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Season overview/Special teams

EPA per play · regular season 2025

Special teams

Historical · 2025Back to 2026

Rank
15th
EPA / play

+0.08

Success rate

72%

Weekly trend

Special teams trend−0.08+0.08+0.24W1W3W5W7W9W11W13W15W17
New EnglandLeague median

Weeks 1–18

League distribution

Special teams — league distributionARI · rank 29 · +0.00ATL · rank 20 · +0.05BAL · rank 8 · +0.15BUF · rank 14 · +0.08CAR · rank 13 · +0.10CHI · rank 21 · +0.05CIN · rank 10 · +0.14CLE · rank 32 · −0.08DAL · rank 9 · +0.15DEN · rank 22 · +0.05DET · rank 2 · +0.17GB · rank 12 · +0.11HOU · rank 24 · +0.03IND · rank 11 · +0.13JAX · rank 3 · +0.17KC · rank 18 · +0.06LAC · rank 27 · +0.02LAR · rank 19 · +0.05LV · rank 26 · +0.02MIA · rank 4 · +0.16MIN · rank 28 · +0.01NO · rank 31 · −0.05

Top contributors

UM

Unit metrics

Defensive unit

Defensive unit

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All phases

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  • Pass offense1st
  • Rush offense24th
  • Pass defense11th
  • Run defense16th
  • Red zone offense16th
  • Red zone defense25th
NYG · rank 25 · +0.02NYJ · rank 1 · +0.27PHI · rank 23 · +0.04PIT · rank 16 · +0.07SEA · rank 5 · +0.16SF · rank 6 · +0.15TB · rank 30 · +0.00TEN · rank 17 · +0.07WAS · rank 7 · +0.15NE · rank 15 · +0.08NE−0.11+0.30EPA 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 →