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Arizona Cardinals Defense vs Tight Ends (2025)

In 2025, the Arizona Cardinals allowed 68.6 receiving yards per game to tight ends — #30 of 32 (1 = stingiest). Our persistence testing says single-season ranks like this mostly do NOT carry over year to year — use with that in mind.

Everything they allowed to tight ends, per game

MetricSeasonLast 4Last 2
Targets allowed8.410.510.0
Receptions allowed6.38.27.0
Rec yds allowed68.692.8106.5
Rec TD allowed0.61.21.5
Yards per target8.28.810.7
Explosive receptions (20+)0.81.22.5

Last 4 = weeks 15–18; last 2 = weeks 17–18. 2025 regular season.

Upcoming: week 1 vs Los Angeles Chargers

Tight Ends they'll face first: David Njoku, Oronde Gadsden II.

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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