THE LINE · 2026 SEASON

The numbers

Every team and every player who touched the ball, measured over games actually played. Sort any column, put two teams or four players side by side. No composite rating and no power ranking — one number that orders the league is a forecast, and we don't publish those.

Teams measured

276

Players tracked

2026

Season

Games behind it

Hottest offenses

BUF0.210

SF0.209

DET0.180

EPA/play · tap for all 32

Stingiest defenses

MIN-0.210

SEA-0.135

JAX-0.088

EPA allowed · tap for all 32

Most explosive

BUF16.7%

SF13.4%

BAL13.2%

explosive rate · tap for all 32

Fastest offenses

CAR24.8s

NO25.1s

TEN25.4s

sec/play · tap for all 32

Offense EPA / play

2026 · 32 teams

avg 0.008

A longer bar is always better, and the scale runs from the worst value on the slate rather than from zero — EPA per play spans about a third of a point across the league, and a zero baseline would draw 32 identical stripes. Higher is better on this metric. Tap two teams to compare them.

Head to head

Measured rates from completed games, with league rank. The bar leans toward whichever team was better at that thing — a statement about the 2026 season, not a prediction about the next one.

Team AvsTeam B

Cardinals

5 games

Falcons

5 games

Offense

-0.018

EPA / play

16th · 19th

-0.023

45.9%

Success rate

46.3%

4.3%

Explosive rate

32nd · 10th

10.4%

63.8%

Pass rate

8th · 32nd

47.6%

+1.1

Pass rate over expected

9th · 30th

-9.1

26.5s

Seconds / play

7th · 31st fastest

30.4s

Defense — lower is better

0.124

EPA / play allowed

4th · 20th most allowed

-0.035

6.17

Yards / play allowed

5.10

156.6

Rec yds / gm to WR

181.0

72.6

Rec yds / gm to TE

53.8

23.2

Rec yds / gm to RB

26.6

Cardinals roster →Falcons roster →

What each offense did in 2026. Tap a column to sort.

Team
1BUF	0.210	49.1%	6.8	16.7%	51.5%	-3.0	27.5s
2SF	0.209	52.7%	6.6	13.4%	52.3%	+3.0	28.6s
3DET	0.180	49.1%	6.0	10.6%	61.2%	+0.7	25.8s
4KC	0.172	48.6%	6.6	12.0%	54.2%	+2.3	27.3s
5BAL	0.151	50.7%	6.5	13.2%	48.4%	-5.7	29.5s
6JAX	0.151	46.9%	5.8	10.8%	53.1%	-4.4	30.1s
7DAL	0.127	47.9%	5.7	7.5%	65.1%	+3.8	25.6s
8CAR	0.115	44.2%	6.2	10.9%	64.9%	+4.2	24.8s
9LAR	0.073	47.3%	6.1	9.8%	64.6%	+2.0	26.5s
10CIN	0.072	47.1%	5.6	8.4%	64.3%	+5.5	28.2s
11NE	0.046	45.4%	6.0	11.5%	54.0%	+0.3	28.4s
12CHI	0.023	46.1%	5.5	10.3%	50.6%	-2.7	28.0s
13HOU	0.005	42.4%	5.5	10.0%	63.0%	-1.1	27.5s
14LV	0.004	42.6%	5.3	7.9%	59.3%	-2.6	26.8s
15WSH	-0.015	39.8%	5.2	9.1%	54.5%	-3.3	27.5s
16ARI	-0.018	45.9%	4.6	4.3%	63.8%	+1.1	26.5s
17NYG	-0.019	42.1%	4.8	6.5%	55.7%	-6.0	29.1s
18GB	-0.021	40.7%	5.8	9.3%	67.6%	+2.9	26.0s
19ATL	-0.023	46.3%	5.9	10.4%	47.6%	-9.1	30.4s
20NYJ	-0.025	42.8%	4.9	9.3%	56.6%	-3.0	29.5s
21PIT	-0.046	41.7%	5.4	9.3%	66.2%	+3.6	27.3s
22IND	-0.051	42.2%	4.6	9.4%	57.8%	-2.6	28.5s
23NO	-0.054	43.1%	4.8	6.3%	65.3%	-0.3	25.1s
24SEA	-0.076	41.1%	5.3	9.1%	56.8%	-4.1	28.9s
25DEN	-0.079	38.0%	4.5	5.8%	58.2%	-3.4	27.9s
26CLE	-0.080	39.1%	4.8	8.3%	58.5%	+0.1	27.5s
27TB	-0.088	40.9%	5.1	8.0%	55.8%	-2.9	29.5s
28MIN	-0.099	35.9%	4.8	8.1%	52.0%	-3.8	30.5s
29MIA	-0.116	37.6%	5.1	11.7%	52.6%	-11.4	28.9s
30PHI	-0.127	36.2%	4.6	6.3%	58.5%	-4.3	27.5s
31TEN	-0.149	40.5%	4.5	6.9%	60.6%	-6.7	25.4s
32LAC	-0.207	37.8%	4.8	9.1%	52.1%	-11.6	27.7s