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How does each club's offense line up against its defense — or its pass rush against its protection? Pick any two of 18 team measures; better is always up and to the right.

2026 seasonthrough 4 games

Jacksonville Jaguars are the best combination: 3rd in penalty yards per game (40.3) and 4th in third-down rate allowed (29.0%). Clubs good at one tend to be good at the other (r = 0.26, oriented so positive means good goes with good).

Penalty yards per game across, third-down rate allowed up. A lower-is-better axis is inverted so better stays up and right.

40.060.080.030.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%Penalty yards per game← worsebetter →Third-down rate allowed← worsebetter →
32 NFL teams · dashed lines mark the league medianr = 0.26(r² = 0.07)

Ranked by penalty yards per game32 teams

TeamPen Y/G3rd al.
1Las Vegas Raiders30.041.0%#18
2Indianapolis Colts33.336.4%#10
3Jacksonville Jaguars40.329.0%#4
4New Orleans Saints41.347.1%#25
5Tennessee Titans44.339.5%#15
6Minnesota Vikings45.022.7%#1
7Philadelphia Eagles45.339.0%#14
8Washington Commanders46.747.1%#26
9Denver Broncos47.747.8%#27
10Pittsburgh Steelers49.534.8%#7
11New England Patriots49.734.3%#6
12Los Angeles Chargers53.040.0%#16
13Chicago Bears53.329.0%#3
14Detroit Lions53.356.1%#31
15Cincinnati Bengals55.043.6%#21
16San Francisco 49ers56.042.9%#20
17Miami Dolphins58.348.1%#28
18Seattle Seahawks59.026.8%#2
19Tampa Bay Buccaneers60.735.7%#9
20Los Angeles Rams61.343.6%#22
21Kansas City Chiefs65.337.5%#12
22Baltimore Ravens66.042.1%#19
23Houston Texans67.738.5%#13
24Carolina Panthers70.045.2%#24
25Dallas Cowboys70.058.8%#32
26Atlanta Falcons72.735.7%#8
27Buffalo Bills73.040.5%#17
28New York Giants74.054.5%#30
29Cleveland Browns74.337.0%#11
30New York Jets78.032.3%#5
31Arizona Cardinals81.744.8%#23
32Green Bay Packers92.050.0%#29

How these are measured

Season numbers from ESPN's team statistics, raw per game or per play — not adjusted for the opponents faced. Dashed lines mark the league median; the dashed diagonal is the least-squares line, and r under the chart says how tightly the two move together. Full definitions are on team stats.