by Vincent Verhei

For very bad reasons, Odell Beckham and Tyrann Mathieu were the biggest newsmakers in Week 15 in the NFL. That's too bad, because two other players deserved more credit for their accomplishments -- or rather, more recognition for the great numbers they produced. By DYAR, David Johnson had the best day for a running back all year, while Antonio Brown set a new 2015 standard for wide receivers. In fact, both men produced one of the top games on record at their respective positions.

We'll start with Johnson. The third-round rookie out of Northern Iowa rushed for 187 yards against Philadelphia, one of the top four yardage totals this season, scoring three times. He also added another 42 yards on four catches. Johnson's longest gain against Philadelphia was a 47-yard touchdown in the second quarter, but he had four other 10-plus-yard runs on the night. Including his touchdowns, he ran for ten first downs, including conversions on all five of his carries with 1 yard to go. He had 21 runs of 3 yards or more, but was hit for no gain or a loss only twice. Only eight of his 29 carries were unsuccessful, giving him a smashing success rate of 72 percent. And he was versatile, with success up the middle (eight carries for only 19 yards, but four first downs -- he usually went up the middle in short yardage), off tackle (three carries, each gaining exactly 5 yards, all on first-and-10), and to the outside (16 carries for 137 yards on runs to left or right end, including four of his longest runs).

And we haven't even talked about his receiving value yet. The Cardinals threw Johnson the ball four times, and he turned all four of them into valuable plays:

Up 7-3 in the first quarter, Arizona had a third-and-2 at their own 43. Johnson caught a pass a yard behind the line of scrimmage and rumbled for a gain of 12 and a first down.

On the very next play, Johnson caught a pass 6 yards downfield and added 2 more yards after the catch, finishing with a healthy gain of 8 on first-and-10.

Up 23-10 in the third quarter, the Cardinals had a first down at midfield. Johnson showed that he is more than just a screen threat with a 12-yard catch, with all 12 yards coming before the catch.

With a 37-17 lead in the fourth quarter, the Cardinals had a third-and-1 and were looking to kill clock. Johnson took a pass at the line of scrimmage and ran for a 10-yard gain. That let Arizona burn off another 90 seconds of clock and set up an insurance field goal.

Johnson finished with 88 rushing DYAR against Philadelphia, the best total since Jonas Gray's incredibly fluky day against the Colts in Week 11 last year, which worked out to 104 DYAR with final opponent adjustments. In total DYAR, it was the best since Jamaal Charles' cartoonish receiving day against Oakland in Week 15 of 2013.

Best Single-Game DYAR, Running Backs, Regular Season, 1989-2015 Rank Year Player Team Total DYAR Rush DYAR Rec DYAR Runs Yds TD Pass Rec Yds TD Week Def 1 2002 Priest Holmes KC 152 101 52 23 197 2 7 7 110 1 12 SEA 2 2006 Joseph Addai IND 145 121 24 24 171 4 3 3 37 0 12 PHI 3 1997 Corey Dillon CIN 135 126 9 39 246 4 2 2 30 0 15 TEN 4 2005 LaDainian Tomlinson SD 134 117 -13 21 192 3 7 7 28 0 3 NYG 5 1991 Barry Sanders DET 131 116 15 23 220 4 4 4 31 0 13 MIN 6 1998 Marshall Faulk IND 131 89 41 17 192 1 8 8 75 1 13 BAL 7 2000 Marshall Faulk STL 123 95 28 32 220 2 8 8 41 1 17 NO 8 2007 Brian Westbrook PHI 117 58 59 14 110 2 5 5 111 1 3 DET 9 2013 Jamaal Charles KC 116 4 112 8 20 1 8 8 195 4 15 OAK 10 1991 Thurman Thomas BUF 114 56 58 25 165 1 9 9 103 1 1 MIA 11 2000 Marshall Faulk STL 114 83 31 25 208 1 10 10 78 0 7 ATL 12 2015 David Johnson ARI 112 83 29 29 187 3 4 4 42 0 15 PHI 13 1990 Barry Sanders DET 111 42 69 16 90 1 7 7 135 1 6 KC 14 1999 Marshall Faulk STL 111 10 101 10 54 0 13 13 204 1 16 CHI 15 2004 Edgerrin James IND 110 104 6 23 204 1 1 1 11 0 11 CHI 16 2010 Arian Foster HOU 109 110 0 33 231 3 1 1 7 0 1 IND 17 2007 Brian Westbrook PHI 109 48 61 20 100 1 6 5 83 2 10 WAS 18 2000 Fred Taylor JAC 108 111 -3 30 234 3 7 7 14 1 12 PIT 19 2006 Tiki Barber NYG 106 96 10 23 234 3 4 4 24 0 17 WAS 20 2006 Steven Jackson STL 106 78 28 25 142 3 2 2 24 1 17 MIN

