Quarterbacks vs the defense

Week 6, 2026 2026 through week 5

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 66 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Bo Nix

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

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vs Rams

Holds them to 62 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Jacoby Brissett

40 attempts a game over his last four, 208 pass yds a game.

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at Jets

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

Drake Maye

30 attempts a game over his last four, 263 pass yds a game.

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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 Jaguars

Allows 67 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

C.J. Stroud

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

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at Commanders

Allows 54 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Brock Purdy

27 attempts a game over his last four, 248 pass yds a game.

at Bills

Allows 36 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Kirk Cousins

36 attempts a game over his last four, 277 pass yds a game.

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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.