2003 NFC Passes Defended by Team

The New Orleans Saints led the NFC in passes defended in 2003, with 102, 4 ahead of the Philadelphia Eagles. The average across 16 NFC teams is 81.8.

Led the NFC in 2003 New Orleans Saints 16 games

102 Passes Defended 4 clear of Philadelphia Eagles

#	Team	G	PD
1	New Orleans Saints	16	102
2	Philadelphia Eagles	16	98
3	Dallas Cowboys	16	94
4	Green Bay Packers	16	92
5	Minnesota Vikings	16	90
5	San Francisco 49ers	16	90
7	Seattle Seahawks	16	89
8	St. Louis Rams	16	85
	NFC average		81.8
9	Carolina Panthers	16	81
10	Chicago Bears	16	77
11	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	75
12	Washington Redskins	16	72
13	New York Giants	16	71
14	Arizona Cardinals	16	70
15	Detroit Lions	16	66
16	Atlanta Falcons	16	56

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.