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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

New Orleans Saints are the best combination: 4th in third-down conversion rate (53.2%) and 3rd in passing yards per game (281.3). Clubs good at one tend to be good at the other (r = 0.29, oriented so positive means good goes with good).

Third-down conversion rate across, passing yards per game up.

30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%150.0200.0250.0300.0Third-down conversion rate← worsebetter →Passing yards per game← worsebetter →
32 NFL teams · dashed lines mark the league medianr = 0.29(r² = 0.09)

Ranked by third-down conversion rate32 teams

Team3rd %Pass/G
1San Francisco 49ers63.0%263.0#7
2Dallas Cowboys57.1%236.0#12
3Buffalo Bills54.5%246.7#9
4New Orleans Saints53.2%281.3#3
5Jacksonville Jaguars52.9%195.0#22
6Chicago Bears47.6%223.7#15
7Cincinnati Bengals46.3%232.0#13
8Philadelphia Eagles46.3%191.7#25
9Kansas City Chiefs45.9%263.0#6
10Los Angeles Rams42.9%284.0#2
11New York Giants42.1%153.0#31
12Miami Dolphins41.5%192.3#24
13Detroit Lions41.2%247.7#8
14Las Vegas Raiders41.0%211.7#17
15Arizona Cardinals40.9%210.0#18
16Indianapolis Colts40.5%190.0#26
17Tennessee Titans39.5%159.0#30
18Washington Commanders38.1%182.0#28
19New York Jets37.2%236.7#11
20Baltimore Ravens37.0%231.3#14
21Carolina Panthers36.8%295.7#1
22Houston Texans36.4%241.3#10
23Denver Broncos36.1%194.0#23
24Los Angeles Chargers35.1%195.7#21
25Atlanta Falcons34.3%167.7#29
26Seattle Seahawks33.3%266.7#5
27Cleveland Browns32.6%198.8#19
28Tampa Bay Buccaneers32.6%185.0#27
29New England Patriots32.5%197.7#20
30Pittsburgh Steelers32.0%223.0#16
31Minnesota Vikings30.2%137.0#32
32Green Bay Packers27.8%266.7#4

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.