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Season overview/Run defense

EPA per play · regular season 2020

Run defense

Historical · 2020Back to 2026

Rank
29th
EPA / play

+0.04

Success rate

47%

Weekly trend

Run defense trend−0.24−0.02+0.20W1W3W5W7W9W11W13W15W17
New EnglandLeague median

Weeks 1–17

League distribution

Run defense — league distributionARI · rank 14 · −0.07ATL · rank 4 · −0.12BAL · rank 5 · −0.12BUF · rank 19 · −0.01CAR · rank 22 · −0.01CHI · rank 8 · −0.11CIN · rank 24 · +0.01CLE · rank 18 · −0.02DAL · rank 26 · +0.03DEN · rank 23 · +0.00DET · rank 31 · +0.05GB · rank 20 · −0.01HOU · rank 32 · +0.07IND · rank 11 · −0.10JAX · rank 25 · +0.01KC · rank 27 · +0.03LAC · rank 12 · −0.09LAR · rank 2 · −0.18LV · rank 30 · +0.05MIA · rank 21 · −0.01MIN · rank 28 · +0.04NO · rank 3 · −0.14

Top contributors

UM

Unit metrics

Defensive unit

Defensive unit

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All phases

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  • Pass offense28th
  • Rush offense3rd
  • Pass defense19th
  • Run defense29th
  • Red zone offense28th
  • Red zone defense21st
NYG · rank 16 · −0.04NYJ · rank 10 · −0.10PHI · rank 15 · −0.05PIT · rank 13 · −0.08SEA · rank 6 · −0.12SF · rank 7 · −0.11TB · rank 1 · −0.19TEN · rank 17 · −0.02WAS · rank 9 · −0.10NE · rank 29 · +0.04NE−0.21+0.10EPA per play
3rd down offense
27th
  • 3rd down defense4th
  • Explosive (O)20th
  • Explosive (D)19th
  • Special teams7th
  • Data

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