2016 NFC Passes Defended by Team

The New York Giants led the NFC in passes defended in 2016, with 101, 12 ahead of the Atlanta Falcons. The average across 16 NFC teams is 74.6.

Led the NFC in 2016 New York Giants 16 games

101 Passes Defended 12 clear of Atlanta Falcons

#	Team	G	PD
1	New York Giants	16	101
2	Atlanta Falcons	16	89
3	Green Bay Packers	16	88
4	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	87
5	Philadelphia Eagles	16	77
6	Washington Redskins	16	75
	NFC average		74.6
7	Los Angeles Rams	16	73
7	San Francisco 49ers	16	73
9	Carolina Panthers	16	70
9	Chicago Bears	16	70
9	Seattle Seahawks	16	70
12	Arizona Cardinals	16	68
13	New Orleans Saints	16	67
14	Dallas Cowboys	16	64
15	Detroit Lions	16	63
16	Minnesota Vikings	16	59

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.