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2007 NFL Opposition & Defensive Statistics

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Team Defense

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Passing Rushing
Rk Tm G Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FR 1stPy
1 Indianapolis Colts 16 262 4475 980 4.6 288 325 498 2764 16 22 5.3 162 454 1711 10 3.8 111 37 15 15
2 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 269 4262 933 4.6 249 292 536 2824 22 11 4.9 158 361 1438 6 4.0 74 25 14 17
3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 270 4451 977 4.6 258 297 490 2725 18 16 5.2 158 454 1726 11 3.8 93 35 19 7
4 New England Patriots 16 274 4613 933 4.9 278 314 526 3041 23 19 5.3 172 360 1572 7 4.4 91 31 12 15
5 San Diego Chargers 16 284 5124 1013 5.1 297 338 555 3412 20 30 5.7 185 416 1712 11 4.1 89 48 18 23
6 Green Bay Packers 16 291 5013 994 5.0 297 295 534 3366 23 19 5.9 176 424 1647 6 3.9 77 28 9 44
7 Seattle Seahawks 16 291 5149 1035 5.0 278 333 568 3505 15 20 5.7 183 422 1644 16 3.9 78 34 14 17
8 Tennessee Titans 16 297 4665 978 4.8 268 349 569 3187 21 22 5.2 165 369 1478 11 4.0 80 34 12 23
9 Philadelphia Eagles 16 300 4982 979 5.1 279 312 539 3449 16 11 6.0 177 403 1533 10 3.8 80 19 8 22
10 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 304 5021 970 5.2 286 319 543 3416 20 20 5.9 181 390 1605 12 4.1 92 30 10 13
11 Washington Redskins 16 310 4884 1026 4.8 291 351 602 3424 20 14 5.4 174 391 1460 10 3.7 89 24 10 28
12 Minnesota Vikings 16 311 5410 1063 5.1 305 415 646 4225 22 15 6.2 222 379 1185 7 3.1 67 31 16 16
13 Dallas Cowboys 16 325 4922 1008 4.9 304 342 581 3409 19 19 5.4 195 381 1513 12 4.0 86 29 10 23
14 Kansas City Chiefs 16 335 5111 980 5.2 278 276 462 3022 17 14 6.1 156 481 2089 11 4.3 104 22 8 18
15 Carolina Panthers 16 347 5197 1032 5.0 302 337 537 3426 22 14 6.1 174 472 1771 13 3.8 100 30 16 28
16 Chicago Bears 16 348 5675 1036 5.5 305 343 541 3708 19 16 6.4 185 454 1967 17 4.3 100 33 17 20
17 New York Giants 16 351 4880 984 5.0 288 306 523 3317 24 15 5.8 185 408 1563 12 3.8 83 25 10 20
18 Buffalo Bills 16 354 5807 1047 5.5 322 354 567 3814 19 18 6.4 203 454 1993 15 4.4 104 30 12 15
19 New York Jets 16 355 5310 1016 5.2 315 289 470 3154 18 15 6.3 174 517 2156 14 4.2 128 21 6 13
20 San Francisco 49ers 16 364 5539 1078 5.1 308 345 543 3643 24 12 6.3 187 504 1896 9 3.8 94 22 10 27
21 Cleveland Browns 16 382 5753 1066 5.4 335 340 578 3681 29 17 6.1 211 460 2072 8 4.5 100 27 10 24
22 Baltimore Ravens 16 384 4825 968 5.0 258 293 490 3557 27 17 6.8 162 446 1268 9 2.8 69 23 6 27
23 Houston Texans 16 384 5507 994 5.5 325 361 546 3682 25 11 6.4 197 417 1825 15 4.4 107 25 14 21
24 Cincinnati Bengals 16 385 5580 1011 5.5 313 353 540 3687 29 19 6.6 200 449 1893 11 4.2 98 35 16 15
25 New Orleans Saints 16 388 5570 964 5.8 288 327 524 3924 32 13 7.1 196 408 1646 7 4.0 80 23 10 12
26 Oakland Raiders 16 398 5466 952 5.7 292 261 439 3132 17 18 6.7 156 486 2334 24 4.8 121 26 8 15
27 Arizona Cardinals 16 399 5283 1013 5.2 298 361 570 3716 26 18 6.1 185 407 1567 13 3.9 90 29 11 23
28 Denver Broncos 16 409 5376 992 5.4 306 279 458 3094 25 14 6.3 168 501 2282 14 4.6 119 30 16 19
29 Atlanta Falcons 16 414 5688 1042 5.5 320 336 536 3655 27 16 6.5 190 481 2033 12 4.2 105 28 12 25
30 Miami Dolphins 16 437 5475 983 5.6 318 242 409 3019 28 14 6.9 165 544 2456 18 4.5 129 22 8 24
31 St. Louis Rams 16 438 5457 999 5.5 316 318 523 3613 25 18 6.5 190 445 1844 16 4.1 105 27 9 21
32 Detroit Lions 16 444 6042 1087 5.6 363 422 602 4131 32 17 6.5 221 448 1911 19 4.3 116 35 18 26
Avg Team 347.0 5203.5 1004.2 5.2 297.8 325.8 532.7 3428.8 22.5 16.7 6.0 181.7 437.1 1774.7 12.1 4.1 95.6 28.7 12.0 20.5
League Total 11104 166512 32133 5.2 9528 10425 17045 109722 720 534 6.0 5813 13986 56790 386 4.1 3059 918 384 656
Avg Tm/G 21.7 325.2 62.8 5.2 18.6 20.4 33.3 214.3 1.4 1.0 6.0 11.4 27.3 110.9 0.8 4.1 6.0 1.8 0.8 1.3

