Clamping down on the top Wide Receivers
The following statistics show how teams have defensed the starting/top two wide receivers of the opposing team throughout the season. All plays where a pass was directed to one of the two "prime target" WR's is counted, with such things as a defensive pass interference call counting as a "completed" pass for the appropriate yardage to fully reflect what took place.
2005 Final Regular Season stats
| Defense |
Comp. |
Att. |
C% |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
INT |
Rating |
| Chicago |
133 |
245 |
54.3 |
1625 |
6.6 |
4 |
12 |
60.0 |
| Cincinnati |
151 |
259 |
58.3 |
1956 |
7.6 |
8 |
20 |
60.3 |
| Tampa Bay |
113 |
214 |
52.8 |
1562 |
7.3 |
6 |
12 |
62.5 |
| Pittsburgh |
135 |
261 |
51.7 |
1770 |
6.8 |
5 |
10 |
63.9 |
| Carolina |
158 |
281 |
56.2 |
1852 |
6.6 |
11 |
17 |
64.2 |
| Cleveland |
141 |
245 |
57.6 |
1579 |
6.4 |
6 |
11 |
66.4 |
| Minnesota |
156 |
274 |
56.9 |
1893 |
6.9 |
12 |
16 |
68.6 |
| Atlanta |
156 |
258 |
60.5 |
1751 |
6.8 |
4 |
9 |
71.4 |
| New York Jets |
123 |
200 |
61.5 |
1280 |
6.4 |
5 |
7 |
73.8 |
| Washington |
144 |
268 |
53.7 |
1836 |
6.9 |
10 |
9 |
73.8 |
| Jacksonville |
138 |
240 |
57.5 |
1679 |
7.0 |
10 |
11 |
73.9 |
| Green Bay |
96 |
183 |
52.5 |
1302 |
7.1 |
7 |
6 |
74.5 |
| Indianapolis |
129 |
215 |
60.0 |
1515 |
7.0 |
10 |
11 |
75.6 |
| Kansas City |
147 |
273 |
53.8 |
1994 |
7.3 |
11 |
9 |
77.1 |
| New York Giants |
158 |
281 |
56.2 |
2097 |
7.5 |
13 |
12 |
77.7 |
| Denver |
176 |
314 |
56.1 |
2214 |
7.1 |
11 |
8 |
79.2 |
| Dallas |
122 |
235 |
51.9 |
1870 |
8.0 |
12 |
9 |
79.6 |
| Seattle |
168 |
288 |
58.3 |
1963 |
6.8 |
13 |
10 |
79.7 |
| Buffalo |
150 |
254 |
59.1 |
2044 |
8.0 |
8 |
9 |
80.6 |
| Baltimore |
149 |
261 |
57.1 |
1819 |
7.0 |
6 |
3 |
81.6 |
| Detroit |
136 |
228 |
59.6 |
1702 |
7.5 |
10 |
7 |
84.7 |
| San Diego |
171 |
275 |
62.2 |
1946 |
7.1 |
9 |
4 |
88.2 |
| Oakland |
136 |
237 |
57.4 |
1737 |
7.3 |
9 |
2 |
89.6 |
| Miami |
153 |
265 |
57.7 |
1903 |
7.2 |
13 |
4 |
90.2 |
| San Francisco |
175 |
286 |
61.2 |
2529 |
8.8 |
15 |
10 |
92.8 |
| Arizona |
161 |
254 |
63.4 |
1800 |
7.1 |
13 |
5 |
93.3 |
| New Orleans |
107 |
200 |
53.5 |
1550 |
7.8 |
14 |
4 |
94.0 |
| Philadelphia |
140 |
228 |
61.4 |
1814 |
8.0 |
13 |
6 |
94.4 |
| New England |
146 |
267 |
54.7 |
2185 |
8.2 |
16 |
4 |
95.5 |
| St.Louis |
165 |
266 |
62.0 |
2070 |
7.8 |
16 |
6 |
96.9 |
| Houston |
156 |
247 |
63.2 |
2200 |
8.9 |
16 |
5 |
105.0 |
| Tennessee |
137 |
223 |
61.4 |
1846 |
8.3 |
19 |
5 |
106.8 |
Also see:
Shutdown Cornerbacks, 2004 Season
Shutdown Cornerbacks, 2003 Season
Shutdown Cornerbacks, 2002 Season
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