Running backs vs the defense

Week 8, 2026 2026 through week 7

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Every week, the defenses that have been hardest and easiest on running backs 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 running backs

Backs with a real workload have gained 84% of their recent average against defenses like that since 2016, and beaten it in 33% of games. Against the middle of the league, 42% have.

vs Jaguars

Holds them to 25 fewer rushing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Jonathan Taylor

55% of carries over his last four, 110 scrimmage yds a game.

Belief around league circles is that Colts will keep Jonathan Taylor despite trade inquiries Stampede Blue, 3 h ago

vs Seahawks

Holds them to 23 fewer rushing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

D'Andre Swift

61% of carries over his last four, 77 scrimmage yds a game.

vs Steelers

Holds them to 20 fewer rushing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Quinshon Judkins

66% of carries over his last four, 82 scrimmage yds a game.

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 running backs

Backs with a real workload have gained 106% of their recent average against defenses like that since 2016, and beaten it in 50% of games. Against the middle of the league, 42% have.

at Raiders

Allows 31 more rushing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Braelon Allen

77% of carries over his last four, 105 scrimmage yds a game.

Jets Week 8 Stats & Notes | Adonai Mitchell & Braelon Allen Lead Offense New York Jets official site, 6 d ago

Breece Hall

63% of carries over his last four, 88 scrimmage yds a game.

Breece Hall up to full practice Thursday, says he's ready to play this week ProFootballTalk (RSS), 2 d ago

vs Cowboys

Allows 28 more rushing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Tyler Allgeier

36% of carries over his last four, 41 scrimmage yds a game.

When Opportunity Knocked, Tyler Allgeier Answered With Super(man) Performance Arizona Cardinals official site, 2 d ago

at Panthers

Allows 26 more rushing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Josh Jacobs

69% of carries over his last four, 91 scrimmage yds a game.

Josh Jacobs: "There's a lot of stuff being said about me that's completely false" ProFootballTalk (RSS), 3 d ago

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.