What Pass sacked (Off − Def) is

Sacks taken minus sacks made. Lower is better — the pass-protection and pass-rush battle in one count.

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

In 2018 the Saints led at -1.81; the league average was 0.02.

League snapshot — 2018

League leader

NO · -1.81

League average

0.02

Best to worst

4.25

All 32 teams, lower is better.

Rank	Team	Value	Games
1	NO	-1.81	16
2	PIT	-1.69	16
3	KC	-1.63	16
4	IND	-1.25	16
5	CHI	-1.06	16
6	BAL	-0.63	16
7	MIN	-0.63	16
8	DEN	-0.56	16
9	NE	-0.56	16
10	LAR	-0.50	16
11	LAC	-0.25	16
12	PHI	-0.25	16
13	CAR	-0.13	16
14	DET	-0.13	16
15	NYJ	-0.13	16
16	WAS	-0.13	16
17	CLE	0.06	16
18	ARI	0.19	16
19	CIN	0.19	16
20	TB	0.19	16
21	ATL	0.31	16
22	BUF	0.31	16
23	TEN	0.50	16
24	GB	0.69	16
25	SEA	0.69	16
26	SF	0.75	16
27	JAX	1	16
28	DAL	1.06	16
29	NYG	1.06	16
30	HOU	1.19	16
31	MIA	1.38	16
32	LV	2.44	16

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader

NO · -1.81

League laggard

LV · 2.44

League average

0.02

Spread (max − min)

4.25

Rank	Team	Value	Δ vs avg	Percentile
1	NO	-1.81	-1.83	100%
2	PIT	-1.69	-1.71	96.8%
3	KC	-1.63	-1.65	93.5%
4	IND	-1.25	-1.27	90.3%
5	CHI	-1.06	-1.08	87.1%
6	BAL	-0.63	-0.65	83.9%
7	MIN	-0.63	-0.65	80.6%
8	DEN	-0.56	-0.58	77.4%
9	NE	-0.56	-0.58	74.2%
10	LAR	-0.50	-0.52	71%
11	LAC	-0.25	-0.27	67.7%
12	PHI	-0.25	-0.27	64.5%
13	CAR	-0.13	-0.15	61.3%
14	DET	-0.13	-0.15	58.1%
15	NYJ	-0.13	-0.15	54.8%
16	WAS	-0.13	-0.15	51.6%
17	CLE	0.06	0.04	48.4%
18	ARI	0.19	0.17	45.2%
19	CIN	0.19	0.17	41.9%
20	TB	0.19	0.17	38.7%
21	ATL	0.31	0.29	35.5%
22	BUF	0.31	0.29	32.3%
23	TEN	0.50	0.48	29%
24	GB	0.69	0.67	25.8%
25	SEA	0.69	0.67	22.6%
26	SF	0.75	0.73	19.4%
27	JAX	1	0.98	16.1%
28	DAL	1.06	1.04	12.9%
29	NYG	1.06	1.04	9.7%
30	HOU	1.19	1.17	6.5%
31	MIA	1.38	1.35	3.2%
32	LV	2.44	2.42	0%

Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 868–710–37 ATS (55.0%) across 2020–2025, #73 of 296 ranked.

Its best season was 2020 (149–105, 58.7%); its worst 2025 (144–125, 53.5%).

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

Season	Games	ATS record	ATS %
2020	256	149–105–2	58.7%
2021	272	147–123–2	54.4%
2022	271	143–121–7	54.2%
2023	272	139–119–14	53.9%
2024	272	146–117–9	55.5%
2025	272	144–125–3	53.5%

7-year window (2020–2026)