Passing Defense

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Rk Tm G Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 297 490 60.6 2725 18 3.7 16 3.3 6.0 4.9 9.9 170.3 76.2 33 210 5.2 4.2
2 Indianapolis Colts 16 325 498 65.3 2764 16 3.2 22 4.4 5.9 4.2 9.0 172.8 73.3 28 162 5.3 3.7
3 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 292 536 54.5 2824 22 4.1 11 2.1 5.7 5.2 10.5 176.5 76.5 36 243 4.9 4.5
4 Miami Dolphins 16 242 409 59.2 3019 28 6.8 14 3.4 7.8 6.9 13.2 188.7 92.4 30 167 6.9 6.1
5 Kansas City Chiefs 16 276 462 59.7 3022 17 3.7 14 3.0 7.1 6.1 11.9 188.9 81.0 37 252 6.1 5.1
6 New England Patriots 16 314 526 59.7 3041 23 4.4 19 3.6 6.4 5.2 10.8 190.1 78.1 47 340 5.3 4.2
7 Denver Broncos 16 279 458 60.9 3094 25 5.5 14 3.1 7.2 6.4 11.8 193.4 88.3 33 203 6.3 5.5
8 Oakland Raiders 16 261 439 59.5 3132 17 3.9 18 4.1 7.6 6.1 12.7 195.8 78.9 27 186 6.7 5.3
9 New York Jets 16 289 470 61.5 3154 18 3.8 15 3.2 7.2 6.1 11.6 197.1 82.6 29 208 6.3 5.3
10 Tennessee Titans 16 349 569 61.3 3187 21 3.7 22 3.9 6.0 4.7 9.8 199.2 74.5 40 241 5.2 4.0
11 New York Giants 16 306 523 58.5 3317 24 4.6 15 2.9 7.0 6.2 12.0 207.3 83.4 53 349 5.8 5.0
12 Green Bay Packers 16 295 534 55.2 3366 23 4.3 19 3.6 6.7 5.5 12.1 210.4 75.6 36 218 5.9 4.8
13 Dallas Cowboys 16 342 581 58.9 3409 19 3.3 19 3.3 6.4 5.3 10.9 213.1 75.1 46 319 5.4 4.4
14 San Diego Chargers 16 338 555 60.9 3412 20 3.6 30 5.4 6.6 4.6 10.9 213.3 70.0 42 272 5.7 3.8
15 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 319 543 58.7 3416 20 3.7 20 3.7 6.7 5.5 11.5 213.5 76.1 37 244 5.9 4.7
16 Washington Redskins 16 351 602 58.3 3424 20 3.3 14 2.3 6.0 5.3 10.3 214.0 77.1 33 198 5.4 4.7
17 Carolina Panthers 16 337 537 62.8 3426 22 4.1 14 2.6 6.7 5.9 10.7 214.1 85.1 23 177 6.1 5.4
18 Philadelphia Eagles 16 312 539 57.9 3449 16 3.0 11 2.0 6.9 6.2 11.8 215.6 80.3 37 244 6.0 5.4
19 Seattle Seahawks 16 333 568 58.6 3505 15 2.6 20 3.5 6.7 5.4 11.4 219.1 73.0 45 303 5.7 4.5
20 Baltimore Ravens 16 293 490 59.8 3557 27 5.5 17 3.5 7.6 6.6 12.8 222.3 87.6 32 183 6.8 5.9
21 St. Louis Rams 16 318 523 60.8 3613 25 4.8 18 3.4 7.4 6.3 12.1 225.8 85.0 31 234 6.5 5.5
22 San Francisco 49ers 16 345 543 63.5 3643 24 4.4 12 2.2 7.0 6.5 11.1 227.7 89.9 31 183 6.3 5.8
23 Atlanta Falcons 16 336 536 62.7 3655 27 5.0 16 3.0 7.1 6.3 11.3 228.4 88.2 25 146 6.5 5.7
24 Cleveland Browns 16 340 578 58.8 3681 29 5.0 17 2.9 6.7 5.9 11.4 230.1 83.4 28 186 6.1 5.3
25 Houston Texans 16 361 546 66.1 3682 25 4.6 11 2.0 7.1 6.7 10.7 230.1 93.6 31 196 6.4 6.0
26 Cincinnati Bengals 16 353 540 65.4 3687 29 5.4 19 3.5 7.1 6.0 10.8 230.4 89.2 22 128 6.6 5.6
27 Chicago Bears 16 343 541 63.4 3708 19 3.5 16 3.0 7.3 6.3 11.5 231.8 84.7 41 245 6.4 5.5
28 Arizona Cardinals 16 361 570 63.3 3716 26 4.6 18 3.2 6.9 6.0 11.0 232.3 85.8 36 242 6.1 5.2
29 Buffalo Bills 16 354 567 62.4 3814 19 3.4 18 3.2 7.0 5.9 11.2 238.4 81.1 26 144 6.4 5.4
30 New Orleans Saints 16 327 524 62.4 3924 32 6.1 13 2.5 7.9 7.4 12.6 245.3 96.9 32 198 7.1 6.6
31 Detroit Lions 16 422 602 70.1 4131 32 5.3 17 2.8 7.3 6.5 10.4 258.2 96.8 37 256 6.5 5.8
32 Minnesota Vikings 16 415 646 64.2 4225 22 3.4 15 2.3 7.0 6.3 10.8 264.1 86.3 38 275 6.2 5.5
Avg Team 325.8 532.7 61.2 3428.8 22.5 4.2 16.7 3.1 69 6.9 6.3 11.2 214.3 80.9 34.4 223.5 6.0 5.5 6.1
League Total 10425 17045 61.2 109722 720 4.2 534 3.1 91 6.9 6.3 11.2 214.3 80.9 1102 7152 6.0 5.5 6.1
Avg Tm/G 20.4 33.3 61.2 214.3 1.4 4.2 1.0 3.1 6.9 6.3 11.2 214.3 80.9 2.2 14.0 6.0 5.5 6.1

