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Tampa Bay Buccaneers Defense vs Tight Ends (2025)

In 2025, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers allowed 57.0 receiving yards per game to tight ends — #21 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 allowed7.79.28.5
Receptions allowed5.97.55.5
Rec yds allowed57.083.258.5
Rec TD allowed0.71.51.0
Yards per target7.49.06.9
Explosive receptions (20+)0.40.80.5

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