Multi-year leader

GB · -0.76

Multi-year laggard

NYG · 0.98

Biggest improver

DEN · −0.45/yr

Biggest decliner

TB · +0.41/yr

Rank	Team	Avg	Slope/yr	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024	2025	2026
1	GB	-0.76	−0.03	-1.25	-0.29	-0.12	-0.88	-1.35	-0.41	-1
2	PIT	-0.75	+0.26	-2.63	-1	-0.12	-0.65	0.53	-1	-0.38
3	BUF	-0.72	+0.09	-0.69	-0.82	-0.44	-1.71	-1.35	0.24	-0.29
4	DEN	-0.68	−0.45	-0.63	0.24	1.59	0.59	-2.29	-2.65	-1.63
5	TB	-0.59	+0.41	-1.63	-1.41	-1.29	-0.41	-0.35	0.06	0.88
6	LAR	-0.55	+0.11	-1.75	-1.12	1.24	-0.41	-0.41	-1.41	0
7	KC	-0.43	+0.21	-0.50	-0.18	-1.71	-1.71	0.12	0.82	0.14
8	DAL	-0.43	−0.09	0.81	-0.47	-1.59	-0.29	-0.76	-0.18	-0.50
9	SF	-0.38	−0.06	0.56	-0.88	-0.76	-0.82	0	0.41	-1.14
10	NO	-0.32	+0.13	-0.94	-0.53	-0.59	0.06	-0.12	0.29	-0.43
11	DET	-0.27	−0.28	1.13	0.35	-0.88	-0.59	-0.24	-0.53	-1.14
12	IND	-0.12	+0.14	-1.19	-0.06	0.94	-0.59	-0.24	-0.59	0.88
13	BAL	-0.12	+0.04	-0.44	1.41	-0.59	-1	-1.71	0.88	0.63
14	MIA	-0.07	+0.28	-0.44	-0.41	-0.29	-1.47	0.47	-0.06	1.71
15	SEA	-0.04	−0.15	0.13	0.76	0.12	-0.53	0.59	-1.18	-0.14
16	HOU	0.05	−0.31	1.06	0.71	-0.06	0.18	0.29	-0.94	-0.86
17	MIN	0.09	−0.05	1	-1.24	0.53	0.24	0.06	0.65	-0.57
18	PHI	0.12	+0.09	1	0.12	-1.47	-0.24	0.24	-0.41	1.63
19	ATL	0.13	−0.37	0.75	1.35	0.94	-0.12	0.06	-1.82	-0.25
20	ARI	0.17	+0.24	-1.19	-0.06	0.59	0.53	-0.65	1.71	0.25
21	JAX	0.22	−0.14	1.63	0	-0.41	0.06	-0.12	0.53	-0.14
22	NE	0.26	+0.00	0.81	-0.47	-0.71	0.71	1.41	0.82	-0.75
23	LAC	0.32	+0.20	0.44	-0.24	-0.06	-0.29	-0.06	0.88	1.57
24	LV	0.34	−0.03	0.44	0.29	0.47	-0.35	0.76	1.65	-0.88
25	WAS	0.37	−0.07	0.25	0.35	0.29	1.59	0.41	-0.29	0
26	CLE	0.41	+0.24	-0.75	0.35	0.59	-0.18	1.47	-0.12	1.50
27	CIN	0.48	−0.42	1.94	0.82	0.88	0.35	0.71	0.12	-1.43
28	TEN	0.50	−0.08	0.38	0.29	0.59	1.12	1.18	0.82	-0.88
29	CHI	0.69	−0.13	0.06	0.53	2.24	1.18	1.65	-0.65	-0.14
30	NYJ	0.75	+0.01	0.75	1.29	-0.12	1.06	-0.12	2	0.38
31	CAR	0.84	+0.12	0.44	0.76	0.06	2.24	0.24	0.29	1.86
32	NYG	0.98	+0.13	0.63	0.24	0.53	3	0.18	0.59	1.71

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 2018.

About this stat

Stat ID: net_pass_sacked
Side: net
Family: NET (Off − Def)
Data source: P + N
Polarity: lower is better
Display grain: count
Algorithm eligibility: Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.