NFL
Rushing
What each run defense allows and how backs produce — man-gap vs zone scheme, 8+ box rate, yards before/after contact, missed tackles forced, and RYOE. The OPP column shows each team's Week 1 matchup (2026) · stats from 2025.
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The team board ranks run defenses by what they concede. Expanding a team lists the backs who have faced it, with their production split by scheme — man-gap against zone — and by how loaded the box was. A back with a strong overall line who produced it entirely on one scheme reads differently against a defense that takes that scheme away.
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Per game / rate allowed over the window · color = percentile among the 32 defenses (green = softer for the offense) · tap a team for the log
STUFF% is inverted (green = allows fewer stuffs). Rush splits are not position-adjusted.
Man-gap vs zone is the blocking scheme of each run, charted per attempt. 8+ box and RYOE cover qualified rushers only and may be blank for low-volume backs. Advanced splits are not position-adjusted, so figures can differ modestly from other charting standards.
About the NFL Rushing board
Rushing production and the run schemes behind it, on both sides of the ball. It separates what a back does from the blocking scheme he does it in, because the same runner is a different player in a gap scheme than in a zone scheme.
How to read it
The team board ranks run defenses by what they concede. Expanding a team lists the backs who have faced it, with their production split by scheme — man-gap against zone — and by how loaded the box was. A back with a strong overall line who produced it entirely on one scheme reads differently against a defense that takes that scheme away.
Where the numbers come from
Rates are rebuilt from raw counts across the selected window rather than averaged from pre-computed rates, so a heavy week and a light week carry their true weight. Box counts and expected-yardage context come from tracking data.
Who it's for
For running-back research and for weekly decisions where scheme fit and box counts explain more than yards per carry does.
What the NFL stats mean
aDOTAverage depth of target — how far downfield throws travel in the air.
CPOECompletion percentage over expected — how much better or worse a quarterback completes passes than an average one would on the same throws.
RYOERush yards over expected — yards above what an average back would have gained on the same carries, given the blocking and the defense faced.
YPRRReceiving yards earned for every route run, not just the routes that end in a target.