Pittsburgh Steelers — NET: Frtd (Off − Def), 2026

Value-0.20
Rank#30 of 32
League average0
Rank in 2025#6 of 32

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What Frtd (Off − Def) is

Fumble-return touchdowns scored minus those conceded. Rare, and mostly chance.

Higher is better. It is shown per game, so a team's number does not depend on games played. Source: P.

Through Week 6 of 2026, the Falcons lead at 0.20; the league average is 0.

League snapshot — 2026

League leader

ATL · 0.20

League average

Best to worst

0.40

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2026

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

ATL · 0.20

League laggard

TB · -0.20

League average

Spread (max − min)

0.40

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	ATL	0.20	0.20	100%
2	CIN	0.20	0.20	96.8%
3	NE	0.20	0.20	93.5%
4	NO	0.20	0.20	90.3%
5	SF	0.20	0.20	87.1%
6	ARI	0	0	83.9%
7	BUF	0	0	80.6%
8	CAR	0	0	77.4%
9	CHI	0	0	74.2%
10	CLE	0	0	71%
11	DAL	0	0	67.7%
12	DEN	0	0	64.5%
13	DET	0	0	61.3%
14	GB	0	0	58.1%
15	HOU	0	0	54.8%
16	IND	0	0	51.6%
17	JAX	0	0	48.4%
18	KC	0	0	45.2%
19	LV	0	0	41.9%
20	LAC	0	0	38.7%
21	LAR	0	0	35.5%
22	MIA	0	0	32.3%
23	NYG	0	0	29%
24	NYJ	0	0	25.8%
25	PHI	0	0	22.6%
26	TEN	0	0	19.4%
27	WAS	0	0	16.1%
28	BAL	-0.20	-0.20	12.9%
29	MIN	-0.20	-0.20	9.7%
30	PIT	-0.20	-0.20	6.5%
31	SEA	-0.20	-0.20	3.2%
32	TB	-0.20	-0.20	0%

Does Frtd (Off − Def) matter against the spread?

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 821–757–37 ATS (52.0%) across 2020–2025, #167 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (141–113, 55.5%); its worst 2021 (134–136, 49.6%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	141–113–2	55.5%
2021	272	134–136–2	49.6%
2022	271	141–123–7	53.4%
2023	272	136–122–14	52.7%
2024	272	133–130–9	50.6%
2025	272	136–133–3	50.6%

Frtd (Off − Def) in 2026 vs 2025

Falcons lead at 0.20 — they ranked #8 last year. Buccaneers are last at -0.20 — #24 last year.

The league average is 0, the same as last year.

Biggest riser: Bengals, #32 → #2. Biggest faller: Ravens, #3 → #28.

Spread between first and last: 0.40; 22 teams are within 0.11 of the average.

Year-over-year — 2026 vs 2025

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser

CIN · +0.38

Biggest faller

SEA · −0.26

Most consistent

CLE · 0

League trend 2026 vs 2025

▼ 0.00

Rank	Team	2026	2025	Δ
1	CIN	0.20	-0.18	+0.38
2	ATL	0.20	0	+0.20
3	SF	0.20	0	+0.20
4	NE	0.20	0.06	+0.14
5	ARI	0	-0.12	+0.12
6	JAX	0	-0.12	+0.12
7	NO	0.20	0.12	+0.08
8	CAR	0	-0.06	+0.06
9	CHI	0	-0.06	+0.06
10	IND	0	-0.06	+0.06
11	TEN	0	-0.06	+0.06
12	CLE	0	0	0
13	DAL	0	0	0
14	DEN	0	0	0
15	DET	0	0	0
16	GB	0	0	0
17	KC	0	0	0
18	LV	0	0	0
19	LAC	0	0	0
20	LAR	0	0	0
21	MIA	0	0	0
22	NYG	0	0	0
23	NYJ	0	0	0
24	PHI	0	0	0
25	WAS	0	0	0
26	BUF	0	0.06	−0.06
27	MIN	-0.20	0	−0.20
28	TB	-0.20	0	−0.20
29	HOU	0	0.24	−0.24
30	BAL	-0.20	0.06	−0.26
31	PIT	-0.20	0.06	−0.26
32	SEA	-0.20	0.06	−0.26

