NFL defense vs wide receivers

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Opposing wide receivers put up the most receiving yards against the Houston Texans: 62.2 per wide receiver per game, 32nd of 32, against a league average of 45.8. They put up the fewest against the Seattle Seahawks, at 27.8.

1st allows the least (toughest) and 32nd allows the most (softest). These are 2026 numbers through about 8 games per team. It counts the top 3 wide receivers by targets per game.

1st = toughest, allows the least32nd = softest, allows the most

Green means opponents put up more of that stat, red means less. Ranks are never flipped, so a high rank on a stat like turnovers means opponents turn it over more against this team.

Defense vs wide receivers, 2026

Per-game stats allowed to wide receivers by each team, 2026, softest on Rec Yards first. Rank 1 allows the least.
Houston Texans762.232nd4.429th6.930th0.316th26.729th12.631st
Jacksonville Jaguars76131st425th5.919th0.25th28.130th11.327th
Philadelphia Eagles858.730th425th6.629th0.427th26.528th12.732nd
Detroit Lions75729th4.632nd6.930th0.316th23.722nd12.230th
Baltimore Ravens856.228th425th622nd0.25th24.726th10.925th
Tennessee Titans85627th4.429th5.818th0.316th22.518th11.628th
Las Vegas Raiders849.626th3.414th5.616th0.427th25.127th10.824th
Buffalo Bills74925th3.821st6.123rd0.531st22.216th11.929th
Chicago Bears748.623rd35th55th0.316th30.232nd9.716th
Green Bay Packers848.623rd4.429th6.930th0.316th21.211th1126th
Atlanta Falcons847.922nd3.821st6.123rd0.25th23.722nd9.716th
Denver Broncos847.521st3.718th6.528th0.25th22.115th9.918th
Dallas Cowboys847.420th3.516th5.717th0.316th24.525th10.522nd
New England Patriots847.219th3.718th5.514th0.316th22.720th10.320th
Washington Commanders747.118th425th6.123rd0.316th20.79th10.723rd
Arizona Cardinals84716th3.29th5.28th0.427th30.131st10.421st
Carolina Panthers74716th3.821st6.327th0.11st22.619th9.615th
Pittsburgh Steelers844.915th3.718th6.123rd0.25th23.221st9.210th
New Orleans Saints744.114th3.414th5.39th0.316th22.216th9.413th
Minnesota Vikings742.313th3.516th5.514th0.25th21.613th9.19th
Tampa Bay Buccaneers842.112th3.821st5.919th0.25th204th9.311th
Cleveland Browns840.511th35th5.39th0.25th20.810th8.67th
New York Giants740.410th3.312th5.919th0.531st172nd10.219th
Cincinnati Bengals739.79th3.29th5.413th0.316th20.36th9.514th
Indianapolis Colts839.68th2.82nd4.63rd0.25th21.914th7.93rd
Los Angeles Chargers739.27th3.17th4.63rd0.11st20.15th8.45th
New York Jets838.86th3.29th5.16th0.427th20.36th9.311th
Miami Dolphins738.15th2.93rd3.91st0.25th24.424th8.14th
Kansas City Chiefs737.74th3.17th5.39th0.11st20.48th7.72nd
Los Angeles Rams836.53rd2.93rd5.16th0.316th21.512th8.88th
San Francisco 49ers735.82nd3.312th5.39th0.25th17.23rd8.45th
Seattle Seahawks727.81st2.61st4.52nd0.11st161st5.91st

Season, last 10 and last 5

Every current number at wide receivers

Open a stat for its full ranking. L10 and L5 are the same defense over its last 10 and last 5 games, each with its own league rank.

