NFL Lines

League snapshot — 2021

All 32 teams, lower is better.

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

BUF · 0.27

League laggard

BAL · 0.36

League average

0.32

Spread (max − min)

0.08

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	BUF	0.27	-0.05	100%
2	CLE	0.30	-0.02	96.8%
3	NO	0.30	-0.02	93.5%
4	SF	0.30	-0.02	90.3%
5	CAR	0.30	-0.02	87.1%
6	NE	0.30	-0.02	83.9%
7	TB	0.30	-0.02	80.6%
8	LV	0.31	-0.01	77.4%
9	PHI	0.31	-0.01	74.2%
10	LAR	0.31	-0.01	71%
11	NYG	0.32	-0.01	67.7%
12	TEN	0.32	0.00	64.5%
13	MIA	0.32	0.00	61.3%
14	DEN	0.32	0.00	58.1%
15	SEA	0.32	0.00	54.8%
16	GB	0.32	0.00	51.6%
17	CHI	0.32	0.00	48.4%
18	ARI	0.32	0.00	45.2%
19	PIT	0.33	0.00	41.9%
20	DAL	0.33	0.00	38.7%
21	IND	0.33	0.01	35.5%
22	CIN	0.33	0.01	32.3%
23	LAC	0.33	0.01	29%
24	ATL	0.33	0.01	25.8%
25	MIN	0.33	0.01	22.6%
26	JAX	0.33	0.01	19.4%
27	WAS	0.34	0.02	16.1%
28	KC	0.35	0.03	12.9%
29	NYJ	0.35	0.03	9.7%
30	HOU	0.35	0.03	6.5%
31	DET	0.35	0.03	3.2%
32	BAL	0.36	0.03	0%

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

WAS · +0.03

Biggest faller

BUF · −0.07

Most consistent

KC · −0.00

League trend 2021 vs 2020

▼ -0.03

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader

SF · 0.31

Multi-year laggard

CIN · 0.36

Biggest improver

HOU · −0.02/yr

Biggest decliner

SF · +0.00/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025
1	SF	0.31	+0.00	0.29	0.32	0.30	0.30	0.29	0.31	0.33
2	NE	0.31	−0.00	0.30	0.37	0.30	0.30	0.28	0.32	0.31
3	BUF	0.31	+0.00	0.31	0.34	0.27	0.32	0.31	0.33	0.31
4	PHI	0.31	−0.01	0.35	0.35	0.31	0.28	0.32	0.28	0.29
5	NO	0.31	−0.00	0.34	0.32	0.30	0.29	0.31	0.34	0.29
6	LAR	0.32	+0.00	0.33	0.29	0.31	0.33	0.32	0.34	0.31
7	DEN	0.32	−0.01	0.34	0.36	0.32	0.30	0.35	0.29	0.26
8	PIT	0.32	+0.00	0.30	0.31	0.33	0.33	0.32	0.32	0.32
9	BAL	0.32	−0.00	0.33	0.32	0.36	0.31	0.27	0.31	0.33
10	CLE	0.32	−0.01	0.36	0.35	0.30	0.32	0.27	0.34	0.29
11	NYJ	0.32	−0.01	0.32	0.37	0.35	0.29	0.27	0.30	0.34
12	TB	0.32	+0.00	0.32	0.32	0.30	0.31	0.32	0.32	0.34
13	KC	0.32	−0.01	0.34	0.35	0.35	0.30	0.28	0.31	0.31
14	SEA	0.33	−0.01	0.38	0.34	0.32	0.33	0.33	0.32	0.27
15	GB	0.33	−0.01	0.36	0.34	0.32	0.34	0.32	0.31	0.30
16	IND	0.33	−0.01	0.36	0.34	0.33	0.31	0.31	0.33	0.32
17	MIN	0.33	−0.01	0.32	0.39	0.33	0.35	0.31	0.31	0.28
18	LAC	0.33	−0.01	0.34	0.35	0.33	0.35	0.33	0.32	0.30
19	TEN	0.33	−0.00	0.34	0.37	0.32	0.32	0.31	0.31	0.35
20	CAR	0.33	−0.00	0.37	0.36	0.30	0.32	0.30	0.36	0.33
21	DAL	0.33	+0.00	0.33	0.37	0.33	0.30	0.30	0.35	0.37
22	LV	0.33	−0.01	0.37	0.38	0.31	0.34	0.31	0.32	0.30
23	WAS	0.34	+0.00	0.36	0.31	0.34	0.31	0.35	0.32	0.36
24	MIA	0.34	−0.01	0.38	0.37	0.32	0.32	0.31	0.31	0.34
25	ATL	0.34	−0.01	0.37	0.39	0.33	0.34	0.30	0.33	0.31
26	HOU	0.34	−0.02	0.39	0.40	0.35	0.34	0.31	0.30	0.28
27	CHI	0.34	+0.00	0.32	0.34	0.32	0.37	0.32	0.35	0.35
28	NYG	0.34	−0.00	0.36	0.34	0.32	0.34	0.33	0.34	0.35
29	ARI	0.34	−0.00	0.38	0.34	0.32	0.33	0.34	0.33	0.34
30	JAX	0.34	−0.01	0.38	0.40	0.33	0.32	0.32	0.35	0.29
31	DET	0.35	−0.01	0.37	0.40	0.35	0.37	0.33	0.34	0.32
32	CIN	0.36	−0.01	0.39	0.39	0.33	0.34	0.36	0.32	0.37

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