Multi-year context

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

ATL · 0.04

Multi-year laggard

CHI · -0.03

Biggest improver

HOU · +0.04/yr

Biggest decliner

CAR · −0.03/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	ATL	0.04	+0.02	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.20
2	MIA	0.03	−0.03	0.13	0.12	0.12	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
3	NE	0.03	+0.02	0.06	-0.06	0	0	-0.06	0.06	0.20
4	PHI	0.03	−0.03	0.13	0.18	-0.06	0	-0.06	0	0
5	DAL	0.03	−0.02	0.06	0	0.18	0	-0.06	0	0
6	KC	0.03	−0.00	0	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0	0
7	HOU	0.02	+0.04	-0.06	-0.06	-0.12	0.06	0.12	0.24	0
8	CAR	0.02	−0.03	0.19	0	0.12	-0.12	0	-0.06	0
9	GB	0.02	−0.01	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
10	ARI	0.02	−0.00	-0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.12	-0.12	0
11	CLE	0.02	+0.00	-0.06	0	0.12	0	0.06	0	0
12	NO	0.01	+0.03	0	0	-0.12	0.06	-0.18	0.12	0.20
13	SF	0.01	+0.03	-0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0.20
14	BUF	0.01	−0.00	0.06	0	-0.06	0	0	0.06	0
15	TEN	0.00	−0.03	0.13	0.12	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0
16	JAX	0	−0.01	0	0	0.12	-0.06	0.06	-0.12	0
17	NYG	0	−0.00	0	0	0.06	0	-0.06	0	0
18	NYJ	0	+0.00	0	-0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0
19	LV	-0.01	+0.00	-0.06	-0.06	0.06	0.12	-0.12	0	0
20	BAL	-0.01	−0.02	0.13	-0.06	-0.06	0	0.06	0.06	-0.20
21	LAC	-0.02	−0.00	0	0.06	-0.06	-0.12	0	0	0
22	IND	-0.02	+0.00	-0.06	0.06	-0.06	0	0	-0.06	0
23	WAS	-0.02	+0.01	-0.06	-0.06	0	0	0	0	0
24	PIT	-0.02	−0.01	0	-0.06	-0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	-0.20
25	SEA	-0.02	−0.01	0	-0.06	-0.06	0	0.12	0.06	-0.20
26	TB	-0.02	−0.02	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	-0.20
27	MIN	-0.02	−0.01	-0.13	0	0.06	0.12	0	0	-0.20
28	DEN	-0.03	+0.02	-0.06	-0.12	-0.06	-0.06	0.12	0	0
29	LAR	-0.03	+0.01	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0	0	0	0
30	CIN	-0.03	+0.02	-0.13	0	0	0	-0.12	-0.18	0.20
31	DET	-0.03	+0.00	0	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
32	CHI	-0.03	+0.00	-0.06	0.06	-0.06	-0.12	0	-0.06	0

Multi-year heatmap

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

Team	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
ATL	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0.20
CIN	-0.13	0	0	0	-0.12	-0.18	0.20
NE	0.06	-0.06	0	0	-0.06	0.06	0.20
NO	0	0	-0.12	0.06	-0.18	0.12	0.20
SF	-0.13	0	0	0	0	0	0.20
ARI	-0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	0.12	-0.12	0
BUF	0.06	0	-0.06	0	0	0.06	0
CAR	0.19	0	0.12	-0.12	0	-0.06	0
CHI	-0.06	0.06	-0.06	-0.12	0	-0.06	0
CLE	-0.06	0	0.12	0	0.06	0	0
DAL	0.06	0	0.18	0	-0.06	0	0
DEN	-0.06	-0.12	-0.06	-0.06	0.12	0	0
DET	0	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
GB	0.06	0	0	0.06	0	0	0
HOU	-0.06	-0.06	-0.12	0.06	0.12	0.24	0
IND	-0.06	0.06	-0.06	0	0	-0.06	0
JAX	0	0	0.12	-0.06	0.06	-0.12	0
KC	0	0.06	0	0.06	0.06	0	0
LV	-0.06	-0.06	0.06	0.12	-0.12	0	0
LAC	0	0.06	-0.06	-0.12	0	0	0
LAR	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0	0	0	0
MIA	0.13	0.12	0.12	-0.06	-0.06	0	0
NYG	0	0	0.06	0	-0.06	0	0
NYJ	0	-0.06	0	0.06	0	0	0
PHI	0.13	0.18	-0.06	0	-0.06	0	0
TEN	0.13	0.12	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	-0.06	0
WAS	-0.06	-0.06	0	0	0	0	0
BAL	0.13	-0.06	-0.06	0	0.06	0.06	-0.20
MIN	-0.13	0	0.06	0.12	0	0	-0.20
PIT	0	-0.06	-0.06	0.06	0.06	0.06	-0.20
SEA	0	-0.06	-0.06	0	0.12	0.06	-0.20
TB	0	0	0	0	0.06	0	-0.20

Frtd (Off − Def) since 2018

Leaders since 2018: 2018 Cardinals (0.13), 2019 Ravens (0.25), 2020 Panthers (0.19), 2021 Eagles (0.18), 2022 Cowboys (0.18), 2023 Raiders (0.12), 2024 Cardinals (0.12), 2025 Texans (0.24), 2026 Falcons (0.20).

Cardinals have led this stat 2 of 9 seasons.

The best season on record is Ravens 2019 at 0.25; the worst Buccaneers 2026 at -0.20.

The league average has fallen from 0.00 in 2018 to 0 in 2026.

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2026.

About this stat

Stat ID: net_frtd
Side: net
Family: NET (Off − Def)
Data source: P only
Polarity: higher is better (or neutral)
Display grain: count
Algorithm eligibility: Stat-page only: this stat is not available in the Algorithm Builder.