Rec Yards allowed to wide receiversLeague average 45.8 per game
Rec Yards allowed to wide receivers, softest first, with season, last 10 and last 5 numbers.
Houston Texans762.232nd62.232nd63.530thWeak
Jacksonville Jaguars76131st6131st64.131stWeak
Philadelphia Eagles858.730th58.730th63.329thWeak
Detroit Lions75729th5729th50.724thWeak
Baltimore Ravens856.228th56.228th56.328thWeak
Tennessee Titans85627th5627th66.332ndWeak
Las Vegas Raiders849.626th49.626th54.427thWeak
Buffalo Bills74925th4925th44.616thWeak
Chicago Bears748.623rd48.623rd48.823rdSoft
Green Bay Packers848.623rd48.623rd47.120thSoft
Atlanta Falcons847.922nd47.922nd37.87thSoft
Denver Broncos847.521st47.521st39.49thSoft
Dallas Cowboys847.420th47.420th51.926thSoft
New England Patriots847.219th47.219th51.125thNeutral
Washington Commanders747.118th47.118th43.515thNeutral
Arizona Cardinals84716th4716th46.919thNeutral
Carolina Panthers74716th4716th48.122ndNeutral
Pittsburgh Steelers844.915th44.915th45.618thNeutral
New Orleans Saints744.114th44.114th47.120thNeutral
Minnesota Vikings742.313th42.313th34.14thNeutral
Tampa Bay Buccaneers842.112th42.112th44.917thSolid
Cleveland Browns840.511th40.511th41.314thSolid
New York Giants740.410th40.410th35.25thSolid
Cincinnati Bengals739.79th39.79th39.610thSolid
Indianapolis Colts839.68th39.68th30.31stTough
Los Angeles Chargers739.27th39.27th33.73rdTough
New York Jets838.86th38.86th40.413thTough
Miami Dolphins738.15th38.15th40.312thTough
Kansas City Chiefs737.74th37.74th39.911thTough
Los Angeles Rams836.53rd36.53rd36.66thTough
San Francisco 49ers735.82nd35.82nd38.78thTough
Seattle Seahawks727.81st27.81st30.52ndTough
Receptions allowed to wide receiversLeague average 3.5 per game
Receptions allowed to wide receivers, softest first, with season, last 10 and last 5 numbers.
Detroit Lions74.632nd4.632nd4.429thWeak
Green Bay Packers84.429th4.429th4.530thWeak
Houston Texans74.429th4.429th4.731stWeak
Tennessee Titans84.429th4.429th5.232ndWeak
Baltimore Ravens8425th425th3.617thWeak
Jacksonville Jaguars7425th425th4.327thWeak
Philadelphia Eagles8425th425th4.226thWeak
Washington Commanders7425th425th3.822ndWeak
Atlanta Falcons83.821st3.821st3.415thSoft
Buffalo Bills73.821st3.821st3.719thSoft
Carolina Panthers73.821st3.821st3.924thSoft
Tampa Bay Buccaneers83.821st3.821st4.327thSoft
Denver Broncos83.718th3.718th3.822ndNeutral
New England Patriots83.718th3.718th3.516thNeutral
Pittsburgh Steelers83.718th3.718th425thNeutral
Dallas Cowboys83.516th3.516th3.719thNeutral
Minnesota Vikings73.516th3.516th3.17thNeutral
Las Vegas Raiders83.414th3.414th3.719thNeutral
New Orleans Saints73.414th3.414th3.311thNeutral
New York Giants73.312th3.312th3.311thSolid
San Francisco 49ers73.312th3.312th3.617thSolid
Arizona Cardinals83.29th3.29th3.210thSolid
Cincinnati Bengals73.29th3.29th3.311thSolid
New York Jets83.29th3.29th3.17thSolid
Kansas City Chiefs73.17th3.17th3.17thTough
Los Angeles Chargers73.17th3.17th2.93rdTough
Chicago Bears735th35th2.93rdTough
Cleveland Browns835th35th3.311thTough
Los Angeles Rams82.93rd2.93rd2.93rdTough
Miami Dolphins72.93rd2.93rd2.93rdTough
Indianapolis Colts82.82nd2.82nd2.72ndTough
Seattle Seahawks72.61st2.61st2.51stTough
Rec Targets allowed to wide receiversLeague average 5.7 per game
Rec Targets allowed to wide receivers, softest first, with season, last 10 and last 5 numbers.
Detroit Lions76.930th6.930th6.926thWeak
Green Bay Packers86.930th6.930th7.532ndWeak
Houston Texans76.930th6.930th7.231stWeak
Philadelphia Eagles86.629th6.629th7.129thWeak
Denver Broncos86.528th6.528th6.323rdWeak
Carolina Panthers76.327th6.327th6.926thWeak
Atlanta Falcons86.123rd6.123rd59thSoft
Buffalo Bills76.123rd6.123rd5.919thSoft
Pittsburgh Steelers86.123rd6.123rd728thSoft
Washington Commanders76.123rd6.123rd6.121stSoft
Baltimore Ravens8622nd622nd5.515thSoft
Jacksonville Jaguars75.919th5.919th6.323rdNeutral
New York Giants75.919th5.919th6.222ndNeutral
Tampa Bay Buccaneers85.919th5.919th6.825thNeutral
Tennessee Titans85.818th5.818th7.129thNeutral
Dallas Cowboys85.717th5.717th620thNeutral
Las Vegas Raiders85.616th5.616th5.716thNeutral
Minnesota Vikings75.514th5.514th4.96thNeutral
New England Patriots85.514th5.514th5.110thNeutral
Cincinnati Bengals75.413th5.413th5.313thNeutral
Cleveland Browns85.39th5.39th5.716thSolid
Kansas City Chiefs75.39th5.39th5.414thSolid
New Orleans Saints75.39th5.39th4.96thSolid
San Francisco 49ers75.39th5.39th5.818thSolid
Arizona Cardinals85.28th5.28th5.110thTough
Los Angeles Rams85.16th5.16th5.110thTough
New York Jets85.16th5.16th4.85thTough
Chicago Bears755th55th4.96thTough
Indianapolis Colts84.63rd4.63rd4.74thTough
Los Angeles Chargers74.63rd4.63rd4.52ndTough
Seattle Seahawks74.52nd4.52nd4.52ndTough
Miami Dolphins73.91st3.91st3.91stTough
Receiving TDs allowed to wide receiversLeague average 0.3 per game
