• Miami Dolphins: Tyreek Hill is back to being the NFL's most productive receiver.
•San Francisco 49ers: Brock Purdy was flawless against the blitz.
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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
Nothing quite like playing a former team to bring out that extra 10% in a player. James Conner found that and more, as he forced nine tackles as a runner, most of any player this week.
Atlanta Falcons
It’s never easy facing the Jets defense, but Chris Lindstrom had himself a good day in the run-blocking department. His zone blocking, in particular, was a highlight, as his 90.9 grade was the highest of all guards.
Baltimore Ravens
Over the last five weeks of action, Keaton Mitchell is averaging 4.53 yards per carry after contact, third-best among all rushers.
Buffalo Bills
Just 9.4% of pressure Josh Allen has faced has turned into a sack — the lowest percentage of any player to drop back at least 60 times.
Carolina Panthers
Rookie Bryce Young was the only quarterback to throw more than one big-time throw on intermediate passes (10-19 yards in the air) this week.
Chicago Bears
It remains to be seen what the future holds for Justin Fields in Chicago, but he’s been an impressive deep ball passer. His 94.9 grade is the seventh highest among all quarterbacks and is propelled by his stunning 0.0% turnover-worthy play percentage when throwing deeper than 20 yards. Nobody with more than 10 deep passing attempts can match that.
Cincinnati Bengals
Nobody picked up more yards against man coverage this week than Ja’Marr Chase. His 92 was 14 more than Tyreek Hill in second place.
Cleveland Browns
Myles Garrett‘s 51 total pressures might rank only 16th, but when you have the best pass-rush win rate (24.75) and PFF pass-rushing grade (93.9) you know you’re dealing with a dominant player.
Dallas Cowboys
If you think Micah Parsons has been dominating like no other the past month, you’d be right. Over the last four weeks, he has the best pass rush win rate of any defensive player. His 27.1% is backed up by his grade, where his 93.2 mark is also the highest number over that stretch.
Denver Broncos
Over the past four weeks, no passer has a higher adjusted accuracy percentage than Russell Wilson
Detroit Lions
Only the 49ers duo of Nick Bosa (eight) and Chase Young (seven) could match or better the seven total quarterback pressures than Aidan Hutchinson could manage. However, nobody bested his 35.7% pass rush win rate.
Green Bay Packers
A big day for Jordan Love, which was highlighted by a big day throwing the deep ball. He completed four big-time throws and recorded the highest deep passing grade (96.2) of any quarterback this week.
Houston Texans
A monster day for Nico Collins was helped by dominating down the field. He was the only receiver this week to catch three balls thrown further than 20 yards downfield.
Indianapolis Colts
The Colts offensive line has the third best pass blocking efficiency score on the year. It has allowed just eight sacks, 15 hits and 92 hurries, trailing only Miami and Jacksonville.
Jacksonville Jaguars
Not the usual abundance of forced incompletions from Darious Williams, but he did lead all defensive players this week with four tackles in coverage that resulted in defensive stops.
Kansas City Chiefs
Chiefs running back Isiah Pacheco picked up more first downs rushing the ball than any other player this week. His eight were one more than both Christian McCaffrey and Derrick Henry.
Las Vegas Raiders
Since Antonio Pierce took over as an interim head coach, Josh Jacobs has averaged 4.2 yards per carry after averaging 3.1 yards before Pierce took over.
Los Angeles Chargers
A good week for the Chargers offensive line, as it gave up just two hits and two hurries while scoring the week's best offensive line pass-blocking efficiency score (94.7). Special credit to Trey Pipkins, who had the most true pass sets (20) without giving up a pressure.
Los Angeles Rams
Rookie Puka Nacua ended this Sunday with 90 yards from the slot, the most in Week 13.
Miami Dolphins
It feels like it’s been a while, but normal business has resumed with Tyreek Hill being the most productive receiver this week in terms of our yards per route run receiving metric. He turned 18 routes into 157 yards, good for a monstrous 8.72 YPRR.
Minnesota Vikings
Harrison Phillips is matched only by Derrick Brown when it comes to tackles in the run game by a defensive lineman. They both have 45.
New England Patriots
Linebacker Jahlani Tavai has made the most tackles in the run game (29) without missing one.
New Orleans Saints
Alvin Kamara was the most productive receiving running back this week. He turned 17 routes into 58 yards, generating a 3.41 yards per route run score that pushed Derrick Henry into second place.
New York Giants
He may have been overtaken by Aaron Donald, but it’s still been a remarkable pass-rushing year for Dexter Lawrence. He’s second in pass-rush win rate (20%) and total pressures (53) for all defensive interior linemen. He also has the highest PFF pass-rush grade (92.5).
New York Jets
No defender has made more stops in the run game than Quincy Williams. He has a five defensive stop lead from Bobby Wagner with his 39 recorded run stops.
Philadelphia Eagles
With a 94.9 zone blocking grade, Jordan Mailata has the highest of any offensive lineman in the league right now.
Pittsburgh Steelers
Before leaving Sunday's game, Kenny Pickett had a remarkable 100% adjusted accuracy completion percentage. He may have only completed seven-of-10 passes, but one was dropped, another batted at the line of scrimmage and a third was thrown while he was hit.
San Francisco 49ers
If the Eagles and 49ers meet again, Philadelphia might think twice about blitzing Brock Purdy. He went 10-of-10 when the Eagles did, picking up the best grade of any quarterback blitzed more than five times this week (91.2).
Seattle Seahawks
After completing seven of his nine play-action passes, Geno Smith walked away with the highest PFF grade of any quarterback in this facet this week with a 95.4 mark.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
In his most extensive action as a pro, former undrafted free agent J.J. Russell, despite lining up as an off-ball linebacker, had the highest pass-rushing productivity score of any player to rush the passer at least 10 times. He turned his 13 pass rushes into a sack and three hurries to generate a 19.2 score, the best of the week.
Tennessee Titans
Tackle Dillon Radunz had a career day with his run blocking, picking up a 92.2 grade in this facet. This wasn’t just the highest single-game grade of his career but also the highest of any tackle this week.
Washington Commanders
With 17 forced incompletions over this season, Benjamin St-Juste stands ahead of all defenders. He is one ahead of Charvarius Ward currently.
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