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.
2006 Regular Season stats
| Defense |
Comp. |
Att. |
C% |
Yards |
Avg. |
TD |
INT |
Rating |
| Minnesota |
187 |
319 |
58.6 |
2328 |
7.3 |
5 |
17 |
64.4 |
| Jacksonville |
130 |
250 |
52.0 |
1785 |
7.1 |
9 |
12 |
67.2 |
| Oakland |
116 |
200 |
58.0 |
1479 |
7.4 |
7 |
12 |
67.9 |
| Baltimore |
152 |
271 |
56.1 |
2039 |
7.5 |
13 |
17 |
70.0 |
| Chicago |
153 |
288 |
53.1 |
1846 |
6.4 |
13 |
11 |
72.2 |
| San Diego |
131 |
240 |
54.6 |
1730 |
7.2 |
6 |
7 |
73.8 |
| Denver |
137 |
235 |
58.3 |
1774 |
7.5 |
8 |
11 |
74.0 |
| Carolina |
115 |
221 |
52.0 |
1656 |
7.5 |
9 |
8 |
75.2 |
| Cleveland |
147 |
263 |
55.9 |
1903 |
7.2 |
10 |
10 |
75.6 |
| Pittsburgh |
150 |
261 |
57.5 |
2118 |
8.1 |
11 |
13 |
77.1 |
| New England |
153 |
275 |
55.6 |
1925 |
7.0 |
10 |
8 |
77.6 |
| Green Bay |
114 |
210 |
54.3 |
1448 |
6.9 |
13 |
9 |
78.8 |
| Indianapolis |
105 |
178 |
59.0 |
1104 |
6.2 |
6 |
4 |
79.0 |
| San Francisco |
153 |
260 |
58.8 |
1967 |
7.6 |
10 |
10 |
79.4 |
| New York Giants |
142 |
249 |
57.0 |
1805 |
7.2 |
11 |
9 |
79.5 |
| Buffalo |
129 |
217 |
59.4 |
1483 |
6.8 |
11 |
9 |
79.7 |
| Kansas City |
130 |
215 |
60.5 |
1781 |
8.3 |
7 |
9 |
80.4 |
| New York Jets |
143 |
250 |
57.2 |
1727 |
6.9 |
9 |
6 |
80.5 |
| Arizona |
149 |
256 |
58.2 |
1938 |
7.6 |
12 |
10 |
81.5 |
| Philadelphia |
131 |
227 |
57.7 |
1659 |
7.3 |
12 |
9 |
81.7 |
| Dallas |
133 |
221 |
60.2 |
1843 |
8.3 |
11 |
11 |
82.8 |
| Houston |
139 |
240 |
57.9 |
1821 |
7.6 |
10 |
7 |
83.7 |
| St.Louis |
138 |
241 |
57.3 |
1922 |
8.0 |
14 |
10 |
85.1 |
| Tennessee |
145 |
251 |
57.8 |
1960 |
7.8 |
17 |
11 |
87.1 |
| Cincinnati |
153 |
260 |
58.8 |
2045 |
7.9 |
13 |
8 |
87.7 |
| Detroit |
148 |
249 |
59.4 |
1902 |
7.6 |
10 |
5 |
88.5 |
| New Orleans |
123 |
223 |
55.2 |
1876 |
8.4 |
16 |
8 |
92.1 |
| Miami |
138 |
240 |
57.5 |
1711 |
7.1 |
14 |
4 |
92.2 |
| Seattle |
138 |
242 |
57.0 |
1835 |
7.6 |
14 |
4 |
93.6 |
| Tampa Bay |
142 |
245 |
58.0 |
1910 |
7.8 |
13 |
4 |
93.8 |
| Washington |
157 |
256 |
61.3 |
1966 |
7.7 |
17 |
4 |
100.8 |
| Atlanta |
142 |
238 |
59.7 |
2289 |
9.6 |
12 |
4 |
101.7 |
Also see:
Shutdown Cornerbacks, 2005 Season
Shutdown Cornerbacks, 2004 Season
Shutdown Cornerbacks, 2003 Season
Shutdown Cornerbacks, 2002 Season
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