Rushing the passer in the NFL is paramount to having a standout defense, s we've gone ahead and pulled our team pass-rush grades from Premium Stats 2.0 to rank all 32 teams' pass-rush units after Week 6.
The following ranks purely run off of our team pass-rush grades, which are updated weekly and made available to all ELITE subscribers. This is the first installment of a four-part series that will cover all 32 teams' pass-rush, run-defense, coverage and total defense grades over the next two weeks.
1.
Team Pass-Rush Grade: 85.9
Team Pressure Percentage: 42% (1st)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 50.0% (25th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI Fletcher Cox (91.1)
2.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 84.3
Team Pressure Percentage: 41% (2nd)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 53.6% (17th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI Aaron Donald (93.4)
3.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 76.4
Team Pressure Percentage: 33% (T-16th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 74.3% (2nd)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Khalil Mack (85.6)
4.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 75.6
Team Pressure Percentage: 38% (T-4th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 51.8% (T-22nd)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Jerry Hughes (90.5)
5.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 75.2
Team Pressure Percentage: 35% (T-11th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 56.9% (T-13th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Dee Ford (87.8)
6.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 72.7
Team Pressure Percentage: 38% (T-4th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 72.0% (3rd)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Dante Fowler Jr. (87.3)
7.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 72.4
Team Pressure Percentage: 37% (T-7th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 61.6% (9th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Za'Darius Smith (84.3)
8.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 72.1
Team Pressure Percentage: 34% (T-13th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 48.3% (26th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI Geno Atkins (83.4)
9.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 71.3
Team Pressure Percentage: 38% (T-4th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 67.9% (5th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI Kenny Clark (90.1)
10.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 69.2
Team Pressure Percentage: 37% (T-7th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 68.6% (4th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): LB Anthony Barr (82.3)
11.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 68.4
Team Pressure Percentage: 37% (T-7th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 87.3% (1st)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Demarcus Lawrence (73.2)
11.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 68.4
Team Pressure Percentage: 31% (20th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 52.1% (21st)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Chandler Jones (74.1)
13.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 68.0
Team Pressure Percentage: 30% (T-21st)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 45.2% (29th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Bradley Chubb (74.8)
14.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 67.9
Team Pressure Percentage: 25% (31st)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 51.9% (T-22nd)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Cameron Jordan (75.5)
15.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 66.8
Team Pressure Percentage: 29% (T-25th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 41.8% (30th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Genard Avery (79.5)
16.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 66.2
Team Pressure Percentage: 34% (T-13th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 63.8% (8th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Melvin Ingram (72.7)
17.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 66.1
Team Pressure Percentage: 30% (T-21st)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 59.5% (11th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Harold Landry (72.5)
18.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 66.0
Team Pressure Percentage: 40% (3rd)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 55.9% (15th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI Kawann Short (76.6)
19.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 65.3
Team Pressure Percentage: 35% (T-11th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 57.1% (12th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Cameron Heyward (71.1)
20.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 64.3
Team Pressure Percentage: 32% (T-18th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 66.7% (6th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI Matt Ioannidis (81.1)
21.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 64.2
Team Pressure Percentage: 33% (T-16th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 54.2% (16th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Frank Clark (77.3)
22.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 63.8
Team Pressure Percentage: 28% (27th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 52.4% (20th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI Jihad Ward (70.8)
22.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 63.8
Team Pressure Percentage: 27% (T-28th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 46.8% (T-28th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge JJ Watt (85.1)
24.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 63.7
Team Pressure Percentage: 36% (10th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 64.2% (7th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI DeForest Buckner (73.8)
24.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 63.7
Team Pressure Percentage: 32% (T-18th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 60.4% (10th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Jeremiah Attaochu (71.2)
26.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 62.9
Team Pressure Percentage: 30% (T-21st)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 46.8% (T-27th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Robert Quinn (68.6)
27.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 61.1
Team Pressure Percentage: 34% (T-13th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 56.9% (T-13th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): Edge Trey Flowers (70.0)
28.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 58.7
Team Pressure Percentage: 30% (T-21st)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 50.8% (24th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI B.J. Hill (67.1)
28.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 58.7
Team Pressure Percentage: 27% (T-28th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 52.9% (18th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI Jack Crawford (66.6)
30.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 58.3
Team Pressure Percentage: 29% (T-25th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 34.6% (31st)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI Beau Allen (61.1)
30.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 58.3
Team Pressure Percentage: 21% (32nd)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 33.3% (32nd)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI Maurice Hurst (70.2)
32.
TEAM PASS-RUSH GRADE: 57.2
Team Pressure Percentage: 27% (T-28th)
Team Pressure Percentage when Blitzing: 52.8% (19th)
Top Pass-Rusher (Pass-Rush Grade): DI Da'Shawn Hand (81.2)
[Editor's Note: In case you didn't read the second introductory paragraph, this is the first installment of a four-part series that will cover all 32 teams' pass-rush, run-defense, coverage and total defense grades over the next two weeks.]
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