32 NFL observations after Week 17: Micah Parsons' pass-rush dominance, Travis Etienne's elusiveness and more

• Dallas Cowboys: Micah Parsons has more quarterback pressures than any other.

• Jacksonville Jaguars: Travis Etienne forces defenders to miss tackles like no other.

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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

The Cardinals' upset win was inspired by James Conner‘s strong effort. He rushed for nine first downs, most of any player this week.

Atlanta Falcons

The Falcons may have found themselves something in Nate Landman. The linebacker has a 12.1% run-stop percentage score, the highest of any defender who played more than 300 run-defense snaps.

Baltimore Ravens

Lamar Jackson thrived once again. He had the highest adjusted accuracy completion percentage of the week at 95.2%. That was just part of what propelled him to the highest PFF overall grade of any quarterback.

Buffalo Bills

A big day for Greg Rousseau. Of all defenders to rush the passer at least 12 times, he had the highest win rate with a 46.7% effort.

Carolina Panthers

A good day in run blocking for Ikem Ekwonu. He had the highest PFF run-blocking grade of all offensive players at 93.9.

Chicago Bears

The Bears were able to have success against the Falcons with D.J. Moore lined up in the slot. He picked up 115 yards from inside, most of any player in Week 17.

Cincinnati Bengals

Defensive back Mike Hilton had the most defensive stops in coverage of all players in Week 17 with five.

Cleveland Browns

Which pass-rusher wins the highest percentage of his pass-rushing reps? Myles Garrett, who has a 27.5% score to lead all defenders.

Dallas Cowboys

Cowboys edge Micah Parsons heads into the final week of the regular season with a big lead atop the total pressures on the year chart. He has already broken the 100 mark with his 102 number and leads Nick Bosa by eight.

Denver Broncos

Quinn Meinerz had the highest zone run-blocking score of all guards in Week 17. His 91.1 mark pushed Robert Jones‘s 86.9 score into second.

Detroit Lions

Of all tackles to pass block at least 400 times, Penei Sewell has the best pass-blocking efficiency score. His 98.4 number came after allowing one sack, five hits and 12 hurries across a staggering 606 snaps. Not bad for a guy who also had the highest run-blocking grade of all tackles.

Green Bay Packers

A productive day for Jayden Reed, who recorded the highest yards per route run (5.93) of any wide receiver.

Houston Texans

In the PFF era, only four quarterbacks (Baker Mayfield, Dak Prescott, Robert Griffin III and Russell Wilson) can better or match C.J. Stroud‘s rookie grade (81.1). That’s over an 18-year period!

Indianapolis Colts

JuJu Brents was one of two defensive backs to forced three incompletions this week. Nobody else had more than two.

Jacksonville Jaguars

Nobody has forced more missed tackles this year than Travis Etienne. With 63 as a rusher and 23 as a receiver, his 86 forced missed tackles shouldn't be matched this year.

Kansas City Chiefs

Over the past four weeks of action, Chris Jones has more combined sacks, hits and hurries (23) than all other defensive interior linemen.

Las Vegas Raiders

Of all rookie quarterbacks to play this year, only C.J. Stroud has a better PFF grade than Aidan O’Connell‘s 65.6.

Los Angeles Chargers

A good week for the Chargers offensive line, as it posted the best pass-blocking efficiency score of all lines this week, registering a 97.4 score.

Los Angeles Rams

Just Aaron Donald doing Aaron Donald things. He has racked up 84 combined hits, hurries and sacks. Naturally, that leads all defensive interior linemen, but the margin of his lead is staggering. He has 17 more than his nearest peer.

Miami Dolphins

It’s hard to see anyone stopping Tyreek Hill from finishing the year with the highest yards per route run of all offensive players. His 3.85 mark is 0.84 yards per route better than second place.

Minnesota Vikings

Ivan Pace Jr. had the second-best pass-rush win rate of all linebackers to rush the passer at least 50 times. He ended up with a 21.2% win rate, only Eric Kendricks has scored better.

New England Patriots

Receiver Kendrick Bourne is one game away from the perfect catch season. He hasn’t dropped any of his 37 catchable passes, which puts him first in terms of catches without a drop of all offensive players.

New Orleans Saints

Of all defensive interior linemen, Malcolm Roach has the best run stop percentage with his 17.4 score.

New York Giants

Dexter Lawrence is, along with Quinnen Williams, one of two defenders who have posted PFF grades above 80.0 in both run defense and pass rushing.

New York Jets

This year hasn’t gone the way the Jets expected, but they’ve still seen plenty of dominant performances on their defense. Quincy Williams has been one of the standouts, as he leads the league in defensive stops against the run. He has 51, nine more than the next defender.