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2016 NFL Passes Defended by Team

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

The Kansas City Chiefs led the whole NFL in passes defended in 2016, with 104, 3 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 32 NFL teams is 74.3.

Led the whole NFL in 2016 Kansas City Chiefs 16 games
104 Passes Defended 3 clear of New York Giants
# Team Conference G PD
1 Kansas City Chiefs AFC 16 104
2 New York Giants NFC 16 101
3 Atlanta Falcons NFC 16 89
4 Green Bay Packers NFC 16 88
5 Tampa Bay Buccaneers NFC 16 87
6 San Diego Chargers AFC 16 86
7 Cincinnati Bengals AFC 16 85
8 Denver Broncos AFC 16 83
9 Pittsburgh Steelers AFC 16 80
10 Philadelphia Eagles NFC 16 77
11 Tennessee Titans AFC 16 76
12 Miami Dolphins AFC 16 75
12 Washington Redskins NFC 16 75
NFL average 74.3
14 Buffalo Bills AFC 16 74
15 Los Angeles Rams NFC 16 73
15 Oakland Raiders AFC 16 73
15 San Francisco 49ers NFC 16 73
18 New England Patriots AFC 16 72
19 Baltimore Ravens AFC 16 71
20 Carolina Panthers NFC 16 70
20 Chicago Bears NFC 16 70
20 Houston Texans AFC 16 70
20 Seattle Seahawks NFC 16 70
24 Arizona Cardinals NFC 16 68
25 Cleveland Browns AFC 16 67
25 New Orleans Saints NFC 16 67
27 Dallas Cowboys NFC 16 64
28 Detroit Lions NFC 16 63
29 Indianapolis Colts AFC 16 60
30 Minnesota Vikings NFC 16 59
31 Jacksonville Jaguars AFC 16 55
32 New York Jets AFC 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.