32 NFL observations after Week 14: Aaron Donald ramps up the pressure, DeAndre Hopkins dominates deep and more

2TCEFXC Los Angeles Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald (99) looks on between plays during the second half of an NFL football game against the Baltimore Ravens, Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Baltimore. (AP Photo/Terrance Williams)

Los Angeles Rams: Aaron Donald applied more pressure on the opposing quarterback than any other this week.

Tennessee Titans: DeAndre Hopkins dominates on deep passes in Week 14.

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Each week, we’ve been taking a look at some of the more interesting nuggets readers can find out about teams with our “Premium Stats” product —whether it’s who the best pass-rushers are, who the most productive receivers are, or who grades the best at certain positions.

With a little time, we’ve trawled through to see what caught our eye not just from this week's action but for the season overall.

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Arizona Cardinals

With just a 1.2 turnover-worthy play rate, Kyler Murray has the lowest in the league since returning from injury.


Atlanta Falcons

What helped fuel the monster day of Drake London? He had three catches on contested balls, most of any receiver this week.


Baltimore Ravens

Nobody threw for more first downs this week than Lamar Jackson, who threw 21 first downs. It was helped by dropping back 53 times, but even with the high volume, he was constantly looking downfield. His 13.2-yard average depth of target was second only to Bryce Young.


Buffalo Bills

Only DeForest Buckner has batted as many passes as the six that A.J. Epenesa has managed.


Carolina Panthers

Only Azeez Al-Shaair could match Derrick Brown in terms of tackles in the run game. They both had eight this week.


Chicago Bears

With six defensive stops in coverage, Jaquan Brisker had the most of any defender during Week 14.


Cincinnati Bengals

A productive day for Chase Brown catching the ball. He only ran eight pass routes but turned that into 80 yards, leading to 10 yards per route run.


Cleveland Browns

With a 94.3 grade and 25.5% pass rush win rate, Myles Garrett still tops the charts in two of the most important pass-rushing metrics.


Dallas Cowboys

Only Nick Bosa can match Micah Parsons for total pressures generated. They both have 82 on the year, six ahead of Aidan Hutchinson.


Denver Broncos

With a 79.9 adjusted accuracy rate on the year, Russell Wilson has the best score of the 26 quarterbacks to drop back at least 350 times.


Detroit Lions

Penei Sewell leads all tackles with a 92.6 PFF run-blocking grade. He is the only tackle to grade above 85.0 for both his zone and man run blocking.


Green Bay Packers

Devonte Wyatt won 42.9% of his pass rush reps — the best among all defenders this week.


Houston Texans

Receiver Nico Collins trails only Tyreek Hill and Brandon Aiyuk in terms of yards per route run on the year with 2.92 YPRR.


Indianapolis Colts

Of tight ends to run at least 15 pass routes this week, Will Mallory led the way with 2.88 yards per route run. He just edged out the 2.71 of George Kittle.


Jacksonville Jaguars

With seven catches for a first down, Evan Engram had the most of any tight end in Week 14. Only Drake London could match that number.


Kansas City Chiefs

With five forced incompletions, L’Jarius Sneed had the most of any defender in the NFL this week.


Las Vegas Raiders

The Raiders currently have the sixth-best pass-blocking efficiency score of all offensive lines. There 86.4 number is 0.1 outside the top five.


Los Angeles Chargers

Only Tyreek Hill has more yards against zone coverage than the 822 Keenan Allen has managed.


Los Angeles Rams

Nobody picked up more combined hits, hurries and sacks this week than Aaron Donald. The Rams DL notched eight.


Miami Dolphins

Nobody rushed for more first downs this week than the seven Raheem Mostert managed.


Minnesota Vikings

No tight end has graded better as a run blocker than Josh Oliver. His 80.4 grade narrowly edges out George Kittle.


New England Patriots

When the Patriots kept Bailey Zappe clean, he delivered. On the 21 dropbacks he didn't face pressure, he completed 17 passes and scored the highest PFF grade of the week (90.8).


New Orleans Saints

Isaac Yiadom was one of three defenders this week to record three pass breaks (along with L’Jarius Sneed and Xavien Howard).


New York Giants

The battle between Dexter Lawrence and Aaron Donald rages on. Lawrence currently leads Donald and all other defensive interior linemen with a 92.9 grade.


New York Jets

With 95 yards against zone coverage, Garrett Wilson had more than any other player this week.


Philadelphia Eagles

Jalen Carter has the best pass rush grade of all rookies at 84.1. This grade jumps to 90.1 against true pass sets, where it ranks fourth among all defensive interior linemen.


Pittsburgh Steelers

With a 33.3% pass rush win rate, T.J. Watt was the best of all edge defenders this week.


San Francisco 49ers

No receiver was more productive than Deebo Samuel this week. He ran 27 routes and turned them into 149 yards, generating a week-leading 5.52 yards per route run.


Seattle Seahawks

Linebacker Bobby Wagner is second in the league with 37 defensive stops in the run game, behind only Quincy Williams.


Tampa Bay Buccaneers

It wasn’t always pretty for Baker Mayfield, but he did manage three big-time throws that propelled him to the best big-time throw percentage (10%) of the week.


Tennessee Titans

With three catches on balls that went at least 20 yards in the air, DeAndre Hopkins had more deep receptions than any other player in Week 14.


Washington Commanders

Curtis Samuel is one of four receivers to have caught at least 50 passes and only dropped one ball (the others being Drake London, Josh Downs and D.J. Moore).

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