NFL Team Defensive Report: Position vs Team

Yards and TDs against WRs

team	Yards/Game	TDs/Game
Arizona	150.1	0.8
Atlanta	152.4	1.4
Baltimore	189.5	1.5
Buffalo	131	0.7
Carolina	140.3	0.9
Chicago	132.5	0.6
Cincinnati	155.7	0.9
Cleveland	156.4	1.2
Dallas	147.3	0.9
Denver	125.6	0.5
Detroit	188.7	0.6
Green Bay	135	0.9
Indianapolis	154.6	0.8
Jacksonville	183.5	1.2
LA Rams	148.4	1.3
Kansas City	121.5	1.1
Miami	126.5	0.5
Minnesota	184.4	1.1
New England	158.6	1
New Orleans	178.1	0.7
NY Jets	122.6	0.6
Las Vegas	119.2	0.8
Philadelphia	116.5	0.8
Pittsburgh	147.9	0.5
LA Chargers	142.9	1.1
Seattle	143.5	1.1
San Francisco	138.1	0.7
Tampa Bay	163.8	1.1
Tennessee	117	0.7
Houston	152.8	1.5
NY Giants	137.2	1
Washington	138.6	1.1

Best Bet: WRs vs Lions

Brother, the Lions may have a dominant offense, but boy does their secondary stink. While Detroit has a few good safeties, quality cornerbacks have been absent in MoTown for a long time, hence the Lions' ugly 199.1 yards per game yielded to wide receivers, tied for the worst mark in the league. With Detroit's propensity for leaning on offense to win, the team finds itself in many shootouts, where deep plays are quite common. If you're looking to bet a receiving yards OVER prop, look to see who Detroit plays.

Best Bet: WRs vs Vikings

Minnesota's secondary has struggled this season and is giving up the second most yards per game (178).

Brian Flores' blitz packages are great at getting pressure on opposing quarterbacks but it can leave their secondary exposed when the pressure doesn't get home.

Best Fade: WRs vs Broncos
Patrick Surtain has established his own little version of Revis Island these days, as the Broncos defensive unit has stifled the pass attack. While Denver isn't the finest in terms of total yards allowed, the Broncos have yielded just 0.6 touchdowns per game to wideouts, the best mark in the NFL. Thanks to a less-than-stellar offense, Denver isn't a perfect unit, and the defense does the heavy lifting, but it's a bad idea to bet WR props against the Broncos secondary.

Best Fade: WRs vs Jets

Sauce Gardner and company have been great at shutting down opposing wide receivers this season. The Jets are only allowing 111 yards and 0.6 opposing touchdowns per game to opposing receivers.

Yards and TDs against RBs

team	RushYards/Game	TDs/Game
Arizona	136.6	0.9
Atlanta	120.4	0.5
Baltimore	96.2	0.5
Buffalo	134.1	0.8
Carolina	136.9	1.3
Chicago	126.7	0.8
Cincinnati	96.1	0.9
Cleveland	95.4	0.6
Dallas	133.8	1.3
Denver	114.9	0.6
Detroit	86.1	0.7
Green Bay	131.2	0.9
Indianapolis	119.1	0.7
Jacksonville	141.1	1.4
LA Rams	121.6	0.5
Kansas City	61.1	0.5
Miami	107.6	1.2
Minnesota	89.6	0.5
New England	119.4	0.8
New Orleans	116.2	1.2
NY Jets	107.8	0.5
Las Vegas	120.7	0.9
Philadelphia	114.7	0.3
Pittsburgh	102.6	0.7
LA Chargers	106.9	0.1
Seattle	122.8	0.6
San Francisco	104.6	1.1
Tampa Bay	128.6	0.9
Tennessee	87.3	1
Houston	87.5	0.5
NY Giants	145	0.6
Washington	103.1	0.5

Best Bet: RBs vs Giants

The Giants are once again the doormat of the NFC East, and you can blame a horrendous rushing defense for why New York is out of playoff contention. The Giants yield 147.2 rushing yards per game, the worst mark in the NFL, and there's no indication things are getting better either. Hammering opposing running back prop OVERs and anytime touchdown scorers against the G-Men is a good idea for the rest of the season.