The Cardinals have brought Johnson along slowly, and in the first 12 weeks of the year he never touched the ball more than ten times in a game. Injuries to Chris Johnson and Andre Ellington, though, have essentially forced Arizona to give David Johnson the ball more, and so far he has been a huge success. He has started each of the past three weeks, and in those three starts he has averaged 23.3 carries for 126.0 yards per game, running for 5.4 yards per carry in the process. He also has 102 rushing DYAR in those three weeks, 36 more than anyone else, and his 26.1% rushing DVOA is second among starting running backs in that timeframe to Matt Forte. It's probably too little, too late for him to finish first in either category, though. He now has 122 DYAR rushing and a 22.2% DVOA -- both very good, but short of the leaders in those categories. (Thomas Rawls has 222 DYAR, while Le'Veon Bell has a 28.9% DVOA.)

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While Johnson's big day helped Arizona clinch a playoff berth, cornerbacks throughout the AFC are hoping that Antonio Brown and the Pittsburgh Steelers will somehow miss the postseason field. At 9-5, the Steelers are currently tied with the Jets and Chiefs for the conference's two wild card spots, but they clearly have the best offense of those three teams. On Sunday, they rallied from a 17-point deficit against the best defense in football to get a key 34-27 win over the Denver Broncos. Brown played a huge role in that victory, with 16 catches for 18 targets, gaining 189 yards and two touchdowns in the process -- and that's not even including his longest gain of the day, a 26-yard DPI in the third quarter. Including that play, Brown had 11 first downs against the Broncos -- and really, the key words there are "against the Broncos." Before Sunday, Denver hadn't allowed any player to catch more than ten passes, gain more than 117 yards, or pick up more than six first downs through the air all season. Without opponent adjustments, Brown would have had 93 YAR; with them, he had 112 DYAR. That's the best game for a wide receiver in a little more than a year, going back to DeAndre Hopkins' outburst against Indianapolis in Week 13 last year. Both of those games (as well as T.Y. Hilton's performance against Houston in Week 6 of 2014) make the top 20:

Best Single-Game DYAR, Wide Receivers, Regular Season, 1989-2015 Rank Year Player Team Total DYAR Rec DYAR Rush DYAR Pass Rec Yds TD Runs Yds TD Week Def 1 1989 Flipper Anderson LARM 160 160 0 20 15 336 1 0 0 0 12 NO 2 2000 Jimmy Smith JAC 141 141 0 21 15 291 3 0 0 0 2 BAL 3 1995 Jerry Rice SF 136 124 12 16 14 289 3 1 10 0 16 MIN 4 2014 DeAndre Hopkins HOU 135 135 0 9 9 238 2 0 0 0 13 TEN 5 2006 Chad Johnson CIN 133 137 -4 12 11 260 2 1 0 0 10 SD 6 2000 Terrell Owens SF 131 133 -2 22 20 283 1 1 5 0 16 CHI 7 1989 Henry Ellard LARM 130 130 0 15 12 230 3 0 0 0 2 IND 8 2001 Randy Moss MIN 129 112 16 13 10 171 3 1 18 0 10 NYG 9 2010 Kenny Britt TEN 127 127 0 10 7 225 3 0 0 0 7 PHI 10 1994 Andre Reed BUF 122 114 8 19 15 191 2 1 4 0 12 GB 11 1995 Kevin Williams DAL 122 104 18 11 9 203 2 3 21 0 17 ARI 12 2014 T.Y. Hilton IND 120 120 0 9 9 223 1 0 0 0 6 HOU 13 2011 Calvin Johnson DET 118 118 0 17 11 244 1 0 0 0 17 GB 14 2013 Josh Gordon CLE 117 117 0 17 14 237 1 0 0 0 12 PIT 15 2006 Reggie Wayne IND 116 116 0 11 10 138 3 0 0 0 8 DEN 16 2013 Eric Decker DEN 115 115 0 12 8 174 4 0 0 0 13 KC 17 2001 David Patten NE 115 47 25 5 4 117 2 1 29 1 6 IND 18 2007 Terrell Owens DAL 114 114 0 11 8 173 4 0 0 0 11 WAS 19 2013 Andre Johnson HOU 112 112 0 13 9 229 3 0 0 0 9 IND 20 2015 Antonio Brown PIT 112 112 0 18 16 189 2 0 0 0 15 DEN

