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2015 NFL Passes Defended by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Passes broken up

The Buffalo Bills and the Kansas City Chiefs shared the lead of the whole NFL in passes defended in 2015, with 93. The average across 32 NFL teams is 72.7.

Led the whole NFL in 2015 Buffalo Bills 16 games
93 Passes Defended Tied with Kansas City Chiefs
# Team Conference G PD
1 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 93
1 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 93
3 Houston Texans AFC 16 90
3 Oakland Raiders AFC 16 90
5 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 87
5 New York Giants NFC 16 87
7 New England Patriots AFC 16 85
8 Carolina Panthers NFC 16 84
9 Denver Broncos AFC 16 83
10 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 82
11 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 81
12 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 77
12 New York Jets AFC 16 77
14 Seattle Seahawks NFC 16 75
15 Jacksonville Jaguars AFC 16 73
NFL average 72.7
16 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 72
17 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 71
17 St. Louis Rams NFC 16 71
19 Arizona Cardinals NFC 16 69
19 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 69
21 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 66
22 Baltimore Ravens AFC 16 65
22 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 65
24 Detroit Lions NFC 16 62
24 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 62
26 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 61
27 Washington Redskins NFC 16 60
28 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 58
28 Tennessee Titans AFC 16 58
30 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 54
30 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 54
32 Chicago Bears NFC 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.