2009 NFC Passes Defended by Team

The Philadelphia Eagles led the NFC in passes defended in 2009, with 99, 2 ahead of the Green Bay Packers. The average across 16 NFC teams is 74.7.

Led the NFC in 2009 Philadelphia Eagles 16 games

99 Passes Defended 2 clear of Green Bay Packers

#	Team	G	PD
1	Philadelphia Eagles	16	99
2	Green Bay Packers	16	97
3	Arizona Cardinals	16	90
3	Dallas Cowboys	16	90
5	New Orleans Saints	16	86
6	New York Giants	16	81
7	Washington Redskins	16	76
	NFC average		74.7
8	Detroit Lions	16	71
9	San Francisco 49ers	16	69
10	Carolina Panthers	16	68
10	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	68
12	Seattle Seahawks	16	66
13	Atlanta Falcons	16	64
14	Minnesota Vikings	16	63
15	St. Louis Rams	16	54
16	Chicago Bears	16	53

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.