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Season overview/ Team units /Defense

Team-level aggregates · 2021 regular season · New England

Defense unit

Historical · 2021Back to 2026

Pressure rate: 31%
Coverage EPA allowed: −0.10
Run stop rate: 40%
Explosives allowed: 60

Methodology

Individual defender ratings are deferred for v1 — participation data from public nflverse sources is insufficient to produce reliable per-player numbers without PFF grades (not in scope). Better to ship nothing than ship bad defensive numbers.

Data

Last refresh: Tue, 3:59 PM EDT
Source: nflverse
Models: nflfastR · nfl4th
Status: ETL heartbeat

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