Rushing Defense

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Rk Tm G Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G Fmb
1 Minnesota Vikings 16 379 1185 7 3.1 74.1
2 Baltimore Ravens 16 446 1268 9 2.8 79.3
3 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 361 1438 6 4.0 89.9
4 Washington Redskins 16 391 1460 10 3.7 91.3
5 Tennessee Titans 16 369 1478 11 4.0 92.4
6 Dallas Cowboys 16 381 1513 12 4.0 94.6
7 Philadelphia Eagles 16 403 1533 10 3.8 95.8
8 New York Giants 16 408 1563 12 3.8 97.7
9 Arizona Cardinals 16 407 1567 13 3.9 97.9
10 New England Patriots 16 360 1572 7 4.4 98.3
11 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 390 1605 12 4.1 100.3
12 Seattle Seahawks 16 422 1644 16 3.9 102.8
13 New Orleans Saints 16 408 1646 7 4.0 102.9
14 Green Bay Packers 16 424 1647 6 3.9 102.9
15 Indianapolis Colts 16 454 1711 10 3.8 106.9
16 San Diego Chargers 16 416 1712 11 4.1 107.0
17 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 454 1726 11 3.8 107.9
18 Carolina Panthers 16 472 1771 13 3.8 110.7
19 Houston Texans 16 417 1825 15 4.4 114.1
20 St. Louis Rams 16 445 1844 16 4.1 115.3
21 Cincinnati Bengals 16 449 1893 11 4.2 118.3
22 San Francisco 49ers 16 504 1896 9 3.8 118.5
23 Detroit Lions 16 448 1911 19 4.3 119.4
24 Chicago Bears 16 454 1967 17 4.3 122.9
25 Buffalo Bills 16 454 1993 15 4.4 124.6
26 Atlanta Falcons 16 481 2033 12 4.2 127.1
27 Cleveland Browns 16 460 2072 8 4.5 129.5
28 Kansas City Chiefs 16 481 2089 11 4.3 130.6
29 New York Jets 16 517 2156 14 4.2 134.8
30 Denver Broncos 16 501 2282 14 4.6 142.6
31 Oakland Raiders 16 486 2334 24 4.8 145.9
32 Miami Dolphins 16 544 2456 18 4.5 153.5
Avg Team 437.1 1774.7 12.1 52 4.1 110.9 25.0
League Total 13986 56790 386 88 4.1 110.9 800
Avg Tm/G 27.3 110.9 0.8 4.1 110.9 1.6