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Unlike Johnson, whose production has come in a fairly small three-game sample, Brown has been ruining the league for several seasons, but perhaps more than ever this year. Between Week 15 and Week 9, Brown now has the top two wide receiver DYAR games of 2015. And thanks to big games in Week 10 and Week 2, he also has three of the top six games, and four of the top 10. Larry Fitzgerald is the only other receiver to make the top 10 twice, and Odell Beckham is the only other to make the top 20 twice. Brown now has 475 receiving DYAR this season, far more than any other wideout (Doug Baldwin is second at 367), and seems destined to lead the NFL in this category for the second year in a row despite getting five starts out of Michael Vick and Landry Jones. As the Broncos now well know, he is simply one of the very best players in the NFL. (Keep in mind that for both Johnson and Brown, final numbers will change slightly as opponent adjustments finalize, though with only two weeks to go there likely won't be any big changes going forward.)

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DYAR Opp 1. Kirk Cousins WAS 22/28 319 4 0 1 212 198 14 BUF "We don't think of Kirk Cousins as a long bomber, but he was tremendous on longer passes against Chicago." That's what I wrote one week ago in this space, but it's probably time to adjust our mental image of Cousins. He was spectacular on longer passes again against Buffalo. On throws that traveled more than 10 yards beyond the line of scrimmage, he went 7-of-8 for 203 yards, with every completion going for a first down, including two touchdowns. Cousins' biggest play was his 77-yard touchdown to DeSean Jackson in the third quarter; his other three touchdowns each came in the red zone. 2. Ben Roethlisberger PIT 40/54 380 3 2 3 173 173 0 DEN Remember, DYAR is a counting stat, and Roethlisberger had a doinkload of dropbacks. Opponent adjustments are also cumulative, and since Denver has been the league's best defense, Roethlisberger gets a massive boost from playing them, jumping from 68 YAR to 173 DYAR. He had 15 dropbacks just on third downs, with eight conversions: seven on nine completions (which gained 86 total yards) and another on a 24-yard DPI. 3. Russell Wilson SEA 21/30 249 3 0 2 149 137 12 CLE Wilson and the Seahawks have usually been at their best on deep passes, but they also had a lot of success on shorter routes against Cleveland. Wilson threw five passes to receivers at or behind the line of scrimmage against the Browns, completing all of them for 34 total yards and four first downs, including a touchdown. Wilson was also nearly perfect on third downs, going 7-of-9 for 74 yards and a score, with every completion going for a first down. A tenth third-down throw resulted in a DPI for 16 yards and another first down. 4. Teddy Bridgewater MIN 17/20 231 4 0 1 142 153 -10 CHI Bridgewater did not miss a pass on Chicago's side of the field. Across the 50, he went 7-of-7 for 83 yards and all four of his touchdowns. (He was sacked on third down in field goal range.) 5. Carson Palmer ARI 20/32 274 1 0 2 133 133 0 PHI Palmer led all quarterbacks in both first-quarter and third-quarter DYAR this week, going a combined 15-of-17 for 214 yards and 12 first downs in those two frames, plus a DPI for 12 more yards and another first down. However, he was below replacment level in both the second and fourth quarters, with only four first downs in those frames. Could be a sign that the Eagles made better adjustments than the Cards. Could also be random statistical noise. 6. Case Keenum STL 14/17 234 2 0 2 129 129 0 TB It's not just that Keenum completed a high rate of passes against Tampa Bay, it's that every one of his completions helped the Rams to win. Eleven went for first downs, including touchdowns of 17 and 60 yards, and a successful conversion on his only third-down throw. His other three completions -- an 8-yard gain on second-and-13, a 7-yard gain on second-and-8, and an 8-yard gain on first-and-10 -- all counted as successful plays. 7. Philip Rivers SD 26/36 311 3 2 1 129 129 0 MIA So this is fun: on throws to receivers 15 to 27 yards downfield, Rivers went 7-of-7 for 170 yards and a touchdown. On three throws deeper than that, each of which went at least 40 yards downfield, he threw one incompletion and two interceptions. 8. Drew Brees NO 34/52 341 3 0 1 128 120 7 DET 9. Cam Newton CAR 25/44 340 5 0 3 124 97 27 NYG Newton was a big reason the Panthers built a 35-7 lead and then with a field goal at the end, but he was also a big reason the Giants were able to rally to tie the score. On four drives after his 14-yard touchdown to Ted Ginn put Carolina up 28 points, he went 2-of-7 for 17 yards and only one first down, with failures to convert on third-and-3, third-and-5, and third-and-7. He also had three runs for 22 yards on those drives, with a fumble that was recovered by New York deep in Panthers territory. 10. Eli Manning NYG 29/46 245 4 1 0 112 112 -1 CAR Mind you, Manning also played a big part in the Giants' rally. On the Giants' last five drives, he went 17-of-23 for 161 yards, with three touchdowns and five other first downs, plus one interception. 11. Matthew Stafford DET 22/25 254 3 0 3 109 117 -8 NO Here again I must stop and explain the power of opponent adjustments when it comes to the 2015 Saints. Without opponent adjustments, Stafford would have ranked third this week, and on only 28 dropbacks. With them, well, here we are. The Saints have now given up 39 touchdown passes, the most in more than 50 years and one short of the all-time record, with two games to go. Meanwhile, the Saints have intercepted only six balls, and are in danger of becoming just the second non-strike season defense ever to allow a touchdown-to-interception ratio of 6-to-1 or greater. (With four interceptions and 28 touchdowns allowed, the Ravens could also join that list.) By any measure, this is one of the worst defensive teams of all time, and it's very difficult for any quarterback to put up good DYAR numbers against them. 12. Jameis Winston TB 30/50 366 2 1 0 102 116 -14 STL Rk Player Team CP/AT Yds TD INT Sacks Total

