2012 NFL Passes Defended by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Passes broken up

The Houston Texans led the whole NFL in passes defended in 2012, with 116, 20 ahead of the Chicago Bears. The average across 32 NFL teams is 75.1.

SK INT TKL TFL SOLO PD FF QBH TD

Led the whole NFL in 2012 Houston Texans 16 games

116 Passes Defended 20 clear of Chicago Bears

#	Team	Conference	G	PD
1	Houston Texans	AFC	16	116
2	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	96
3	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	93
4	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	92
5	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	90
6	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	86
7	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	82
7	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	82
9	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	81
10	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	80
11	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	79
12	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	78
12	New England Patriots	AFC	16	78
12	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	78
15	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	76
15	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	76
	NFL average			75.1
17	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	75
18	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	74
19	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	72
19	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	72
21	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	69
22	New York Giants	NFC	16	67
23	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	66
24	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	65
24	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	65
26	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	64
27	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	63
28	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	61
29	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	59
30	New York Jets	AFC	16	58
31	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	55
32	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	54

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players.