• Houston Texans: C.J. Stroud dominated with the deep ball in Week 9.
• Pittsburgh Steelers: Edge Alex Highsmith produces more pressure this week than any other.
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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
James Conner has the highest pass-blocking grade on the year among running backs.
Atlanta Falcons
Left tackle Jake Matthews had the highest pass-blocking grade of any tackle this week, as his 91.0 score beat out David Quessenberry into second.
Baltimore Ravens
Keaton Mitchell turned his nine rushing attacks into 138 yards, which came on the back of his week-leading eight forced missed tackles.
Buffalo Bills
Stefon Diggs was intent on making the most out of his opportunities. He forced six missed tackles on his six receptions, the most of any receiver this week.
Carolina Panthers
A big game in run defense for Frankie Luvu. He made the most tackles in the run game (nine) and secured the most defensive stops (five).
Chicago Bears
Linebacker Jack Sanborn tied for the most defensive stops in coverage this week with four. Only Ja’Whaun Bentley could match that number.
Cincinnati Bengals
Another strong day under pressure for Joe Burrow. He was pressured on 17 dropbacks but had the highest grade of the week (84.1) of any quarterback to be pressured on at least 10 dropbacks.
Cleveland Browns
Amari Cooper had the most yards of any player this week against zone coverage. His 128 beat Dalton Schultz by seven yards.
Dallas Cowboys
Nobody picked up more yards from the slot than wide receiver CeeDee Lamb. His 133-yard total was 53 better than anybody else.
Denver Broncos
He has only run 85 routes, but no rookie has a better yards per route run number than Marvin Mims‘ 2.89.
Detroit Lions
If you keep Jared Goff clean, he will punish you. His 94.0 grade is the highest of any quarterback without pressure, posting a fantastic 9:1 big-time play-to-turnover-worthy play ratio.
Green Bay Packers
A good day for Jordan Love, arguably the best of his young career. He recorded the third-highest adjusted accuracy completion percentage of any quarterback this week with an 87.5% mark.
Houston Texans
Which stat do you want to go for in a monster week for C.J. Stroud? Let’s look at his deep passing, where he completed the most passes (six), picked up the most yards (199) and had the most big-time throws (four) of any quarterback this week.
Indianapolis Colts
No interior defensive lineman had a better pass-rush win rate than the 28.6% figure that DeForest Buckner produced.
Jacksonville Jaguars
With 11 pass breakups, Darious Williams is two clear of any other defender in the NFL. He’s also spent the most snaps in coverage without getting flagged.
Kansas City Chiefs
No quarterback grades better when not using play action than Patrick Mahomes. His 87.0 grade edges out Lamar Jackson.
Las Vegas Raiders
Maxx Crosby extended his lead in terms of total pressures for the year. His number of 53 gives him a four-pressure lead over Micah Parsons in second.
Los Angeles Chargers
Over the first seven weeks of the season, Joey Bosa picked up 17 total pressures on 119 pass rushes for a 9.2 pass-rushing productivity score. In the last two weeks, however, he has ramped it up to net 11 on just 53 pass rushes and an improved 14.2 PRP mark.
Los Angeles Rams
Matthew Stafford has the best big-time throw percentage (41.7%) on deep passes of all quarterbacks to attempt at least 15 deep passes. He’s done this while having the sixth-lowest turnover-worthy play score on passes with over 20 air yards.
Miami Dolphins
Running back Raheem Mostert has the most 10-plus-yard runs with 19.
Minnesota Vikings
Josh Oliver has the second highest run blocking grade of all tight ends with an 83.2 score that is only bettered by C.J. Uzomah.
New England Patriots
Ja’Whaun Bentley has the second-highest pressures total (13) of any linebacker, with only Demario Davis producing more.
New Orleans Saints
Malcolm Roach has picked up 15 defensive stops in the run game on 90 snaps to produce the best run-stop rate (17.9%) of any player.
New York Giants
Tight end Darren Waller has the third-highest number of receptions without a drop with 36.
New York Jets
Edge rusher John Franklin-Myers had the best pass-rushing productivity score of Week 9. He turned his 25 pass rushes into a sack, four hits and three hurries for a league-leading 19.8 score.
Philadelphia Eagles
Eagles center Jason Kelce had the highest run-blocking grade of any interior lineman this week, with a particularly strong zone run-blocking mark. This pushed him to a 92.6 grade, with the nearest center at 82.4.
Pittsburgh Steelers
The weekly winner for most total pressures was not the Steeler you’d expect this week. Instead, it was Alex Highsmith, who led the way with 10.
San Francisco 49ers
Nick Bosa has won 23.1% of his pass-rushing opportunities — third-best of all edge defenders.
Seattle Seahawks
Geno Smith ranks third in grade on play-action passing with a 92.2 number that is bettered only by Matthew Stafford and Tua Tagovailoa.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
With seven first-down runs, Rachaad White had more than any other runner this week.
Tennessee Titans
In two weeks as Tennessee's starter, no quarterback has thrown the ball deep more than Will Levis. He has attempted 19 deep passes, two more than the next most in that period, Sam Howell, who is the only player to attempt more than Levis' five big-time deep throws in that period.
Washington Commanders
Rookie Emmanuel Forbes had his best game in the NFL this week. Targeted seven times, he only allowed two completions, with four of those incompletions forced. That number was the best of any defender this week.
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