Receiving TDs allowed to wide receivers, softest first, with season, last 10 and last 5 numbers.
Buffalo Bills70.531st0.531st0.530thWeak
New York Giants70.531st0.531st0.427thWeak
Arizona Cardinals80.427th0.427th0.315thWeak
Las Vegas Raiders80.427th0.427th0.632ndWeak
New York Jets80.427th0.427th0.427thWeak
Philadelphia Eagles80.427th0.427th0.427thWeak
Chicago Bears70.316th0.316th0.315thNeutral
Cincinnati Bengals70.316th0.316th0.530thNeutral
Dallas Cowboys80.316th0.316th0.315thNeutral
Detroit Lions70.316th0.316th0.315thNeutral
Green Bay Packers80.316th0.316th0.315thNeutral
Houston Texans70.316th0.316th0.29thNeutral
Los Angeles Rams80.316th0.316th0.315thNeutral
New England Patriots80.316th0.316th0.315thNeutral
New Orleans Saints70.316th0.316th0.29thNeutral
Tennessee Titans80.316th0.316th0.315thNeutral
Washington Commanders70.316th0.316th0.315thNeutral
Atlanta Falcons80.25th0.25th0.11stTough
Baltimore Ravens80.25th0.25th0.315thTough
Cleveland Browns80.25th0.25th0.11stTough
Denver Broncos80.25th0.25th0.11stTough
Indianapolis Colts80.25th0.25th0.11stTough
Jacksonville Jaguars70.25th0.25th0.29thTough
Miami Dolphins70.25th0.25th0.315thTough
Minnesota Vikings70.25th0.25th0.29thTough
Pittsburgh Steelers80.25th0.25th0.11stTough
San Francisco 49ers70.25th0.25th0.315thTough
Tampa Bay Buccaneers80.25th0.25th0.29thTough
Carolina Panthers70.11st0.11st0.29thTough
Kansas City Chiefs70.11st0.11st0.11stTough
Los Angeles Chargers70.11st0.11st0.11stTough
Seattle Seahawks70.11st0.11st0.11stTough
Longest Reception allowed to wide receiversLeague average 22.6 per game
Longest Reception allowed to wide receivers, softest first, with season, last 10 and last 5 numbers.
Chicago Bears730.232nd30.232nd30.531stWeak
Arizona Cardinals830.131st30.131st31.532ndWeak
Jacksonville Jaguars728.130th28.130th27.529thWeak
Houston Texans726.729th26.729th25.523rdWeak
Philadelphia Eagles826.528th26.528th27.328thWeak
Las Vegas Raiders825.127th25.127th28.330thWeak
Baltimore Ravens824.726th24.726th26.527thWeak
Dallas Cowboys824.525th24.525th25.624thWeak
Miami Dolphins724.424th24.424th26.426thSoft
Atlanta Falcons823.722nd23.722nd19.711thSoft
Detroit Lions723.722nd23.722nd21.315thSoft
Pittsburgh Steelers823.221st23.221st23.821stSoft
New England Patriots822.720th22.720th25.624thSoft
Carolina Panthers722.619th22.619th23.220thNeutral
Tennessee Titans822.518th22.518th22.719thNeutral
Buffalo Bills722.216th22.216th2114thNeutral
New Orleans Saints722.216th22.216th24.122ndNeutral
Denver Broncos822.115th22.115th17.96thNeutral
Indianapolis Colts821.914th21.914th173rdNeutral
Minnesota Vikings721.613th21.613th187thNeutral
Los Angeles Rams821.512th21.512th21.617thSolid
Green Bay Packers821.211th21.211th17.75thSolid
Cleveland Browns820.810th20.810th20.313thSolid
Washington Commanders720.79th20.79th18.49thSolid
Kansas City Chiefs720.48th20.48th22.318thTough
Cincinnati Bengals720.36th20.36th19.711thTough
New York Jets820.36th20.36th21.416thTough
Los Angeles Chargers720.15th20.15th19.210thTough
Tampa Bay Buccaneers8204th204th173rdTough
San Francisco 49ers717.23rd17.23rd16.62ndTough
New York Giants7172nd172nd14.51stTough
Seattle Seahawks7161st161st187thTough
Fantasy Score allowed to wide receiversLeague average 9.9 per game
Fantasy Score allowed to wide receivers, softest first, with season, last 10 and last 5 numbers.
Philadelphia Eagles812.732nd12.732nd13.331stWeak
Houston Texans712.631st12.631st12.229thWeak
Detroit Lions712.230th12.230th11.425thWeak
Buffalo Bills711.929th11.929th11.425thWeak
Tennessee Titans811.628th11.628th1432ndWeak
Jacksonville Jaguars711.327th11.327th1228thWeak
Green Bay Packers81126th1126th10.723rdWeak
Baltimore Ravens810.925th10.925th10.723rdWeak
Las Vegas Raiders810.824th10.824th13.130thSoft
Washington Commanders710.723rd10.723rd9.817thSoft
Dallas Cowboys810.522nd10.522nd11.627thSoft
Arizona Cardinals810.421st10.421st9.918thSoft
New England Patriots810.320th10.320th10.220thSoft
New York Giants710.219th10.219th9.715thNeutral
Denver Broncos89.918th9.918th910thNeutral
Atlanta Falcons89.716th9.716th8.15thNeutral
Chicago Bears79.716th9.716th9.715thNeutral
Carolina Panthers79.615th9.615th10.220thNeutral
Cincinnati Bengals79.514th9.514th10.322ndNeutral
New Orleans Saints79.413th9.413th910thNeutral
New York Jets89.311th9.311th9.412thSolid
Tampa Bay Buccaneers89.311th9.311th10.119thSolid
Pittsburgh Steelers89.210th9.210th9.412thSolid
Minnesota Vikings79.19th9.19th7.63rdSolid
Los Angeles Rams88.88th8.88th8.15thTough
Cleveland Browns88.67th8.67th8.27thTough
Los Angeles Chargers78.45th8.45th7.74thTough
San Francisco 49ers78.45th8.45th9.614thTough
Miami Dolphins78.14th8.14th8.59thTough
Indianapolis Colts87.93rd7.93rd6.82ndTough
Kansas City Chiefs77.72nd7.72nd8.38thTough
Seattle Seahawks75.91st5.91st6.41stTough

