NFL Lines

League snapshot — 2021

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

SF · 1.29

League laggard

DEN · 0.35

League average

0.80

Spread (max − min)

0.94

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	SF	1.29	0.50	100%
2	ARI	1.24	0.44	96.8%
3	LAC	1.12	0.32	93.5%
4	IND	1.06	0.26	90.3%
5	KC	1.06	0.26	87.1%
6	PIT	1.06	0.26	83.9%
7	CIN	1	0.20	80.6%
8	HOU	0.94	0.14	77.4%
9	TB	0.94	0.14	74.2%
10	LAR	0.88	0.08	71%
11	ATL	0.82	0.03	67.7%
12	CAR	0.82	0.03	64.5%
13	CHI	0.82	0.03	61.3%
14	MIA	0.82	0.03	58.1%
15	DAL	0.76	-0.03	54.8%
16	LV	0.76	-0.03	51.6%
17	MIN	0.76	-0.03	48.4%
18	NO	0.76	-0.03	45.2%
19	NYJ	0.76	-0.03	41.9%
20	PHI	0.76	-0.03	38.7%
21	TEN	0.76	-0.03	35.5%
22	BUF	0.71	-0.09	32.3%
23	CLE	0.71	-0.09	29%
24	NYG	0.71	-0.09	25.8%
25	DET	0.59	-0.21	22.6%
26	GB	0.59	-0.21	19.4%
27	NE	0.59	-0.21	16.1%
28	JAX	0.53	-0.27	12.9%
29	SEA	0.53	-0.27	9.7%
30	WAS	0.53	-0.27	6.5%
31	BAL	0.47	-0.33	3.2%
32	DEN	0.35	-0.44	0%

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

LAC · +0.74

Biggest faller

BAL · −1.09

Most consistent

TB · +0.00

League trend 2021 vs 2020

▼ -0.03

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader

PIT · 1.03

Multi-year laggard

CAR · 0.57

Biggest improver

LAC · +0.02/yr

Biggest decliner

SF · −0.10/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	PIT	1.03	−0.00	1.38	0.81	1.06	0.53	1.12	1.29	1
2	TB	0.94	−0.06	1.31	0.94	0.94	0.71	1.06	0.94	0.71
3	SF	0.94	−0.10	1.44	0.81	1.29	0.94	0.59	0.76	0.76
4	DAL	0.92	−0.02	0.88	1	0.76	1.29	0.82	1.06	0.65
5	PHI	0.91	+0.01	0.94	0.88	0.76	0.88	0.94	1.29	0.71
6	MIN	0.91	+0.01	1.19	0.69	0.76	0.65	1.29	0.71	1.06
7	IND	0.90	−0.02	0.88	0.88	1.06	0.82	1	1.06	0.59
8	BAL	0.89	−0.06	0.94	1.56	0.47	0.82	0.94	0.71	0.82
9	ARI	0.88	−0.07	1.19	0.94	1.24	0.71	0.35	1	0.76
10	BUF	0.85	−0.01	1	0.94	0.71	0.69	0.82	1.06	0.76
11	ATL	0.85	−0.05	1.06	1.06	0.82	0.47	1.12	0.71	0.71
12	NYG	0.84	+0.02	0.56	0.88	0.71	1.18	1.12	0.94	0.53
13	SEA	0.83	−0.07	1.25	0.88	0.53	1.06	0.76	0.82	0.53
14	CHI	0.83	−0.00	0.75	0.94	0.82	0.82	0.76	1	0.71
15	DET	0.82	−0.02	1	0.94	0.59	0.82	0.76	0.76	0.88
16	KC	0.80	−0.04	0.81	0.81	1.06	0.71	0.88	0.88	0.47
17	CLE	0.80	−0.01	0.75	1.06	0.71	0.65	0.82	0.71	0.88
18	HOU	0.79	−0.00	0.88	0.56	0.94	0.82	0.88	0.65	0.82
19	NYJ	0.75	−0.03	0.63	1.06	0.76	0.65	0.82	0.82	0.53
20	CIN	0.74	+0.01	0.56	0.63	1	0.88	0.65	0.82	0.65
21	MIA	0.74	−0.03	0.56	1	0.82	0.76	0.88	0.47	0.65
22	WAS	0.72	−0.03	1	0.88	0.53	0.47	0.59	0.94	0.65
23	DEN	0.71	+0.02	0.56	0.75	0.35	0.94	1.12	0.71	0.53
24	NE	0.70	+0.01	0.94	0.31	0.59	0.76	0.88	0.82	0.59
25	LAR	0.69	−0.05	0.94	0.75	0.88	0.59	0.41	0.59	0.71
26	GB	0.68	−0.02	0.75	0.75	0.59	0.71	0.59	0.94	0.47
27	JAX	0.68	−0.04	0.81	0.75	0.53	1	0.71	0.29	0.65
28	LAC	0.67	+0.02	0.38	0.38	1.12	0.88	0.88	0.47	0.59
29	TEN	0.66	−0.04	0.69	0.75	0.76	0.65	0.76	0.59	0.41
30	NO	0.64	+0.00	0.69	0.44	0.76	0.76	0.47	0.71	0.65
31	LV	0.60	−0.01	0.56	0.50	0.76	0.59	0.82	0.35	0.59
32	CAR	0.57	−0.04	0.50	0.88	0.82	0.53	0.29	0.47	0.53

32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.

How the 32 teams cluster for 2021.

About this stat

Stat ID: def_advanced_defense_def_fumbles_forced
Side: defensive
Family: Advanced defense
Data source: P + N
Polarity: higher is better (or neutral)
Display grain: count
Algorithm eligibility: Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.