NFL Lines

League snapshot — 2021

All 32 teams, lower is better.

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

BUF · 0.71

League laggard

WAS · 2

League average

1.54

Spread (max − min)

1.29

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	BUF	0.71	-0.84	100%
2	LAR	1	-0.54	96.8%
3	NO	1.18	-0.37	93.5%
4	NE	1.24	-0.31	90.3%
5	DEN	1.29	-0.25	87.1%
6	MIA	1.35	-0.19	83.9%
7	DAL	1.41	-0.13	80.6%
8	JAX	1.41	-0.13	77.4%
9	PIT	1.41	-0.13	74.2%
10	SEA	1.41	-0.13	71%
11	TEN	1.41	-0.13	67.7%
12	SF	1.47	-0.07	64.5%
13	CAR	1.53	-0.01	61.3%
14	CIN	1.53	-0.01	58.1%
15	TB	1.53	-0.01	54.8%
16	HOU	1.59	0.04	51.6%
17	KC	1.59	0.04	48.4%
18	LAC	1.59	0.04	45.2%
19	NYG	1.59	0.04	41.9%
20	NYJ	1.65	0.10	38.7%
21	PHI	1.65	0.10	35.5%
22	CLE	1.71	0.16	32.3%
23	LV	1.71	0.16	29%
24	MIN	1.71	0.16	25.8%
25	ARI	1.76	0.22	22.6%
26	ATL	1.82	0.28	19.4%
27	BAL	1.82	0.28	16.1%
28	CHI	1.82	0.28	12.9%
29	DET	1.82	0.28	9.7%
30	GB	1.82	0.28	6.5%
31	IND	1.88	0.34	3.2%
32	WAS	2	0.46	0%

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

WAS · +0.69

Biggest faller

TEN · −0.84

Most consistent

DEN · −0.02

League trend 2021 vs 2020

▼ -0.16

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader

BUF · 1.17

Multi-year laggard

WAS · 1.82

Biggest improver

DET · −0.13/yr

Biggest decliner

NE · +0.08/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	BUF	1.17	+0.05	0.94	1.44	0.71	1.31	1.06	1.65	1.12
2	DEN	1.29	−0.00	1.19	1.31	1.29	1.18	1.71	1.29	1.06
3	NE	1.32	+0.08	0.81	1.38	1.24	1.65	1.12	1.59	1.47
4	BAL	1.33	+0.03	0.94	1.38	1.82	1.18	1.06	1.59	1.35
5	SEA	1.33	−0.00	1.19	1.44	1.41	1.35	1.24	1.53	1.18
6	NO	1.36	−0.06	1.69	1.75	1.18	1	1.29	1.12	1.47
7	LAR	1.36	+0.07	1.44	1.06	1	1.35	1.41	1.71	1.53
8	GB	1.39	−0.00	1.19	1.44	1.82	1.29	1.24	1.35	1.41
9	SF	1.43	+0.01	1.44	1.56	1.47	1.18	1.18	1.47	1.71
10	LAC	1.43	−0.07	1.31	1.81	1.59	1.41	1.53	1.41	0.94
11	MIN	1.43	−0.11	1.44	1.88	1.71	1.35	1.35	1.41	0.88
12	NYG	1.45	−0.06	1.88	1.38	1.59	1.24	1.24	1.35	1.47
13	KC	1.46	−0.07	1.31	1.81	1.59	1.94	1.12	1.41	1.06
14	PIT	1.49	+0.03	1.44	1.38	1.41	1.71	1.35	1.35	1.76
15	HOU	1.49	−0.12	2.06	1.88	1.59	0.88	1	1.82	1.18
16	CAR	1.49	−0.01	1.31	1.75	1.53	1.47	1.12	2.06	1.18
17	PHI	1.50	−0.11	1.69	1.69	1.65	1.29	2.06	1.29	0.82
18	NYJ	1.50	−0.04	1.56	2.13	1.65	0.88	1.12	1.06	2.12
19	CHI	1.52	+0.03	1.06	1.75	1.82	1.29	1.82	1	1.88
20	CLE	1.53	−0.05	1.56	1.94	1.71	1.18	1.35	1.53	1.47
21	IND	1.56	−0.06	1.81	1.50	1.88	1.47	1.24	1.59	1.41
22	DAL	1.59	+0.04	1.31	2.13	1.41	1.35	1.24	1.65	2.06
23	JAX	1.59	−0.01	1.38	2.13	1.41	1.47	1.59	1.71	1.47
24	CIN	1.60	+0.02	1.56	2	1.53	1.06	1.35	1.76	1.94
25	MIA	1.61	−0.07	2.44	1.31	1.35	1.59	1.59	1.29	1.71
26	LV	1.61	−0.10	2.06	1.75	1.71	1.47	1.24	1.71	1.35
27	TEN	1.64	−0.03	1.56	2.25	1.41	1.71	1.18	1.59	1.76
28	TB	1.66	−0.03	1.88	1.81	1.53	1.71	1.35	1.59	1.76
29	ATL	1.75	−0.04	1.75	2.13	1.82	1.53	1.41	2	1.59
30	DET	1.76	−0.13	2.06	2.38	1.82	1.53	1.65	1.06	1.82
31	ARI	1.76	−0.09	2.38	1.63	1.76	1.71	1.88	1.18	1.82
32	WAS	1.82	−0.00	2.19	1.31	2	1.53	2.29	1.47	1.94

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