Kick & Punt Returns Against

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Punt Returns Kick Returns
Rk Tm G Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
1 Indianapolis Colts 16 22 1 81 2029 3 25.0
2 San Diego Chargers 16 29 0 75 1566 0 20.9
3 Denver Broncos 16 31 2 62 1424 1 23.0
4 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 28 0 67 1323 2 19.7
5 Dallas Cowboys 16 35 1 86 1979 1 23.0
6 Minnesota Vikings 16 43 1 65 1441 0 22.2
7 New England Patriots 16 14 0 92 2030 1 22.1
8 Detroit Lions 16 36 0 65 1750 2 26.9
9 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 31 1 73 1647 1 22.6
10 Carolina Panthers 16 55 1 56 1333 0 23.8
11 New York Jets 16 32 0 51 1270 1 24.9
12 Tennessee Titans 16 31 1 58 1404 0 24.2
13 New Orleans Saints 16 35 1 56 1256 1 22.4
14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 38 0 68 1328 1 19.5
15 Cincinnati Bengals 16 33 1 76 1732 0 22.8
16 Baltimore Ravens 16 38 0 61 1444 0 23.7
17 Buffalo Bills 16 37 0 56 1150 1 20.5
18 Miami Dolphins 16 39 0 50 1292 2 25.8
19 Cleveland Browns 16 34 1 76 1590 0 20.9
20 Washington Redskins 16 32 0 66 1289 1 19.5
21 Kansas City Chiefs 16 50 1 51 1105 0 21.7
22 Houston Texans 16 19 0 69 1593 0 23.1
23 Atlanta Falcons 16 41 0 50 1148 1 23.0
24 New York Giants 16 28 0 69 1596 1 23.1
25 Green Bay Packers 16 19 0 77 1610 0 20.9
26 Seattle Seahawks 16 37 0 72 1790 0 24.9
27 Chicago Bears 16 40 0 71 1370 1 19.3
28 St. Louis Rams 16 48 0 58 1578 2 27.2
29 Philadelphia Eagles 16 36 1 69 1536 0 22.3
30 Oakland Raiders 16 40 2 43 963 1 22.4
31 Arizona Cardinals 16 38 1 60 1389 0 23.2
32 San Francisco 49ers 16 53 1 45 982 1 21.8
Avg Team 35.1 319.1 0.5 55 9.1 64.8 1466.8 0.8 76 22.6 6989.3
League Total 1122 10210 17 94 9.1 2074 46937 25 108 22.6 223659
Avg Tm/G 2.2 19.9 0.0 9.1 4.1 91.7 0.0 22.6 436.8

