NFL Lines

League snapshot — 2021

All 32 teams, higher is better.

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

PIT · 3.24

League laggard

ATL · 1

League average

2.26

Spread (max − min)

2.24

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	PIT	3.24	0.97	100%
2	MIN	3	0.74	96.8%
3	LAR	2.94	0.68	93.5%
4	CHI	2.88	0.62	90.3%
5	SF	2.82	0.56	87.1%
6	MIA	2.76	0.50	83.9%
7	TB	2.76	0.50	80.6%
8	NO	2.71	0.44	77.4%
9	CLE	2.53	0.26	74.2%
10	TEN	2.47	0.21	71%
11	BUF	2.41	0.15	67.7%
12	CIN	2.41	0.15	64.5%
13	DAL	2.41	0.15	61.3%
14	ARI	2.35	0.09	58.1%
15	CAR	2.29	0.03	54.8%
16	GB	2.24	-0.03	51.6%
17	WAS	2.18	-0.09	48.4%
18	DEN	2.12	-0.15	45.2%
19	NE	2.12	-0.15	41.9%
20	LAC	2.06	-0.21	38.7%
21	LV	2.06	-0.21	35.5%
22	NYG	2	-0.26	32.3%
23	BAL	1.94	-0.32	29%
24	IND	1.94	-0.32	25.8%
25	SEA	1.94	-0.32	22.6%
26	HOU	1.88	-0.38	19.4%
27	JAX	1.88	-0.38	16.1%
28	KC	1.82	-0.44	12.9%
29	NYJ	1.82	-0.44	9.7%
30	DET	1.76	-0.50	6.5%
31	PHI	1.71	-0.56	3.2%
32	ATL	1	-1.26	0%

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

MIN · +1.56

Biggest faller

PHI · −1.36

Most consistent

BUF · +0.04

League trend 2021 vs 2020

▲ 0.05

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader

PIT · 2.91

Multi-year laggard

ATL · 1.92

Biggest improver

DEN · +0.25/yr

Biggest decliner

CAR · −0.19/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	PIT	2.91	−0.15	3.31	3.50	3.24	2.35	2.76	2.35	2.82
2	DEN	2.79	+0.25	2.50	2.63	2.12	2.12	2.47	3.71	4
3	LAR	2.72	−0.13	3.13	3.31	2.94	2.24	2.41	2.24	2.76
4	TB	2.71	−0.10	2.94	3	2.76	2.59	2.76	2.71	2.18
5	PHI	2.70	−0.04	2.69	3.06	1.71	4.06	2.53	2.41	2.47
6	NO	2.61	−0.12	3.13	2.75	2.71	2.82	2	2.29	2.59
7	MIN	2.56	+0.07	3	1.44	3	2.24	2.53	2.82	2.88
8	BAL	2.54	+0.04	2.31	2.44	1.94	2.82	3.41	3.12	1.76
9	WAS	2.53	−0.07	2.88	2.88	2.18	2.53	2.24	2.53	2.47
10	CLE	2.52	+0.09	2.38	2.38	2.53	2	2.82	2.41	3.12
11	DAL	2.52	+0.04	2.44	1.94	2.41	3.18	2.65	3	2
12	KC	2.49	−0.02	2.81	2	1.82	3.24	3.35	2.29	1.94
13	BUF	2.49	−0.06	2.75	2.38	2.41	2.50	3.12	2.18	2.12
14	SEA	2.47	+0.12	1.75	2.88	1.94	2.59	2.76	2.59	2.76
15	IND	2.43	−0.02	2.56	2.50	1.94	2.59	3	2.12	2.29
16	GB	2.40	−0.03	2.56	2.56	2.24	2	2.65	2.65	2.12
17	MIA	2.39	+0.07	1.44	2.56	2.76	2.35	3.29	2.06	2.29
18	HOU	2.34	+0.17	1.94	2.06	1.88	2.29	2.59	2.88	2.76
19	SF	2.34	−0.18	3	1.88	2.82	2.59	2.82	2.12	1.18
20	ARI	2.30	−0.14	2.50	3	2.35	2.12	1.94	2.41	1.76
21	LAC	2.29	+0.19	1.81	1.69	2.06	2.35	2.82	2.65	2.65
22	NYG	2.28	+0.01	2.25	2.50	2	2.35	2	2.65	2.24
23	TEN	2.23	+0.04	2.63	1.19	2.47	2.29	2.65	1.88	2.47
24	NE	2.21	−0.09	2.94	1.50	2.12	3.12	2.12	1.65	2
25	NYJ	2.18	−0.00	2.19	1.94	1.82	2.59	2.71	2.47	1.53
26	DET	2.10	+0.19	1.75	1.50	1.76	2.29	2.41	2.18	2.82
27	CAR	2.10	−0.19	3.31	1.81	2.29	2.06	1.59	1.88	1.76
28	CHI	2.06	−0.02	2	2.19	2.88	1.18	1.76	2.35	2.06
29	JAX	2.03	−0.03	2.88	1.13	1.88	2.06	2.35	2	1.88
30	CIN	2.00	+0.09	1.94	1.06	2.41	1.88	2.59	2.12	2
31	LV	1.99	+0.10	2	1.31	2.06	1.59	2.71	2.18	2.12
32	ATL	1.92	+0.23	1.75	1.81	1	1.24	2.47	1.82	3.35

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_passing_pass_sacked
Side: defensive
Family: Passing
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.