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NFL Defense vs Quarterbacks — 2025 Rankings

The most generous defenses to quarterbacks in 2025 were Dallas Cowboys, Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers. Full 32-team table below — season and last-4-games rates, TDs, yards per target, explosive plays. 🔒 marks defenses whose QB tendency was two-year stable — our persistence testing found most single-season defense-vs-position ranks do NOT repeat, so the stable ones are the only ones worth planning around.
Rk*DefensePass yds allowed Last 4TD/gmY/tgtExpl/gm
32Dallas Cowboys265.9244.52.060.00.0
31Indianapolis Colts262.5258.51.410.00.0
30Pittsburgh Steelers261.0260.21.760.00.0
29Baltimore Ravens259.0298.81.35-9.00.0
28Washington Commanders257.1244.81.940.00.0
27Tampa Bay Buccaneers254.8250.51.76-6.00.0
26Tennessee Titans248.3256.21.760.00.0
25Cincinnati Bengals245.1183.21.7611.00.1
24Arizona Cardinals242.8261.21.820.00.0
23San Francisco 49ers241.8243.81.710.00.0
22Chicago Bears239.2252.21.880.00.0
21Detroit Lions234.9224.21.7633.00.1
20Los Angeles Rams232.9244.21.530.00.0
19Jacksonville Jaguars231.4199.81.470.00.0
18Miami Dolphins230.6274.21.710.00.0
17New York Giants228.8176.51.470.00.0
16New York Jets224.2295.82.060.00.0
15Atlanta Falcons221.9252.01.590.00.0
14Carolina Panthers215.1191.81.180.00.0
13Las Vegas Raiders214.4187.01.355.50.0
12Seattle Seahawks212.9189.51.180.00.0
11Denver Broncos212.1189.21.060.00.0
10Green Bay Packers206.8224.51.410.00.0
9New England Patriots206.4162.01.470.00.0
8Kansas City Chiefs205.1181.21.060.00.0
7Philadelphia Eagles204.5148.80.820.00.0
6Houston Texans204.1239.01.18-13.00.0
5New Orleans Saints196.2195.51.470.00.0
4Los Angeles Chargers194.5212.80.940.00.0
3Cleveland Browns187.5194.01.410.00.0
2Minnesota Vikings177.7139.50.880.00.0
1Buffalo Bills170.2120.51.120.00.0

*Rank 1 = fewest allowed (stingiest). Sorted most-generous first. 🔒 = two-year-stable tendency. Per-game rates, 2025 regular season.

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Methodology: computed from nflverse play-by-play; a quarter's yards are the yards gained on plays snapped in that quarter. Averages use each player's games played, not team games. Updated 2026-07-28.

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