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DYAR Opp 13. Tom Brady NE 23/35 267 2 0 2 80 80 0 TEN You know how veteran quarterbacks will pick on their opponents' weaknesses? Brady realized Tennessee wasn't doing much to cover James White, and in the second quarter he targeted White on seven consecutive passes, completing six of them for 67 yards and three first downs, including a 30-yard touchdown. Then the Titans started clamping down on White, and officially he wasn't targeted for the rest of the game. (He did gain 70 yards on a catch in the fourth quarter that was wiped out on a penalty.) 14. Ryan Fitzpatrick NYJ 26/39 299 1 1 2 63 66 -4 DAL 15. A.J. McCarron CIN 15/21 192 1 0 4 29 38 -8 SF What an odd day. McCarron's first pass was a 37-yard gain on a deep pass to A.J. Green. He didn't pick up a single first down in his next seven dropbacks, going 3-of-7 for 11 yards in the process. Then he caught fire, going 11-of-13 for 142 yards and a touchdown, plus a DPI, with one sack. And then his last three dropbacks all resulted in sacks. 16. Brock Osweiler DEN 21/44 296 3 1 2 29 16 13 PIT Osweiler had the best DYAR in the league in the first half, and the worst DYAR in the second half. In Quarters 1 and 2, he went 14-of-18 for 214 yards and 10 first downs, including all three touchdowns, with one sack. In Quarters 3 and 4, he went 7-of-26 for 82 yards and only three first downs, with one interception, one sack, and one fumbled snap. In 2015, Osweiler now has a 26.0% DVOA in the first half of games, and a -29.3% DVOA in the second half of games. 17. Sam Bradford PHI 28/41 361 2 2 2 28 28 0 ARI Bradford struggled with turnovers, with two interceptions and a sack-fumble, but he had success on deep passes against Arizona, going 4-of-6 for 143 yards and both of his touchdowns. 18. Zach Mettenberger TEN 20/28 242 2 2 2 27 39 -12 NE 19. Matt Ryan ATL 22/35 246 1 1 1 25 30 -5 JAC 20. Jimmy Clausen BAL 26/45 281 2 2 2 25 19 5 KC 21. Alex Smith KC 21/25 176 1 0 3 24 32 -8 BAL Now here is an Alex Smith kind of stat: he was "perfect" on third downs, going 7-of-7 for 70 yards. However, those "perfect" completions still failed more often than they succeeded, with only three conversions. 22. Brandon Weeden HOU 11/17 105 1 0 1 22 19 3 IND Rk Player Team CP/AT Yds TD INT Sacks Total

