vikings

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

Bryce Young

37 attempts a game over his last four, 246 pass yds a game.

Bryce Young a full participant but with an ankle injury ProFootballTalk (RSS), 3 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.

at Lions

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

Michael Penix Jr.

31 attempts a game over his last four, 201 pass yds a game.

The Falcoholic Reacts: Uncertainty about Michael Penix Jr.’s outlook The Falcoholic, 1 d ago

at Bengals

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

Deshaun Watson

34 attempts a game over his last four, 238 pass yds a game.

Browns, Saints inactives: Decision on Deshaun Watson’s gameday status made official Dawgs By Nature, 3 h ago

vs Titans

Allows 42 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

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.