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NFL Funnel Defenses

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Which NFL defenses funnel offenses one way — stingy against one kind of play, soft against the other. EPA per play and success rate allowed, run and pass, each measured against the league. A positive Funnel means the pass is the weak spot (a pass funnel); negative means offenses do better running (a run funnel). Click a team for its game log.

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Team	Funnel	Rush EPA	Rush SR	Pass EPA	Pass SR	Pass %
ARIZONA CARDINALSARI	+0.23PASS	-0.13	39.5%	+0.23	45.3%	54.6%
DETROIT LIONSDET	+0.12PASS	-0.07	37.6%	+0.17	48.5%	68.4%
DALLAS COWBOYSDAL	+0.11PASS	+0.01	45.0%	+0.24	51.8%	58.4%
TENNESSEE TITANSTEN	+0.11PASS	-0.03	42.4%	+0.21	52.4%	58.3%
MIAMI DOLPHINSMIA	+0.11PASS	-0.03	43.7%	+0.20	50.2%	54.4%
NEW YORK JETSNYJ	+0.10PASS	-0.09	45.5%	+0.13	47.6%	55.4%
SAN FRANCISCO 49ERSSF	+0.08PASS	-0.18	45.0%	+0.03	45.3%	62.4%
PITTSBURGH STEELERSPIT	+0.08	-0.16	33.3%	+0.05	46.7%	65.4%
LAS VEGAS RAIDERSLV	+0.07	-0.04	42.4%	+0.16	50.0%	56.6%
NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTSNE	+0.06	-0.09	38.2%	+0.09	47.0%	60.4%
BALTIMORE RAVENSBAL	+0.05	-0.10	40.0%	+0.08	45.5%	59.5%
WASHINGTON COMMANDERSWAS	+0.04	-0.07	45.2%	+0.10	47.6%	64.5%
KANSAS CITY CHIEFSKC	+0.04	-0.11	38.6%	+0.06	46.1%	60.8%
CINCINNATI BENGALSCIN	+0.02	-0.07	35.3%	+0.08	50.8%	64.2%
HOUSTON TEXANSHOU	-0.00	-0.08	42.6%	+0.04	38.1%	61.3%
NEW ORLEANS SAINTSNO	-0.00	+0.00	47.4%	+0.12	48.0%	59.8%
NEW YORK GIANTSNYG	-0.01	-0.08	41.8%	+0.04	41.6%	60.9%
CAROLINA PANTHERSCAR	-0.01	-0.02	40.6%	+0.09	48.7%	59.5%
PHILADELPHIA EAGLESPHI	-0.02	-0.00	42.4%	+0.11	43.3%	56.9%
CLEVELAND BROWNSCLE	-0.02	-0.07	42.6%	+0.03	42.6%	59.3%
INDIANAPOLIS COLTSIND	-0.03	+0.01	44.4%	+0.10	42.0%	56.8%
BUFFALO BILLSBUF	-0.04	-0.05	44.4%	+0.04	44.8%	65.1%
LOS ANGELES RAMSLA	-0.04	-0.17	34.9%	-0.08	45.1%	60.4%
ATLANTA FALCONSATL	-0.05	-0.10	41.6%	-0.02	43.2%	60.2%
LOS ANGELES CHARGERSLAC	-0.06	-0.07	40.6%	-0.00	45.7%	53.9%
CHICAGO BEARSCHI	-0.09RUN	-0.02	41.1%	+0.01	42.8%	64.1%
JACKSONVILLE JAGUARSJAX	-0.09RUN	-0.15	37.5%	-0.12	43.5%	62.4%
SEATTLE SEAHAWKSSEA	-0.12RUN	-0.11	35.6%	-0.11	39.7%	60.6%
DENVER BRONCOSDEN	-0.12RUN	-0.06	34.2%	-0.06	40.7%	63.0%
GREEN BAY PACKERSGB	-0.14RUN	-0.09	43.0%	-0.11	42.0%	62.8%
TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERSTB	-0.16RUN	-0.16	34.5%	-0.20	42.0%	65.0%
MINNESOTA VIKINGSMIN	-0.19RUN	-0.14	31.4%	-0.21	39.6%	56.3%

Pass plays are every dropback (including sacks and scrambles); runs exclude kneels. Success = a play with positive EPA. Neutral script = win probability 20–80%, outside the last two minutes of each half. Opponent adjustment corrects each game by the opponent’s other games in the same window; the game log shows the raw, unadjusted numbers. Early in a season these are a handful of games — check Last Season before leaning on a number.