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DYAR Opp 23. Blake Bortles JAC 23/37 297 1 1 2 16 -13 29 ATL Bortles failed to complete a single pass for a third-down conversion, going 2-of-8 for 7 yards with a sack on third or fourth downs. His only third-down conversion came on a 3-yard DPI. 24. Tyrod Taylor BUF 16/27 235 2 0 5 16 -18 34 WAS Taylor's first third-down throw resulted in a gain of 15 yards on third-and-10. That would be his only third-down conversion of the day; from that point forward he went 1-of-3 (the completion was a 13-yard gain on third-and-20) with three sacks. 25. Kellen Moore DAL 15/25 158 1 3 1 -4 -4 0 NYJ The winningest all-time quarterback in college football history finally got to play in an NFL game, and aside from the interceptions (one of which we counted as a Hail Mary, even though it was on second down with 24 seconds left) he did OK. His success rate of 46 percent and average gain of 6.1 yards were right in line with the average quarterback numbers (46 percent, 6.5 yards) this week. Of course, a lot of bad quarterbacks would look much better if you ignored their interceptions. 26. Derek Carr OAK 23/47 276 2 2 3 -20 -37 17 GB Carr was absolutely brutal at the start of this game, with a 2-yard gain and an incomplete pass to set up a punt on Oakland's first drive, an interception to set up Green Bay's first touchdown on their second, and a pick-six for Green Bay's second touchdown on their third. He was next to last in first-quarter DYAR this week (we'll get to Matt Cassel), 16th in DYAR after that. 27. T.J. Yates HOU 6/10 68 0 1 2 -24 -27 4 IND In addition to his stats listed here, Yates also gained two first downs on DPIs of 22 and 13 yards. 28. Matt Hasselbeck IND 18/30 147 1 1 2 -30 -25 -4 HOU First two drives: 7-of-11, 70 yards, six first downs, including one touchdown. Rest of game: 10-of-18, 77 yards, only three first downs, two sacks, one interception, one intentional grounding. 29. Aaron Rodgers GB 22/39 204 1 1 2 -34 -34 0 OAK You don't ordinarily associate the Packers quarterback with red zone troubles, but he had big-time struggles finishing drives against Oakland. Inside the Raiders' 20, he went 2-of-9 for 12 yards with no touchdowns, only one first down, and an interception, plus a tenth throw that resulted in a 10-yard DPI and another first down. 30. Johnny Manziel CLE 19/32 161 1 1 3 -38 -45 7 SEA I didn't see this game, so I can't say how much Richard Sherman stuck to one side of the field or how much he moved around. But Manziel had a nightmarish day throwing to the right side of the field, where Sherman normally lines up. To that side, Manziel went 6-of-12 for 35 yards and only one first down -- and that one first down came on a 15-yard gain with Cleveland down by 17 in the final three minutes of the game. 31. Jay Cutler CHI 26/37 231 2 1 5 -50 -46 -4 MIN First nine drives: 15-of-24, 119 yards, four first downs (including a touchdown), five sacks, one fumble, one interception. Last two drives, all with Chicago down by 21 points in the final eight minutes of the game: 11-of-13 for 112 yards, nine first downs (including another touchdown). He was next to last in DYAR in the first three quarters of the game this week, seventh-best in the fourth quarter or overtime. 32. Ryan Tannehill MIA 20/33 216 0 0 3 -60 -62 2 SD Tannehill didn't pick up a first down on San Diego's half of the field until the Dolphins were down by 23 points inside the two-minute warning. On third downs, he went 4-of-10 for 58 yards with as many conversions (one) as sacks. That conversion came with Miami down by 23 points in the third quarter. 33. Matt Cassel DAL 3/8 37 0 1 1 -79 -79 0 NYJ Cassel's first completion was a 15-yard gain for a first down. His other completions were a 5-yard gain on second-and-12 and a 17-yard gain on third-and-30, the latter of which came one play after Cassel was sacked for a 19-yard loss. Remember, everyone, DYAR is a counting stat, and yet Cassel managed to rank this low despite not playing in the final 44 minutes of the game. 34. Blaine Gabbert SF 30/50 295 1 3 4 -101 -101 0 CIN After several weeks of semi-competent play, Gabbert has returned to his usual terrible ways, finishing below replacement level for three weeks in a row and ranking dead last in total DYAR over that span. Gabbert failed to convert any of his first 11 third-down plays, going 5-of-11 for 36 yards in the process. He then converted a fourth-and-2, a third-and-13, and a third-and-12 in the closing minutes of the game.

