NFL defense vs position rankings

Defense vs position (DvP) measures how much each defense allows to a position, compared with the league average. A defense that gives up far more receiving yards to tight ends than average is a spot worth a look for a tight-end over, if the price is right. Our interactive DvP tool has every team and stat; below are the five softest defenses for each key stat right now.

Most passing yds allowed to quarterbacks

Rank	Defense	Per game	vs league avg	Games
1	DET	297.7	+27.1%	7
2	TEN	272.8	+16.4%	8
3	BUF	269	+14.8%	7
4	WAS	265.7	+13.4%	6
5	HOU	262.7	+12.2%	7

League average: 234.3 per game.

Most passing tds allowed to quarterbacks

Rank	Defense	Per game	vs league avg	Games
1	DET	2.6	+66.6%	7
2	WAS	2.5	+62.0%	6
3	MIA	2.3	+48.1%	7
4	ARI	2.2	+45.8%	8
5	LV	2.2	+45.8%	8

League average: 1.5 per game.

Most rushing yds allowed to running backs

Rank	Defense	Per game	vs league avg	Games
1	LV	129.5	+38.7%	8
2	NO	120.4	+29.0%	7
3	PHI	116.7	+25.0%	7
4	CLE	115.9	+24.1%	8
5	CAR	115.6	+23.8%	7

League average: 93.4 per game.

Most rushing yds allowed to quarterbacks

Rank	Defense	Per game	vs league avg	Games
1	DAL	28.9	+82.4%	8
2	CIN	28	+76.8%	7
3	LA	24.9	+57.1%	8
4	NYG	24.6	+55.2%	7
5	WAS	22.7	+43.2%	6

League average: 15.8 per game.

Most receiving yds allowed to wide receivers

Rank	Defense	Per game	vs league avg	Games
1	JAX	195.7	+33.7%	7
2	TEN	194.9	+33.1%	8
3	HOU	187.4	+28.0%	7
4	PHI	184	+25.7%	7
5	BAL	177.6	+21.3%	8

League average: 146.4 per game.

Most receiving yds allowed to tight ends

Rank	Defense	Per game	vs league avg	Games
1	DET	97.7	+77.2%	7
2	CIN	88.7	+60.8%	7
3	WAS	73.5	+33.3%	6
4	BUF	70.6	+27.9%	7
5	MIA	69	+25.1%	7

League average: 55.2 per game.

Most receiving yds allowed to running backs

Rank	Defense	Per game	vs league avg	Games
1	SF	50.6	+55.5%	7
2	DEN	48.4	+48.7%	8
3	PIT	46.9	+44.1%	8
4	BUF	44.4	+36.6%	7
5	LA	43.2	+33.0%	8

League average: 32.5 per game.

Most receptions allowed to wide receivers

Rank	Defense	Per game	vs league avg	Games
1	TEN	15.2	+34.7%	8
2	DET	14.1	+24.9%	7
3	GB	13.9	+22.5%	8
4	JAX	13.6	+19.9%	7
5	HOU	13.4	+18.6%	7

League average: 11.3 per game.

Most receptions allowed to tight ends

Rank	Defense	Per game	vs league avg	Games
1	DET	8.7	+59.2%	7
2	CIN	7	+27.9%	7
3	LV	6.9	+25.6%	8
4	MIA	6.9	+25.3%	7
5	KC	6.9	+25.3%	7

League average: 5.5 per game.

Most receptions allowed to running backs

Rank	Defense	Per game	vs league avg	Games
1	SF	7	+57.3%	7
2	BUF	6	+34.8%	7
3	PIT	5.8	+29.2%	8
4	LA	5.5	+23.6%	8
5	SEA	5.4	+22.0%	7

League average: 4.5 per game.

Built Sun Nov 1, 10:36 PM ET from nflverse weekly player stats. Early-season samples are small, so treat big percentages with care.

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