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New Orleans Saints Defense vs Wide Receivers (2025)

In 2025, the New Orleans Saints allowed 121.5 receiving yards per game to wide receivers — #7 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 wide receivers, per game

Metric	Season	Last 4	Last 2
Targets allowed	15.7	16.5	18.5
Receptions allowed	9.8	9.8	10.5
Rec yds allowed	121.5	124.0	143.0
Rec TD allowed	0.9	0.8	1.0
Yards per target	7.7	7.5	7.7
Explosive receptions (20+)	1.9	2.2	2.0

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

Upcoming: week 1 vs Detroit Lions

Wide Receivers they'll face first: Amon-Ra St. Brown, Jameson Williams.

all 32 vs WR · NO defense by quarter · NO offense by quarter

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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