Kicking & Punting Against

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0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Rk Tm G FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
1 Denver Broncos 16 33 27 81.8% 42 42 100.0% 60 2634 43.9
2 Houston Texans 16 33 28 84.8% 43 42 97.7% 59 2537 43.0
3 Miami Dolphins 16 33 28 84.8% 49 49 100.0% 62 2685 43.3
4 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 23 18 78.3% 32 32 100.0% 66 2871 43.5
5 New Orleans Saints 16 30 26 86.7% 44 44 100.0% 67 2921 43.6
6 Cincinnati Bengals 16 27 25 92.6% 42 42 100.0% 58 2303 39.7
7 New York Jets 16 32 29 90.6% 36 36 100.0% 68 2904 42.7
8 Indianapolis Colts 16 20 15 75.0% 27 27 100.0% 56 2475 44.2
9 Buffalo Bills 16 30 27 90.0% 37 37 100.0% 61 2599 42.6
10 Oakland Raiders 16 34 25 73.5% 43 43 100.0% 71 3046 42.9
11 St. Louis Rams 16 39 34 87.2% 44 44 100.0% 66 3148 47.7
12 Baltimore Ravens 16 43 37 86.0% 36 35 97.2% 76 3276 43.1
13 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 22 18 81.8% 30 29 96.7% 82 3526 43.0
14 Detroit Lions 16 27 17 63.0% 53 53 100.0% 61 2739 44.9
15 Washington Redskins 16 37 27 73.0% 30 29 96.7% 81 3483 43.0
16 Tennessee Titans 16 25 18 72.0% 33 31 93.9% 81 3613 44.6
17 Philadelphia Eagles 16 38 31 81.6% 29 27 93.1% 76 3162 41.6
18 New York Giants 16 29 21 72.4% 38 38 100.0% 87 3628 41.7
19 Cleveland Browns 16 35 32 91.4% 38 38 100.0% 69 2774 40.2
20 New England Patriots 16 14 12 85.7% 34 34 100.0% 76 3298 43.4
21 Kansas City Chiefs 16 39 34 87.2% 33 33 100.0% 84 3763 44.8
22 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 18 15 83.3% 32 31 96.9% 83 3610 43.5
23 Minnesota Vikings 16 32 28 87.5% 31 31 100.0% 82 3780 46.1
24 San Francisco 49ers 16 35 31 88.6% 38 37 97.4% 89 3640 40.9
25 Carolina Panthers 16 32 27 84.4% 38 38 100.0% 76 3245 42.7
26 Atlanta Falcons 16 30 28 93.3% 46 46 100.0% 74 3064 41.4
27 Dallas Cowboys 16 31 25 80.6% 34 34 100.0% 73 3285 45.0
28 Green Bay Packers 16 27 24 88.9% 29 29 100.0% 80 3400 42.5
29 San Diego Chargers 16 19 13 68.4% 33 33 100.0% 69 2960 42.9
30 Arizona Cardinals 16 33 28 84.8% 39 39 100.0% 73 3183 43.6
31 Chicago Bears 16 33 25 75.8% 37 35 94.6% 94 3807 40.5
32 Seattle Seahawks 16 27 22 81.5% 28 27 96.4% 93 4324 46.5
Avg Team 0.5 0.5 8.9 8.4 8.7 7.9 8.8 6.6 3.0 1.4 30.0 24.8 82.8% 36.8 36.4 98.9% 73.5 3177.5 65 0.4 43.2
League Total 17 17 284 270 279 253 283 210 95 45 960 795 82.8% 1178 1165 98.9% 2353 101680 81 12 43.2
Avg Tm/G 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.1 1.9 1.6 82.8% 2.3 2.3 98.9% 4.6 198.6 0.0 43.2

Scoring Against

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Rk Tm G RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
1 San Francisco 49ers 16 9 24 1 1 37 31 364
2 Kansas City Chiefs 16 11 17 1 33 34 1 335
3 Buffalo Bills 16 15 19 1 37 27 1 354
4 Atlanta Falcons 16 12 27 1 1 46 28 414
5 St. Louis Rams 16 16 25 2 2 44 34 438
6 Carolina Panthers 16 13 22 1 38 27 347
7 Miami Dolphins 16 18 28 2 1 49 28 1 437
8 New York Jets 16 14 18 1 2 36 29 355
9 Baltimore Ravens 16 9 27 1 35 37 1 384
10 Oakland Raiders 16 24 17 2 1 1 43 25 1 398
11 Tennessee Titans 16 11 21 1 1 31 18 297
12 Denver Broncos 16 14 25 2 1 3 42 27 2 409
13 Washington Redskins 16 10 20 1 29 27 1 310
14 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 16 11 18 1 31 15 1 270
15 Chicago Bears 16 17 19 1 2 35 25 348
16 Philadelphia Eagles 16 10 16 1 27 31 300
17 Detroit Lions 16 19 32 2 1 53 17 1 444
18 Minnesota Vikings 16 7 22 1 31 28 2 311
19 New York Giants 16 12 24 1 1 38 21 1 351
20 Houston Texans 16 15 25 42 28 384
21 New Orleans Saints 16 7 32 1 1 44 26 1 388
22 Cincinnati Bengals 16 11 29 1 2 42 25 385
23 Seattle Seahawks 16 16 15 1 27 22 2 291
24 Pittsburgh Steelers 16 6 22 1 1 29 18 269
25 Cleveland Browns 16 8 29 1 1 38 32 382
26 Arizona Cardinals 16 13 26 1 2 39 28 1 399
27 Jacksonville Jaguars 16 12 20 2 3 32 18 1 304
28 San Diego Chargers 16 11 20 1 33 13 284
29 Green Bay Packers 16 6 23 2 29 24 291
30 Indianapolis Colts 16 10 16 1 3 2 27 15 262
31 Dallas Cowboys 16 12 19 1 1 34 25 325
32 New England Patriots 16 7 23 1 34 12 274
Avg Team 12.1 22.5 0.5 0.8 1.2 1.6 0.2 0.9 36.4 24.8 0.6 347.0
League Total 386 720 17 25 37 52 6 30 1165 795 18 11104
Avg Tm/G 0.8 1.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 2.3 1.6 21.7