Quarterbacks vs the defense

Week 14, 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.

vs Seahawks

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

Jameis Winston

33 attempts a game over his last four, 182 pass yds a game.

at Giants

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

Sam Darnold

36 attempts a game over his last four, 230 pass yds a game.

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at Vikings

Holds them to 54 fewer 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.

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The other 24 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.

Cam Ward

32 attempts a game over his last four, 189 pass yds a game.

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vs Bengals

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

Patrick Mahomes

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

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at Titans

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

Jared Goff

35 attempts a game over his last four, 291 pass yds a game.

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.