Running backs: the playoff slate

Weeks 15–17, 2026 2026 through week 4

RB WR TE

Each offense's three opponents in weeks 15 to 17 and the average of what those defenses have allowed a game to running backs 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.

#	Offense	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Average
1	Cardinals	+20.62nd	@ +26.41st	+17.24th	+21.4 vs avg
2	Giants	+16.16th	@ +13.49th	@ +17.83rd	+15.8 vs avg
3	Bears	@ +10.210th	+16.15th	+13.49th	+13.2 vs avg

1 Cardinals week 15 vs NYJ, week 16 at NO, week 17 vs LV +21.4vs their avg, average
2 Giants week 15 vs CLE, week 16 at DET, week 17 at DAL +15.8vs their avg, average
3 Bears week 15 at BUF, week 16 vs GB, week 17 vs DET +13.2vs their avg, average

Yards and targets allowed are from each defense's final games this season, ranked among the 32 (1 = allows the most). 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.