NFL Lines

League snapshot — 2021

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

DAL · 1.53

League laggard

LV · 0.35

League average

0.81

Spread (max − min)

1.18

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	DAL	1.53	0.72	100%
2	NE	1.35	0.54	96.8%
3	BUF	1.12	0.31	93.5%
4	IND	1.12	0.31	90.3%
5	LAR	1.12	0.31	87.1%
6	GB	1.06	0.25	83.9%
7	NO	1.06	0.25	80.6%
8	HOU	1	0.19	77.4%
9	TB	1	0.19	74.2%
10	MIN	0.94	0.13	71%
11	TEN	0.94	0.13	67.7%
12	KC	0.88	0.07	64.5%
13	NYG	0.88	0.07	61.3%
14	MIA	0.82	0.01	58.1%
15	ARI	0.76	-0.04	54.8%
16	CIN	0.76	-0.04	51.6%
17	CLE	0.76	-0.04	48.4%
18	DEN	0.76	-0.04	45.2%
19	PIT	0.76	-0.04	41.9%
20	ATL	0.71	-0.10	38.7%
21	PHI	0.71	-0.10	35.5%
22	DET	0.65	-0.16	32.3%
23	LAC	0.65	-0.16	29%
24	SEA	0.65	-0.16	25.8%
25	WAS	0.65	-0.16	22.6%
26	BAL	0.53	-0.28	19.4%
27	CAR	0.53	-0.28	16.1%
28	SF	0.53	-0.28	12.9%
29	CHI	0.47	-0.34	9.7%
30	JAX	0.41	-0.40	6.5%
31	NYJ	0.41	-0.40	3.2%
32	LV	0.35	-0.46	0%

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

DAL · +0.90

Biggest faller

PIT · −0.36

Most consistent

MIN · +0.00

League trend 2021 vs 2020

▲ 0.04

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader

PIT · 1.02

Multi-year laggard

LV · 0.53

Biggest improver

CHI · +0.11/yr

Biggest decliner

NE · −0.18/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	PIT	1.02	−0.04	1.25	1.13	0.76	1.18	0.94	1	0.88
2	BUF	0.97	−0.01	0.88	0.94	1.12	1.06	1.06	0.94	0.76
3	NE	0.96	−0.18	1.56	1.13	1.35	1.12	0.59	0.41	0.59
4	MIN	0.91	−0.04	1.06	0.94	0.94	0.88	0.65	1.41	0.47
5	IND	0.89	−0.02	0.94	0.94	1.12	0.59	0.88	0.94	0.82
6	LAR	0.86	−0.01	0.81	0.88	1.12	0.94	0.59	0.76	0.94
7	HOU	0.85	+0.10	0.75	0.19	1	0.94	0.82	1.12	1.12
8	NO	0.84	−0.05	0.81	1.13	1.06	0.41	1.06	0.82	0.59
9	CHI	0.83	+0.11	0.63	0.63	0.47	0.82	1.29	0.65	1.35
10	SEA	0.83	−0.00	1	0.88	0.65	0.82	0.65	0.76	1.06
11	DAL	0.81	−0.02	0.44	0.63	1.53	0.94	1	0.76	0.35
12	GB	0.80	−0.07	1.06	0.69	1.06	1	0.41	1	0.41
13	CIN	0.80	+0.03	0.69	0.69	0.76	0.81	1	0.88	0.76
14	SF	0.79	−0.02	0.75	0.75	0.53	1.18	1.29	0.65	0.35
15	LAC	0.78	+0.05	0.69	0.75	0.65	0.82	0.53	0.88	1.12
16	KC	0.76	−0.08	1	1	0.88	0.65	0.47	0.76	0.59
17	MIA	0.75	−0.07	0.81	1.13	0.82	0.47	0.88	0.59	0.53
18	TB	0.75	−0.04	0.75	0.94	1	0.59	0.76	0.41	0.76
19	BAL	0.74	+0.01	0.81	0.63	0.53	0.82	1.06	0.71	0.65
20	JAX	0.74	+0.06	0.63	0.75	0.41	0.82	0.94	0.35	1.29
21	DEN	0.72	+0.01	0.63	0.63	0.76	0.88	0.65	0.88	0.59
22	TEN	0.70	−0.10	0.88	0.94	0.94	0.82	0.35	0.65	0.35
23	CLE	0.70	−0.05	0.88	0.69	0.76	0.65	1.06	0.24	0.65
24	ATL	0.70	+0.01	0.75	0.75	0.71	0.59	0.47	0.71	0.94
25	PHI	0.70	+0.01	0.69	0.50	0.71	1	0.53	0.76	0.71
26	DET	0.70	+0.08	0.44	0.44	0.65	0.71	0.94	0.94	0.76
27	NYG	0.63	−0.03	0.63	0.69	0.88	0.35	1.06	0.29	0.53
28	WAS	0.62	−0.08	0.81	1	0.65	0.53	0.47	0.41	0.47
29	CAR	0.62	+0.01	0.88	0.44	0.53	0.59	0.47	0.53	0.88
30	ARI	0.61	+0.00	0.44	0.69	0.76	0.65	0.65	0.53	0.59
31	NYJ	0.56	−0.07	0.75	0.63	0.41	0.71	1	0.41	0
32	LV	0.53	+0.00	0.56	0.63	0.35	0.35	0.76	0.59	0.47

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_int_count
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.