Skip to content

NFL Team Explorer

NFL

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

Seattle Seahawks are the best combination: 2nd in third-down rate allowed (26.8%) and 1st in passing yards allowed per game (141.7). Clubs good at one tend to be good at the other (r = 0.27, oriented so positive means good goes with good).

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

30.0%40.0%50.0%60.0%150.0200.0250.0300.0Third-down rate allowed← worsebetter →Passing yards allowed per game← worsebetter →
32 NFL teams · dashed lines mark the league medianr = 0.27(r² = 0.07)

Ranked by third-down rate allowed32 teams

Team3rd al.Pass al.
1Minnesota Vikings22.7%234.0#21
2Seattle Seahawks26.8%141.7#1
3Chicago Bears29.0%207.0#12
4Jacksonville Jaguars29.0%235.7#24
5New York Jets32.3%171.0#3
6New England Patriots34.3%170.0#2
7Pittsburgh Steelers34.8%209.5#15
8Atlanta Falcons35.7%263.0#29
9Tampa Bay Buccaneers35.7%206.7#11
10Indianapolis Colts36.4%276.0#30
11Cleveland Browns37.0%235.3#23
12Kansas City Chiefs37.5%178.3#6
13Houston Texans38.5%238.7#26
14Philadelphia Eagles39.0%193.0#8
15Tennessee Titans39.5%189.0#7
16Los Angeles Chargers40.0%233.0#20
17Buffalo Bills40.5%254.3#27
18Las Vegas Raiders41.0%200.3#9
19Baltimore Ravens42.1%216.3#17
20San Francisco 49ers42.9%207.3#14
21Cincinnati Bengals43.6%260.0#28
22Los Angeles Rams43.6%171.3#4
23Arizona Cardinals44.8%234.3#22
24Carolina Panthers45.2%172.3#5
25New Orleans Saints47.1%211.7#16
26Washington Commanders47.1%280.3#31
27Denver Broncos47.8%237.0#25
28Miami Dolphins48.1%231.0#19
29Green Bay Packers50.0%202.0#10
30New York Giants54.5%224.7#18
31Detroit Lions56.1%299.3#32
32Dallas Cowboys58.8%207.3#13

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.