Pressure & Coverage

The trenches, charted.

PFR advanced charting from nflverse: how often each quarterback is pressured and how he throws under it, and which defenders in coverage are actually throwable. Context for a read, not a pick.

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Pressure%: Share of dropbacks a quarterback is pressured (season mean). Bad-throw% and sacks show how it cashes out.
Rating allowed: Passer rating allowed in coverage, target-weighted. Lower = a defender you can't throw at.

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Source window · Season 2025 · 60 rows · refreshed 2026-06-13 07:40 UTC

QB pressure

Most pressured passers

Share of dropbacks pressured (season mean). Bad-throw% and sacks show how it cashes out.

30 rows

#
1	Shedeur Sanders	CLE	8	39.3%	18.6%	23	53
2	Justin Herbert	LAC	16	28.9%	13.9%	54	143
3	Cam Ward	TEN	17	27.6%	18.4%	55	138
4	Justin Fields	NYJ	9	27.5%	13.6%	27	59
5	J.J. McCarthy	MIN	10	26.7%	20.0%	27	70
6	Tyrod Taylor	NYJ	6	25.7%	10.6%	14	50
7	Jacoby Brissett	ARI	13	25.6%	23.8%	43	104
8	Russell Wilson	NYG	6	25.5%	27.4%	10	27
9	Riley Leonard	IND	5	25.4%	5.2%	2	10
10	Quinn Ewers	MIA	4	24.7%	15.9%	8	21
11	Caleb Williams	CHI	17	24.2%	19.1%	24	164
12	Bryce Young	CAR	16	24.0%	17.0%	27	127
13	Jaxson Dart	NYG	12	24.0%	14.4%	35	101
14	Tyler Huntley	BAL	4	24.0%	10.6%	8	21
15	Jared Goff	DET	17	23.9%	14.6%	38	147
16	Carson Wentz	MIN	5	23.5%	20.8%	19	43
17	Lamar Jackson	BAL	13	23.1%	17.1%	36	118
18	Geno Smith	LV	15	22.5%	11.2%	55	146
19	Kenny Pickett	LV	6	22.2%	9.5%	8	3
20	Tua Tagovailoa	MIA	14	22.0%	15.7%	30	85
21	C.J. Stroud	HOU	14	21.9%	18.7%	23	132
22	Kirk Cousins	ATL	10	21.8%	15.7%	13	70
23	Brady Cook	NYJ	5	21.6%	24.6%	19	46
24	Marcus Mariota	WAS	10	21.5%	14.9%	16	72
25	Joe Burrow	CIN	8	21.3%	5.3%	17	48
26	Jake Browning	CIN	5	21.2%	13.0%	9	23
27	Drake Maye	NE	17	21.1%	12.9%	47	158
28	Brock Purdy	SF	9	20.9%	12.1%	11	59
29	Trevor Lawrence	JAX	17	20.8%	13.8%	41	158
30	Max Brosmer	MIN	6	20.6%	10.0%	14	20

Coverage

Lockdown defenders

Lowest passer rating allowed in coverage (target-weighted), min 25 targets. Who you can't throw at.

30 rows

#
1	James Pierre	PIT	35	42.9%	3.7	51.2	10.2%
2	Donte Jackson	LAC	43	44.2%	6.9	59.4	19.0%
3	Joey Porter Jr.	PIT	65	49.2%	5.1	59.7	11.2%
4	Ernest Jones	SEA	61	68.9%	6.9	63.9	6.9%
5	Derek Stingley Jr.	HOU	67	43.3%	6.2	64.8	7.4%
6	D.J. Reed	DET	50	54.0%	7.6	65.0	4.4%
7	Derwin James	LAC	48	60.4%	6.1	65.4	7.7%
8	Jamel Dean	TB	58	48.3%	7.1	66.4	1.2%
9	Quinyon Mitchell	PHI	82	45.1%	5.4	67.1	4.1%
10	Brandon Jones	DEN	46	54.3%	6.9	68.6	7.9%
11	Antonio Johnson	JAX	46	60.9%	7.1	69.8	2.3%
12	Jalen Pitre	HOU	59	66.1%	7.1	70.5	11.6%
13	Zack Baun	PHI	53	62.3%	4.1	71.6	8.7%
14	Billy Bowman	ATL	27	66.7%	8.1	71.6	16.3%
15	Dadrion Taylor-Demerson	ARI	26	61.5%	7.9	71.9	7.6%
16	Jaylinn Hawkins	NE	35	57.1%	7.8	72.0	8.6%
17	Riq Woolen	SEA	71	54.9%	4.9	72.0	11.5%
18	Xavier McKinney	GB	39	56.4%	7.2	72.0	5.5%
19	Rasul Douglas	MIA	74	55.4%	5.8	72.2	4.6%
20	Jevon Holland	NYG	35	51.4%	6.8	72.3	2.6%
21	Cooper DeJean	PHI	78	60.3%	7.2	72.4	6.0%
22	Patrick Surtain II	DEN	61	54.1%	5.0	72.4	9.5%
23	Omar Speights	LA	44	63.6%	4.9	72.9	2.0%
24	Nohl Williams	KC	39	53.8%	7.1	73.0	7.2%
25	Fred Warner	SF	26	57.7%	5.5	73.3	10.2%
26	Jaycee Horn	CAR	64	48.4%	7.5	73.5	28.6%
27	Devin Bush Jr.	CLE	44	72.7%	5.4	73.6	7.7%
28	Rock Ya-Sin	DET	54	51.9%	5.6	74.0	1.7%
29	Cordale Flott	NYG	67	52.2%	6.9	74.3	8.3%
30	Jarrian Jones	JAX	53	58.5%	6.1	74.6	5.0%

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