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Season overview/Red zone defense

EPA per play · regular season 2025

Red zone defense

Historical · 2025Back to 2026

Rank
25th
EPA / play

+0.11

Success rate

48%

Weekly trend

Red zone defense trend−0.48+0.09+0.66W1W3W5W7W9W11W13W15W17
New EnglandLeague median

Weeks 1–18

League distribution

Red zone defense — league distributionARI · rank 24 · +0.11ATL · rank 8 · −0.12BAL · rank 4 · −0.18BUF · rank 27 · +0.12CAR · rank 21 · +0.05CHI · rank 10 · −0.09CIN · rank 28 · +0.12CLE · rank 16 · −0.01DAL · rank 31 · +0.24DEN · rank 6 · −0.14DET · rank 14 · −0.05GB · rank 18 · −0.00HOU · rank 17 · −0.00IND · rank 9 · −0.11JAX · rank 20 · +0.04KC · rank 19 · +0.02LAC · rank 2 · −0.18LAR · rank 3 · −0.18LV · rank 12 · −0.06MIA · rank 29 · +0.18MIN · rank 5 · −0.15NO · rank 11 · −0.08

Top contributors

Jaylinn Hawkins headshot

Jaylinn Hawkins

DB

Red-zone snaps

127

Christian Barmore headshot

Christian Barmore

DL

Red-zone snaps

113

K'Lavon Chaisson headshot

K'Lavon Chaisson

LB

Red-zone snaps

110

Based on nflverse participation data; no pass-coverage credit (individual ratings deferred per methodology).

All phases

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  • Pass offense1st
  • Rush offense24th
  • Pass defense11th
  • Run defense16th
  • Red zone offense16th
  • Red zone defense25th
NYG · rank 22 · +0.07NYJ · rank 32 · +0.25PHI · rank 7 · −0.14PIT · rank 15 · −0.02SEA · rank 1 · −0.23SF · rank 13 · −0.05TB · rank 26 · +0.11TEN · rank 30 · +0.20WAS · rank 23 · +0.11NE · rank 25 · +0.11NE−0.26+0.28EPA per play
3rd down offense
5th
  • 3rd down defense6th
  • Explosive (O)1st
  • Explosive (D)10th
  • Special teams15th
  • Data

    Last refresh
    Tue, 3:59 PM EDT
    Source
    nflverse
    Models
    nflfastR · nfl4th
    Status
    ETL heartbeat
    How these numbers are computed →