Defensive Passer Rating

Through Week 7 of the 2012 Regular Season

About Defensive Passer Rating. This indicator merely applies the formula used to measure passer rating to a team's pass defense. Like all of our Quality Stats, which are based on efficiency, it has a much higher Correlation to Victory than volume stats, such as passing yards allowed. Most great teams throughout history have a very stingy Defensive Passer Rating, even if they surrendered a lot of passing yards. For example, the 2010 Super Bowl champion Packers and 2010 AFC champion Steelers finished Nos. 1 and 2, respectively, in Defensive Passer Rating. We've written numerous times about the historic importance of Defensive Passer Rating here on CHFF and here on SI.com over the years. We spoke about the importance of all three measures of passer rating at NFL Films in the summer of 2012. Bottom line: it's a killer measure of overall team success and always has been.

Rank	Defensive Passer Rating_R	Team	Att	Comp	%	PYds	PY/A	TD	Int	DPR
27 ∼	27	New England	260	169	65.00	2102	8.08	16	7	99.23
9 ↓ 1	9	Miami	254	146	57.48	1818	7.16	7	7	77.51
15 ∼	15	Minnesota	262	168	64.12	1685	6.43	8	4	86.13
14 ↑ 4	14	Jacksonville	224	137	61.16	1612	7.20	7	4	86.01
30 ↑ 1	30	Kansas City	162	99	61.11	1441	8.90	13	4	106.53
6 ↑ 8	6	Houston	248	131	52.82	1533	6.18	13	9	74.21
29 ∼	29	Indianapolis	183	115	62.84	1337	7.31	12	2	102.20
20 ↑ 4	20	Detroit	202	127	62.87	1374	6.80	8	2	91.89
10 ↑ 1	10	Green Bay	255	150	58.82	1785	7.00	11	9	79.94
13 ∼	13	N.Y. Giants	220	140	63.64	1910	8.68	10	12	83.71
31 ↓ 1	31	New Orleans	215	141	65.58	1914	8.90	12	3	106.62
8 ↓ 4	8	N.Y. Jets	235	132	56.17	1557	6.63	8	7	75.43
28 ∼	28	Oakland	220	149	67.73	1583	7.20	11	3	99.49
3 ↓ 1	3	Philadelphia	226	119	52.65	1412	6.25	7	7	69.41
19 ↑ 2	19	Pittsburgh	189	112	59.26	1170	6.19	10	3	88.28
25 ↓ 2	25	San Diego	233	154	66.09	1676	7.19	14	7	94.64
4 ↑ 5	4	San Francisco	218	124	56.88	1284	5.89	6	5	73.64
5 ↑ 1	5	Seattle	256	148	57.81	1588	6.20	6	6	74.15
12 ↓ 7	12	St. Louis	249	165	66.27	1720	6.91	7	8	82.07
11 ↓ 1	11	Baltimore	252	157	62.30	1888	7.49	6	7	81.58
7 ∼	7	Atlanta	190	119	62.63	1442	7.59	6	10	74.50
16 ∼	16	Denver	212	130	61.32	1420	6.70	11	6	86.60
2 ↑ 1	2	Arizona	229	122	53.28	1469	6.41	6	8	67.39
18 ↓ 6	18	Tampa Bay	233	154	66.09	1976	8.48	8	9	87.85
26 ∼	26	Cincinnati	230	154	66.96	1790	7.78	9	3	97.92
1 ∼	1	Chicago	245	149	60.82	1508	6.16	6	14	62.76
21 ↑ 1	21	Washington	298	189	63.42	2383	8.00	16	10	92.17
23 ↓ 4	23	Carolina	209	143	68.42	1572	7.52	8	5	93.23
32 ∼	32	Tennessee	256	186	72.66	2018	7.88	16	5	108.17
24 ↓ 4	24	Buffalo	242	148	61.16	1832	7.57	14	6	93.54
22 ↑ 3	22	Dallas	167	102	61.08	1216	7.28	7	2	92.30
17 ∼	17	Cleveland	280	175	62.50	2025	7.23	15	10	87.28

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