Introducing Unlocked Pressure Rate: Assessing how often blitzes lead to unblocked pressures

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It’s never too early to start preparing for next season, and for PFF, that means looking at ways to improve PFF Premium Stats. One way we’re looking to enhance the experience is by introducing more data into the mix.

Over the last several weeks, we've introduced a wide variety of potential new metrics, ranging from separation percentage and lockdown percentage to pass-blocking win rate and fourth-down aggressiveness.

This week, we are introducing “Unlocked Pressure Rate,” a metric that looks at how many blitzes a defense runs and how many of those blitzes result in an unblocked pressure.

UNBLOCKED PRESSURE RATE (2024)

Team	Dropbacks faced	Blitzes	Unblocked pressures	UBP Rate
Miami Dolphins	143	49	15	30.61%
New York Jets	197	56	17	30.36%
Chicago Bears	216	62	16	25.81%
Seattle Seahawks	215	67	16	23.88%
Cleveland Browns	201	78	17	21.79%
Indiana polis Colts	218	51	11	21.57%
Kansas City Chiefs	190	62	13	20.97%
Buffalo Bills	236	43	9	20.93%
Cincinnati Bengals	227	78	16	20.51%
Los Angeles Chargers	179	50	10	20.00%
New England Patriots	224	90	17	18.89%
New York Giants	224	64	12	18.75%
Las Vegas Raiders	212	77	14	18.18%
Atlanta Falcons	217	77	14	18.18%
Houston Texans	216	61	11	18.03%
Jacksonville Jaguars	247	40	7	17.50%
Los Angeles Rams	151	46	8	17.39%
Detroit Lions	227	69	12	17.39%
Minnesota Vikings	260	134	23	17.16%
Green Bay Packers	237	60	10	16.67%
Denver Broncos	225	111	18	16.22%
New Orleans Saints	251	62	10	16.13%
Tennessee Titans	159	56	9	16.07%
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	282	137	22	16.06%
Baltimore Ravens	252	70	11	15.71%
Dallas Cowboys	195	58	8	13.79%
Arizona Cardinals	201	79	10	12.66%
Pittsburgh Steelers	211	52	6	11.54%
San Francisco 49ers	216	43	4	9.30%
Philadelphia Eagles	177	55	5	9.09%
Carolina Panthers	191	69	6	8.70%
Washington Commanders	202	72	5	6.94%

UNBLOCKED PRESSURE RATE (2023)

Team	Dropbacks faced	Blitzes	Unblocked pressures	UBP Rate
Cleveland Browns	640	187	50	26.74%
Miami Dolphins	700	230	61	26.52%
New York Jets	606	104	27	25.96%
Indiana polis Colts	647	112	28	25.00%
Buffalo Bills	716	170	42	24.71%
Kansas City Chiefs	832	286	69	24.13%
Baltimore Ravens	820	233	56	24.03%
San Francisco 49ers	840	155	36	23.23%
Atlanta Falcons	621	147	34	23.13%
Detroit Lions	785	276	63	22.83%
Chicago Bears	676	163	36	22.09%
Houston Texans	731	162	35	21.60%
Jacksonville Jaguars	698	240	51	21.25%
Tennessee Titans	646	156	32	20.51%
New England Patriots	640	267	54	20.22%
Cincinnati Bengals	646	186	37	19.89%
Arizona Cardinals	578	150	29	19.33%
Las Vegas Raiders	653	137	25	18.25%
New York Giants	636	338	59	17.46%
Seattle Seahawks	665	192	32	16.67%
Los Angeles Chargers	669	229	38	16.59%
Washington Commanders	665	169	27	15.98%
Tampa Bay Buccaneers	769	391	60	15.35%
New Orleans Saints	634	150	23	15.33%
Denver Broncos	642	248	37	14.92%
Los Angeles Rams	712	261	38	14.56%
Pittsburgh Steelers	688	265	38	14.34%
Philadelphia Eagles	781	185	26	14.05%
Carolina Panthers	522	216	28	12.96%
Dallas Cowboys	619	195	24	12.31%
Minnesota Vikings	679	393	46	11.70%
Green Bay Packers	729	222	19	8.56%