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Running backs: the playoff slate

Weeks 15–17, 2026 2026 through week 5

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.

#OffenseWeek 15Week 16Week 17Average
1 Arizona Cardinals Cardinals New York Jets +17.96th@New Orleans Saints +23.23rdLas Vegas Raiders +23.72nd +21.6 vs avg
2 New York Giants Giants Cleveland Browns +16.97th@Detroit Lions -2.117th@Dallas Cowboys +35.41st +16.7 vs avg
3 Las Vegas Raiders Raiders Denver Broncos +3.512thTennessee Titans +13.89th@Arizona Cardinals +18.95th +12.1 vs avg
  1. 1 Arizona Cardinals Cardinals week 15 vs NYJ, week 16 at NO, week 17 vs LV +21.6vs their avg, average
  2. 2 New York Giants Giants week 15 vs CLE, week 16 at DET, week 17 at DAL +16.7vs their avg, average
  3. 3 Las Vegas Raiders Raiders week 15 vs DEN, week 16 vs TEN, week 17 at ARI +12.1vs their avg, average

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.

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