Quarterbacks vs the defense

Week 7, 2026 2026 through week 6

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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.

at Rams

Holds them to 56 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Kirk Cousins

38 attempts a game over his last four, 292 pass yds a game.

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at Giants

Holds them to 45 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

C.J. Stroud

32 attempts a game over his last four, 272 pass yds a game.

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vs Jets

Holds them to 45 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Malik Willis

26 attempts a game over his last four, 157 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 Lions

Allows 85 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Jordan Love

39 attempts a game over his last four, 288 pass yds a game.

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vs Raiders

Allows 32 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Matthew Stafford

48 attempts a game over his last four, 328 pass yds a game.

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vs Texans

Allows 32 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

J.J. McCarthy

21 attempts a game over his last four, 122 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.