Best Bet: RBs vs Cardinals

Heading into Week 11, the Cardinals are allowing 136.6 rush yards per game and 0.9 rushing TD/game to opposing running backs. Jonathan Gannon’s defense has given up big games to running backs like De’Von Achane (97 yards), Raheem Mostert (two touchdowns), and Emanuel Wilson (7.7 YPC) lately.

Consider hammering opposing running back prop OVERs and anytime touchdown scorers against Jonathan Gannon's defense until they can sort this out.

Best Fade: RBs vs Lions

Detroit's mammoth defensive line makes it one of the best units against the run in the NFL. Alim McNeill and company eat up opposing rushers for breakfast allowing just 92 rushing yards per game to backs. On top of that, promising linebacker Jack Campbell now starts behind this huge defensive line. The addition of D.J. Reader in free agency should only help their cause. Fade running backs against the Lions.

Best Fade: RBs vs Chiefs

Steve Spagnolo's defense hasn't been kind to opposing running backs this season. Backs are averaging rush 62.9 YPG and only 0.3 touchdowns per game. Those numbers rank first and second (tied) respectively in the NFL.

Tampa Bay's Bucky Irving averaged only 3.4 YPC in Week 9 vs. Kansas City and the week prior Alexander Mattison had just 15 yards on 14 carries (yikes).

Yards and TDs against TEs

team	Yards/Game	TDs/Game
Arizona	44.6	0.1
Atlanta	49	0.3
Baltimore	66.9	0.2
Buffalo	44.6	0.3
Carolina	60.8	0.7
Chicago	51.9	0.1
Cincinnati	62.2	0.6
Cleveland	48.1	0.2
Dallas	42.6	0.5
Denver	43.1	0.3
Detroit	34.9	0.1
Green Bay	55	0.3
Indianapolis	56.5	0.5
Jacksonville	57.8	0.5
LA Rams	62.3	0.4
Kansas City	74.3	0.3
Miami	51.7	0.2
Minnesota	44.9	0.2
New England	45.3	0.4
New Orleans	60	0.1
NY Jets	42.9	0.1
Las Vegas	67.4	0.7
Philadelphia	39.6	0.1
Pittsburgh	45.8	0.3
LA Chargers	49.1	0
Seattle	50.6	0.3
San Francisco	35.6	0.2
Tampa Bay	68.4	0.5
Tennessee	38.8	0.2
Houston	32.4	0.4
NY Giants	33.2	0.1
Washington	39.5	0.5

Best Bet: TE vs Chiefs

The Chiefs have struggled immensely against opposing tight ends this season, allowing 77.6 receiving yards per game to the position. In an era where quality tight-end play is hard to find, this trend represents a great opportunity to make some money as a prop bettor. Jump on TE player props against Steve Spagnuolo's defense -- it's worked out great so far this year.

Best Bet: TE vs Panthers

While the Panthers rank seventh-worst in yards allowed to tight ends per game (59), their touchdowns allowed that caught my eye.

Carolina is allowing 0.7 TDs per game to tight ends, and the next worst defense is allowing 0.6 TD per game.

Best Fade: TEs vs Texans

Demeco Ryan has his Houston Texans defense choking out opposing tight ends, holding them to just 24.7 yards per game thus far. I don't know how they get it done, but Houston has maintained that low output since Week 3 of the season. Don't expect a massive outing for any tight ends against the Texans.

Best Fade: TEs vs Lions

Detroit is only giving up 34.7 yards and .1 TD per game to opposing tight ends. Some of that may be because the Lions are so vulnerable to wide receivers, but either way, it's causing tight ends to have disappointing performances vs Detroit.

Team Defensive Report Breakdown

Want to know more about which NFL team defenses struggle against certain positions? We'e got you covered with our NFL Team Defensive Report. Football is all about the matchups, as some teams excel at shutting down tight ends, while others struggle against a strong running game.

Identifying the value in these matchups is crucial when betting player props and for all your NFL picks. In Odds Shark's NFL Team Defensive Report, we analyze how wide receivers, running backs, and tight ends have performed against each NFL defense.