Using defense vs position on a prop

  1. Find the opponent

    Say a wide receiver's line is against the Houston Texans. The row shows 62.2 receiving yards per wide receiver per game, 32nd of 32.

  2. Compare with the league

    The league average against wide receivers is 45.8, so this defense gives up 16.4 more per wide receiver. That puts it in the "Weak" bucket.

  3. Check the recent games

    Over the last 5 it is 63.5, higher than the season, so the matchup is not getting tougher. A big gap between the season and the last 5 is worth a look before you trust either one.

  4. Then check the player

    A matchup is one input. In the app, see how the player has done against today's exact line and compare every book's price.

How this is counted

Each number is what opposing players put up against this team, per game, averaged over the team's 2026 games. It counts the top 3 wide receivers by targets per game. Teams are ranked on that number league-wide: 1st allows the least, last allows the most, for every stat, with ties sharing a rank. Last 10 and last 5 are the same defense over its most recent games; a dash means too few games to rank (under 3 for L10, under 2 for L5). Computed each morning from every box score of the season, preseason excluded, and refreshed here by 8:40 AM ET.

Defense vs position FAQ

Which NFL team is worst against wide receivers?

On receiving yards, the Houston Texans: 62.2 per wide receiver per game in 2026, 32nd of 32, against a league average of 45.8. These are 2026 numbers through about 8 games per team.

Which NFL team is best against wide receivers?

On receiving yards, the Seattle Seahawks: 27.8 per wide receiver per game, 1st of 32.

Does a higher rank mean a softer matchup?

Yes. 1st allows the least and 32nd allows the most. Ranks are never flipped, so a high rank on a stat like turnovers means opponents turn it over more against this team.

Who counts toward the wide receivers number?

It counts the top 3 wide receivers by targets per game. That keeps the number close to the players a line would be set on. The league average here is 45.8.

Which defense has been getting softer against wide receivers?

On receiving yards, the Tennessee Titans have the biggest jump in the last 5 games: 66.3 per game, up from 56 on the season.

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