2012 NFC Passes Defended by Team

The Chicago Bears led the NFC in passes defended in 2012, with 96, 3 ahead of the Washington Redskins. The average across 16 NFC teams is 76.5.

Led the NFC in 2012 Chicago Bears 16 games

96 Passes Defended 3 clear of Washington Redskins

#	Team	G	PD
1	Chicago Bears	16	96
2	Washington Redskins	16	93
3	Green Bay Packers	16	92
4	New Orleans Saints	16	90
5	Atlanta Falcons	16	82
5	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	82
7	Arizona Cardinals	16	78
7	Seattle Seahawks	16	78
	NFC average		76.5
9	Minnesota Vikings	16	76
9	San Francisco 49ers	16	76
11	Philadelphia Eagles	16	72
12	New York Giants	16	67
13	Carolina Panthers	16	64
14	St. Louis Rams	16	63
15	Detroit Lions	16	61
16	Dallas Cowboys	16	54

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.