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Tight ends: the playoff slate

Weeks 15–17, 2026 2026 through week 6

Each offense's three opponents in weeks 15 to 17 and the average of what those defenses have allowed a game to tight ends 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 Minnesota Vikings Vikings Detroit Lions +541stWashington Commanders +32.93rd@New York Jets -7.722nd +26.4 vs avg
2 Baltimore Ravens Ravens @Pittsburgh Steelers +2.912thCleveland Browns -0.714th@Cincinnati Bengals +49.82nd +17.3 vs avg
3 Chicago Bears Bears @Buffalo Bills +8.58thGreen Bay Packers -10.926thDetroit Lions +541st +17.2 vs avg
  1. 1 Minnesota Vikings Vikings week 15 vs DET, week 16 vs WAS, week 17 at NYJ +26.4vs their avg, average
  2. 2 Baltimore Ravens Ravens week 15 at PIT, week 16 vs CLE, week 17 at CIN +17.3vs their avg, average
  3. 3 Chicago Bears Bears week 15 at BUF, week 16 vs GB, week 17 vs DET +17.2vs 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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