Receivers 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 receivers 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 receivers

Receivers with a real workload have gained 89% of their recent average against defenses like that since 2016, and beaten it in 40% of games. Against the middle of the league, 40% have.

vs Seahawks

Holds them to 44 fewer receiving yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Luther Burden III

20% of targets over his last four, 84 rec yds a game.

Luther Burden III, Rome Odunze developing interesting WR dynamic for Bears Windy City Gridiron, 4 h ago

Rome Odunze

17% of targets over his last four, 61 rec yds a game.

Luther Burden III, Rome Odunze developing interesting WR dynamic for Bears Windy City Gridiron, 4 h ago

vs Buccaneers

Holds them to 38 fewer receiving yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Drake London

30% of targets over his last four, 86 rec yds a game.

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Jahan Dotson

15% of targets over his last four, 50 rec yds a game.

at Vikings

Holds them to 29 fewer receiving yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Amon-Ra St. Brown

32% of targets over his last four, 79 rec yds a game.

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Jameson Williams

21% of targets over his last four, 72 rec yds a game.

Lions, Vikings mic’d up video shows redemption arc for Jameson Williams Pride of Detroit, 3 d ago

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 receivers

Receivers with a real workload have gained 97% of their recent average against defenses like that since 2016, and beaten it in 44% of games. Against the middle of the league, 40% have.

vs Jaguars

Allows 69 more receiving yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Keenan Allen

22% of targets over his last four, 55 rec yds a game.

Josh Downs

18% of targets over his last four, 30 rec yds a game.

NFL trade deadline: Buffalo Bills trade candidate – Josh Downs Buffalo Rumblings, 4 d ago

vs Lions

Allows 34 more receiving yards a game than the offenses it has faced usually gain.

Jordan Addison

24% of targets over his last four, 46 rec yds a game.

Justin Jefferson

23% of targets over his last four, 53 rec yds a game.

at Titans

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

Ja'Marr Chase

24% of targets over his last four, 66 rec yds a game.

Ja'Marr Chase and the Bengals beat the Falcons 34-17 in Madrid ProFootballTalk (RSS), 2 h ago

Tee Higgins

23% of targets over his last four, 104 rec yds a game.

Tee Higgins named the AFC offensive player of the week ProFootballTalk (RSS), 4 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.