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Opponent-Adjusted Defense vs Position

Target rate and yards per target allowed, normalized for the offenses each defense has faced. Target % ranks higher opportunity as #1; Y/T ranks lower yards allowed as #1 and higher yards allowed as #32.

Last Updated: Nov 8, 2026 9:57 PM ET • Data through Week 9
Games Defense RB Target %RB Y/T WR Target %WR Y/T TE Target %TE Y/T
9 ARI 15.2%#28 7.39#27 56.9%#16 8.92#24 27.9%#8 8.1#24
9 ATL 19.2%#14 4.62#8 57.8%#12 7.68#14 23%#25 6.77#12
9 BAL 16.9%#21 3.1#2 58.9%#8 9.22#28 24.2%#19 8.2#25
7 BUF 21.1%#2 4.01#6 57%#15 7.59#12 21.9%#28 7.15#15
8 CAR 15%#29 5.72#15 57.6%#13 7.09#6 27.4%#9 6.65#11
8 CHI 19.5%#11 7.01#26 56.2%#21 8.9#23 24.3%#18 8.55#28
8 CIN 19.7%#10 5.72#16 49.3%#32 7.67#13 31%#1 9.12#31
9 CLE 14.8%#30 3.83#4 58.7%#9 7.9#16 26.5%#12 7.64#23
9 DAL 19.9%#9 5.82#17 56.9%#18 8.64#21 23.2%#24 8.91#30
9 DEN 19.3%#13 6.5#24 54%#27 6.58#2 26.7%#11 7.43#18
8 DET 17.4%#19 4.9#10 55.6%#24 8.47#20 27%#10 8.35#26
9 GB 20.3%#7 5.33#11 60.2%#6 6.63#4 19.6%#29 6.04#5
8 HOU 20.3%#6 4.47#7 60.3%#5 8.4#19 19.4%#31 7.54#21
9 IND 19.3%#12 8.02#30 55.9%#22 9.18#26 24.8%#16 7.04#13
8 JAX 19.9%#8 6.03#20 56.9%#17 9.21#27 23.2%#23 5.15#1
8 KC 15.4%#26 7.56#28 55.1%#25 6.66#5 29.5%#3 7.11#14
8 LAC 16.5%#22 2.32#1 66.3%#1 9.68#32 17.2%#32 8.84#29
9 LAR 20.5%#5 5.9#19 54%#28 7.41#10 25.5%#15 5.77#4
9 LV 12.1%#32 9.62#32 58.6%#10 8.87#22 29.2%#4 6.08#6
8 MIA 19.2%#15 6.85#25 52.5%#29 8.96#25 28.3%#5 7.36#16
7 MIN 18.2%#17 5.36#12 55.6%#23 7.37#9 26.2%#13 6.45#9
9 NE 15.7%#25 5.54#13 60.8%#4 9.53#31 23.5%#22 5.67#3
8 NO 19.1%#16 6.05#21 57.4%#14 9.28#29 23.6%#21 7.55#22
8 NYG 13.4%#31 7.63#29 56.6%#19 6.63#3 30%#2 6.24#7
9 NYJ 15.3%#27 6.18#22 56.4%#20 7.2#7 28.3%#6 7.42#17
9 PHI 16%#24 3.62#3 64.5%#2 8.37#18 19.5%#30 7.47#20
8 PIT 17.9%#18 6.36#23 58.3%#11 7.33#8 23.8%#20 8.5#27
9 SEA 17.2%#20 3.86#5 59.9%#7 5.74#1 22.8%#26 5.36#2
8 SF 24.4%#1 4.86#9 50%#31 8.18#17 25.7%#14 7.47#19
8 TB 20.6%#4 5.85#18 51.3%#30 7.45#11 28.1%#7 6.44#8
8 TEN 16.2%#23 8.03#31 61.6%#3 9.44#30 22.2%#27 6.47#10
8 WAS 20.9%#3 5.57#14 54.3%#26 7.83#15 24.8%#17 9.65#32
Adjustment: each game is compared with that offense's positional target tendency and yards per target in its other games, then rebased to the NFL average. This is a leave-one-opponent-out strength-of-schedule adjustment.

CLEVANALYTICS / PLAYER-ADJUSTED DEFENSE

Defensive Performance vs. Opponent Average

Compare all 32 defenses by how much they held opposing players above (+) or below (−) those players' own production against other defenses.

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Method: Uses only player-games with at least 50% offensive snaps. Each opposing player must have at least three other qualifying games against three different defenses; every game versus the defense being evaluated is excluded from that player's comparison. Counts are averaged per qualifying player-game, rather than summed across an entire opponent team. YPC, YPA and YPT differences are weighted by the attempts, completions or targets in those matchup games, with other-game baselines computed from pooled totals. The matchup-week filter never shrinks the other-game baselines. Click a defense to inspect the underlying games.
+ Above player average− Below player averageFor interceptions, the defensive interpretation is reversed.