Defence vs position2021

How far NFL players beat or miss their own average against each defence. A positive figure means that defence gives the position more than it usually manages; a negative one means less. Volume conceded is not the same measure and does not rank the same clubs.

Defence	Season	L10	L5	L3	Games
IND	+8.3	+11.4	+6.4	+0.5	37
SEA	+8.1	+10.4	+5.1	+14.9	34
BAL	+6.7	+5.3	+13.7	+14.5	38
DET	+6.7	+9.4	+12.3	+11.3	38
MIA	+5.3	+3.7	+7.9	−1.5	39
PHI	+5.0	+7.3	−5.0	−6.4	37
NYJ	+4.7	+5.8	+7.6	+16.2	41
WAS	+4.5	+2.8	+7.4	+3.3	38
HOU	+3.5	+0.4	+4.5	+2.9	39
LAC	+3.4	+2.6	+11.4	+1.2	40
JAX	+3.2	−1.0	+4.2	+1.0	39
LV	+3.1	+1.3	−4.2	+3.5	36
GB	+2.0	+1.6	+4.6	+1.6	31
CIN	+2.0	+5.8	+12.4	−0.3	38
DAL	+0.9	−0.3	−1.1	+1.9	42
TB	+0.3	+2.1	+1.4	+8.7	44
ARI	−0.1	+4.0	+5.1	+4.8	34
MIN	−0.1	−0.8	+6.8	+2.2	35
LA	−0.2	−3.1	−4.0	−9.9	33
CLE	−0.2	+4.4	+3.6	−5.5	36
KC	−1.8	−8.8	−7.1	−6.6	40
PIT	−3.6	−3.4	−2.5	−0.6	39
CAR	−4.2	−6.8	−1.3	+1.6	37
ATL	−4.7	−7.0	−7.1	−14.1	40
TEN	−5.0	−1.9	−6.0	−8.2	34
CHI	−5.4	−2.9	−1.3	−5.7	36
NYG	−5.6	−9.0	−7.9	−15.0	41
BUF	−5.9	−4.9	−5.5	−6.1	40
NO	−6.4	−6.3	−8.7	−5.9	37
DEN	−6.7	−6.1	+0.6	+3.7	37
SF	−7.7	−6.7	+1.2	−2.4	34
NE	−9.3	−10.9	−14.7	−10.3	43

Bars run to ±9.3 receiving yards, the widest figure on this board. A figure under 10 player-games is greyed. Open a club for its hit rate at 25+, 50+, 75+, 100+.

2021 · 1,207 TE player-games carrying a receiving yards figure, across 32 clubs. Each player’s own matches against a club are left out of the baseline he is measured against, so no cell is compared with itself.