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DYAR Opp 1. David Johnson ARI 29 187 3 4/4 42 0 113 83 29 PHI 2. Danny Woodhead SD 8 10 1 6/6 50 3 58 -7 66 MIA Woodhead's three touchdown catches: 20-yard gain on second-and-12, and two scores on third-and-goal from the 9. He also had conversions on third-and-2 and second-and-9. His limited rushing yardage did produce a 2-yard touchdown and a conversion on third-and-1. Woodhead is now in the top 20 in total touchdowns and is your best secret weapon in daily fantasy leagues. 3. Matt Forte CHI 8 47 0 6/7 57 1 51 19 32 MIN Forte's shortest run went for zero yards and his longest went for 13, and four of the runs in the middle went for first downs. He had four more first downs through the air, including a third-down conversion. 4. Darren McFadden DAL 16 100 0 2/3 13 0 46 47 -2 NYJ McFadden only ran for four first downs, but all four gained 11 yards or more, with a long of 32. He was hit for no gain or a loss only three times. 5. Mike Gillislee BUF 4 81 1 2/2 2 0 37 36 0 WAS His four carries: gains of 2 and 9 on first-and-10, gain of 10 on second-and-10, and 60-yard touchdown on third-and-1.

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DYAR Opp 1. David Johnson ARI 29 187 3 4/4 42 0 113 83 29 PHI 2. Darren McFadden DAL 16 100 0 2/3 13 0 46 47 -2 NYJ 3. Rashad Jennings NYG 16 107 1 1/3 0 0 24 37 -13 CAR Jennings had a fumble on second-and-3 and a zero-yard gain on second-and-6, but all of his other runs gained at least 2 yards. He had four first downs on the ground, including a 38-yard touchdown. 4. Mike Gillislee BUF 4 81 1 2/2 2 0 37 36 0 WAS 5. Doug Martin TB 18 91 0 1/2 6 0 26 29 -4 STL Martin was hit for a loss just twice, one of those coming on fourth-and-1. He also had one 1-yard gain, but each of his 15 other carries gained at least 3 yards. He also had six first downs on the ground, including gains of 12 and 17 yards.

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DYAR Opp 1. Denard Robinson JAC 14 41 0 8/10 46 0 -44 -37 -7 ATL Robinson had two first downs on the ground, but none of his runs went for more than 9 yards and he was hit for no gain or a loss three times, fumbling on two of those plays. Only one of his catches produced a first down; his yardage totals through the air are padded by a 10-yard gain on third-and-14.

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DYAR Opp 1. Denard Robinson JAC 14 41 0 8/10 46 0 -44 -37 -7 ATL

Five Best Wide Receivers and Tight Ends by DYAR Rk Player Team Rec Att Yds Avg TD Total

DYAR Opp 1. Antonio Brown PIT 16 18 189 11.8 2 113 DEN 2. Amari Cooper OAK 6 9 120 20.0 2 69 GB Cooper had touchdowns of 19 and 26 yards, plus three other first downs on catches of 26 and 41 yards and a 25-yard DPI. 3. Emmanuel Sanders DEN 10 16 181 18.1 1 63 PIT Sanders gets 45 DYAR receiving, 17 rushing for his only carry, a 24-yard run in the second quarter. In the air, he had a 61-yard touchdown and six other first downs. His DYAR would have been even higher, but on their last desperate drive Denver threw incomplete to Sanders on second, third, and fourth down. 4. Jermaine Kearse SEA 7 8 110 15.7 0 59 CLE Kearse's only reception that failed to pick up a first down was a 5-yard gain on first-and-10. He converted all five of his third-down throws, four on receptions, one on a 16-yard DPI. 5. Jordan Matthews PHI 8 11 159 19.9 1 55 ARI Matthews' biggest play was a 78-yard touchdown catch. He had four other first downs on the day, including conversions on third-and-9 and third-and-13.