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Highest % of team total receiving yards through 6 weeks (since 2016), per @SumerSports: 1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba '26: 48.8% 2. Antonio Brown '17: 46.0% 3. D.J. More '23: 45.3% 4. Ja'Marr Chase '23: 45.2% 5. Jaxon Smith-Njigba '25: 44.7%

Rams offense on deep throws (20+ air yard attempts) through 6 weeks in ‘25 vs. ‘26, per @SumerSports: *Deep throw %: 13.5% (7th) -> 10.4% (21st) *TD/INT: 2/0 -> 1/3 *Completion %: 53.6 (3rd) -> 26.9 (26th) *EPA/att: 1.12 (3rd) -> -0.18 (27th) *Success Rate: 57.1 -> 26.9

Atlanta Falcons defense blitz/pressure numbers and ranks, per @SumerSports: *Pressure rate: 44.4% (4th) *Blitz %: 23.7% (26th) *4-man rush %: 75.6% (3rd) *% zone coverage behind a blitz: 58.1% (17th)

QB Total EPA leaders heading into Week 7, per @SumerSports: 1. Josh Allen: 59.8 2. Brock Purdy: 57.6 3. Jared Goff: 52.8 (5 games played) 4. Trevor Lawrence: 47.4 5. Lamar Jackson: 36.2 (4 games played)

Matthew Stafford through 6 games in 2025 vs. 2026, per @SumerSports: *Under center dropback %: 37.3% -> 27.2% *Play action %: 30.5% -> 24.5% *INT%: 0.97% (2) -> 2.44% (6) *Shotgun EPA/dropback: 0.25 -> 0.03 *EPA/dropback vs. man coverage: 0.27 -> -0.13

Carnell Tate's 26.7% target share through 6 weeks ranks 12th among receivers, per @SumerSports His target share this year is the 5th most for a rookie WR through 6 weeks of a season since 2022

With the 49ers beating the Commanders, no NFC East team has won a game in the last two weeks. This last happened to the AFC East in Weeks 9-10 in 2023, though the Dolphins had a bye in week 10 that year.

Another example of the Panthers getting McMillan on a safety with the motion player occupying the CB

Panthers are in 13 personnel to get base defense. Motioning the TE all the way out means Tetairoa McMillan will see a safety instead of a CB

With the 3rd down conversion on that TD drive, Mike Evans is once again tied for the league lead among pass catchers with 1st downs created on 3rd down (12, tied with Brock Bowers), per @SumerSports

Bears go 13 personnel and have all 3 tight ends to the top of the screen for a quick screen to Colston Loveland

Always nice when the doubles up to the LBs work out like this

A lot of the successful blitzes this year share these goals: *Force the RB into pass protection *Get a 2 on 1 with the RB *Create a free runner without having to send everyone

Play Action rates through 6 weeks (before MNF), per @SumerSports: 1. Buffalo Bills: 36.5% 2. Kansas City Chiefs: 35.6% 3. Detroit Lions: 33.3% 4. Chicago Bears: 33.1% 5. Carolina Panthers: 31.4%

Two examples of post snap spikes from the DL creating TFLs for the Packers defense

Jonathan Gannon's defensive usage changes from 2022 w/ PHI to 2026 w/ GB so far, per @SumerSports: *Blitz %: 25.2% -> 32.2% *MOF disguise %: 27.8% -> 40.1% *Stunt %: 13.6% -> 31.4% *Cover 1: 21.1% -> 10.7% *Cover 2: 5.6% -> 22.7%

The Kansas City Chiefs are the only team that rank in the top 5 in both offensive EPA/play and defensive EPA/play allowed this season, per @SumerSports

The Packers defense is up to 5th in EPA/play allowed on the season, per @SumerSports. Their defensive performance percentiles by game: Wk 6: 76th percentile Wk 5: 95th percentile Wk 4: 68th percentile Wk 3: 6th percentile Wk 2: 71st percentile Wk 1: 55th percentile

This deserves the slo-mo of the week