Advanced Stats

These come from Pro Football Reference's film charting, analysts re-watching every snap and crediting pressures, broken tackles, and coverage by hand. It's the closest the public gets to All-22 film study in a spreadsheet. Charted, not modeled: no expected values, just what the tape showed.

QB Pressures

Plays where a pass rusher beat his block and disrupted the quarterback, a hurry, a hit, or a sack. The truest measure of a rusher's impact, well beyond the sack column.

Sacks

Quarterback takedowns behind the line on a pass attempt, as charged by PFR's film review. Charted independently of the official scorer, so totals can differ slightly from the box score.

Yards per Target Allowed

Receiving yards surrendered divided by passes thrown at the receiver this defender was covering. The cleanest read on coverage, a low number means the throw rarely paid off.

Completion % Allowed

Share of targets into this defender's coverage that were caught. Lower means tighter coverage, or a defender quarterbacks simply avoid.

Missed-Tackle %

Missed tackles as a share of all tackle attempts (made plus missed). A closer's stat: the lower it is, the more often the ball carrier goes down on first contact.

Yards After Contact (YAC)

Rushing yards gained after the first defender makes contact. Pure physicality and balance, yards the blocking didn't give him.