Defensive: Passing · NY/A (allowed)

DEF · PassingP + N
About this stat ↓

What NY/A (allowed) is

Net yards per attempt allowed: opponent passing yards minus the sack yards this defense took back, divided by opponent attempts plus sacks. Yards per attempt allowed with the defense's sacks priced in — a truer read of pass defense than raw yards per attempt.

Lower is better. It is a rate, so a team's number does not grow with games played. Source: P + N.

In 2024 the Eagles led at 4.70; the league average was 5.77.

League snapshot — 2024

League leader
PHI · 4.70
League average
5.77
Best to worst
2.01

All 32 teams, lower is better.

At a glance — 2024

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
PHI · 4.70
League laggard
JAX · 6.71
League average
5.77
Spread (max − min)
2.01

Does NY/A (allowed) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 817–761–37 ATS (51.8%) across 2020–2025, #179 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (149–105, 58.7%); its worst 2023 (124–134, 48.1%).

For picks, this is noise. One stat is not a recipe — the algorithms combine many.

SeasonGamesATS recordATS %
2020256149–105–258.7%
2021272136–134–250.4%
2022271134–130–750.8%
2023272124–134–1448.1%
2024272131–132–949.8%
2025272143–126–353.2%

NY/A (allowed) in 2024 vs 2023

Eagles lead at 4.70 — they ranked #19 last year. Jaguars are last at 6.71 — #22 last year.

The league average is 5.77, up 0.16 from 5.62 last year.

Biggest riser: Commanders, #32 → #6. Biggest faller: Browns, #2 → #27.

Spread between first and last: 2.01; 23 teams are within 0.40 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2024 vs 2023

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
CLE · +1.66
Biggest faller
WAS · −1.12
Most consistent
NYG · +0.02
League trend 2024 vs 2023
▲ 0.16

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader
CLE · 5.32
Multi-year laggard
DET · 6.36
Biggest improver
MIN · −0.36/yr
Biggest decliner
ARI · +0.24/yr

Multi-year heatmap

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

Team2020202120222023202420252026
PHI6.045.774.385.794.705.126.25
DEN5.835.735.266.035.104.355.29
HOU6.716.725.926.045.224.905.47
LAC5.955.935.806.115.345.125.92
NYJ6.606.754.994.645.376.464.51
WAS4.926.415.416.585.466.586.13
SEA5.916.215.645.835.474.724.14
SF5.555.445.555.045.546.305.09
GB5.715.446.125.725.565.294.84
MIA6.425.515.655.515.566.187.16
MIN6.995.866.465.765.574.934.56
TEN6.595.816.195.835.596.536.56
BAL5.226.845.714.315.626.115.79
TB5.515.245.225.955.746.276.33
KC6.056.325.144.485.745.765.81
LV6.725.576.365.495.755.696.32
PIT4.855.426.065.765.795.816.13
BUF5.694.505.265.055.864.936.23
CIN6.685.925.906.555.876.565.42
ARI5.435.655.876.295.916.207.31
ATL6.856.416.525.435.955.265.33
DAL6.275.795.165.276.016.807.57
NO5.345.584.945.586.025.256.06
NYG5.785.655.616.006.025.785.60
DET7.506.846.496.256.035.625.81
NE6.555.205.225.436.075.505.55
CLE5.965.155.664.426.084.785.21
LAR4.675.646.075.686.125.364.75
IND6.025.975.655.736.295.956.79
CHI6.005.637.085.946.326.356.95
CAR5.925.445.925.436.406.115.77
JAX7.426.375.995.836.715.276.69

NY/A (allowed) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Bears (4.86), 2019 49ers (4.38), 2020 Rams (4.67), 2021 Bills (4.50), 2022 Eagles (4.38), 2023 Ravens (4.31), 2024 Eagles (4.70).

Eagles have led this stat 2 of 7 seasons.

The best season on record is Ravens 2023 at 4.31; the worst Raiders 2018 at 7.58.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2024.

About this stat
Stat ID
def_passing_pass_net_yds_per_att
Side
defensive
Family
Passing
Data source
P + N
Polarity
lower is better
Display grain
rate
Algorithm eligibility
Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.