• Bryce Young dominates through the air: He finished with the best passing grade of the week.
• Chris Jones ramps up the pressure: The former All-Pro has taken the lead on total pressures on the year.
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Estimated reading time: 6 minutes
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
Budda Baker has the most stops against the run among all defensive backs with 31.
Atlanta Falcons
Another week, another chance for a Falcons guard to get the highest run-blocking grade among all his peers. This week, though, Matthew Bergeron led the way with a 90.4 effort.
Baltimore Ravens
Lamar Jackson has the best grade of any quarterback under pressure this year with a 76.2 effort narrowly beating out Joe Burrow.
Buffalo Bills
With 26 big-time throws when not using play action, Josh Allen has tied for the most of all passers.
Carolina Panthers
No quarterback had a higher grade this week than Bryce Young‘s 91.7.
Chicago Bears
Alongside Bryce Young, Caleb Williams had the most big-time throws this week with four.
Cincinnati Bengals
Ja’Marr Chase has forced 23 missed tackles after the catch, the most of any receiver.
Cleveland Browns
Myles Garrett took his total to 73 pressures on the year this week, the most of any edge defender.
Dallas Cowboys
Since coming back into the lineup in Week 10, Micah Parsons has more pressures than any other edge defender with 42.
Denver Broncos
Center Luke Wattenberg has the second highest pass blocking grade of all his peers at 81.0.
Detroit Lions
Nobody had more yards against zone coverage this week than Jameson Williams‘ 112.
Green Bay Packers
Rashan Gary won 44.4% of his pass rushes this week, the best of any player to pass rush at least 15 times.
Houston Texans
Only Denzel Ward has more combined interceptions and pass breakups than Derek Stingley Jr.‘s 15.
Indianapolis Colts
Alec Pierce has the highest average depth of target of any player with 22.6 yards.
Jacksonville Jaguars
With a 90.0 grade, Logan Cooke has the third-highest punting grade of all players.
Kansas City Chiefs
Chris Jones picked up eight pressures this week, the most of any defensive player in Week 16. It means he’s up to 74 on the year, which is the most in the league.
Las Vegas Raiders
No tight end has picked up more first downs this year than Brock Bowers‘ 53
Los Angeles Chargers
Justin Herbert has a passing grade of 87.6, the third-highest of all quarterbacks.
Los Angeles Rams
The last time a rookie had as many pressures as Jared Verse had (68) after 16 games was Nick Bosa in 2019.
Miami Dolphins
Of all offensive lines in the league, the Dolphins had the best pass-blocking efficiency with a 95.8 score, allowing just one hit and two hurries on 36 dropbacks.
Minnesota Vikings
Of all defensive backs, none has more pressure than Josh Metellus‘ 15.
New England Patriots
Only Josh Jacobs has forced more missed tackles the past four weeks than Antonio Gibson‘s 23.
New Orleans Saints
Since returning to the starting lineup in Week 14, Erik McCoy has the highest run-blocking grade of all centers with a 90.3 effort.
New York Giants
Darius Muasau had the most defensive stops in the run game this week with six.
New York Jets
Over the past four weeks, Davante Adams has 226 yards against man coverage, the most of any player in that period by 60 yards.
Philadelphia Eagles
Darius Slay broke up three passes this week, the joint most along with Marshon Lattimore.
Pittsburgh Steelers
No quarterback has a better grade throwing deep (20 yards or more) than Russell Wilson‘s 96.2 effort.
San Francisco 49ers
Among all linebackers, Fred Warner has the highest coverage grade in man coverage.
Seattle Seahawks
D.K. Metcalf joined George Pickens at the top of the league when it comes to most receptions on balls thrown at least 20 yards in the air with 14.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Lavonte David leads the league in defensive stops when the defense is in zone coverage with 19.
Tennessee Titans
No surprise that Derrick Henry tied for the most forced missed tackles this week with 10. However, joining him was Tyjae Spears for the first time this year and on half as many touches.
Washington Commanders
Terry McLaurin is up to 21 contested catches on the year. That is the most of any player.
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