2018 NFC Passes Defended by Team

The Chicago Bears led the NFC in passes defended in 2018, with 98, 22 ahead of the New York Giants. The average across 16 NFC teams is 64.3.

Led the NFC in 2018 Chicago Bears 16 games

98 Passes Defended 22 clear of New York Giants

#	Team	G	PD
1	Chicago Bears	16	98
2	New York Giants	16	76
3	Atlanta Falcons	16	72
4	Carolina Panthers	16	71
5	New Orleans Saints	16	69
6	Los Angeles Rams	16	68
6	Philadelphia Eagles	16	68
8	Dallas Cowboys	16	66
	NFC average		64.3
9	Seattle Seahawks	16	64
10	Minnesota Vikings	16	63
11	Washington Redskins	16	60
12	Green Bay Packers	16	59
13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	56
14	Arizona Cardinals	16	52
15	Detroit Lions	16	48
16	San Francisco 49ers	16	39

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.