Quarterbacks 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 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.

vs Seahawks

Holds them to 78 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Caleb Williams

31 attempts a game over his last four, 255 pass yds a game.

A Bears win on Sunday could catapult Caleb Williams back into the MVP race Windy City Gridiron, 23 h ago

vs Rams

Holds them to 48 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Justin Herbert

32 attempts a game over his last four, 185 pass yds a game.

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at Vikings

Holds them to 47 fewer passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Jared Goff

36 attempts a game over his last four, 314 pass 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 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 67 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Kyler Murray

30 attempts a game over his last four, 199 pass yds a game.

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vs Jaguars

Allows 58 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Daniel Jones

36 attempts a game over his last four, 197 pass yds a game.

Daniel Jones has several million reasons to want to be traded to a contender ProFootballTalk (RSS), 5 h ago

vs Commanders

Allows 39 more passing yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Tanner McKee

40 attempts a game over his last four, 213 pass yds a game.

Tanner McKee expected to serve as Eagles’ backup QB behind Joe Milton Bleeding Green Nation, 3 h 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.