The Screen Game: Every NFL Offense in 2026

How well screen passes are working for all 32 teams, Weeks 1 to 7

By Sam Cassidy · Updated October 27, 2026

Screens are supposed to be easy yards. Across the league this season, they mostly aren't. The average screen is worth -0.10 EPA, compared with +0.19 on every other pass. A handful of offenses have figured it out. Most haven't.

League snapshot

Screens

669

Across 106 charted games

Share of dropbacks

8.4%

3.16 per team game

EPA per screen

-0.10

Expected points per screen

EPA on other passes

+0.19

Every non-screen pass

Success rate

40.2%

vs 48.5% on other passes

15+ yard plays

7.8%

Share of screens gaining 15+

Key takeaways

Baltimore is in a class of its own: +0.77 EPA per screen, 12.0 yards per play, and 7 of 16 screens went for 15+ yards.

Only Baltimore and Denver get more out of screens than out of the rest of their passing game.

Pittsburgh calls the most screens in the league (38) and gets the least for it among high-volume teams: -0.36 EPA and 3 turnovers.

Kansas City leans on screens more than anyone by rate (16.1% of dropbacks) and they work: 56% success.

Volume vs efficiency

Call it a lot, it worksUse it sparingly, it worksCall it a lot, it doesn'tRarely use it, still doesn't

EPA per screen, ranked

Team spotlight

Pick a team

Tennessee Titans

EPA rank 27 of 32 · -0.45

Screens: 17 (2.43 per game)
Screen rate: 7.3%
Yards per play: 2.6
YAC per completion: 7.1
Success rate: 23.5%
First down rate: 5.9%
Explosive rate: 0.0%
Negative play rate: 11.8%
TDs: 0
Turnovers: 0
vs other passes: -0.39
Top target: W.Robinson (7)

Who gets the screens

RB 35.3%

WR 52.9%

TE 11.8%

RB 35.3% · WR 52.9% · TE 11.8%

EPA/play

TEN

-0.45

NFL

-0.10

Success rate

TEN

23.5%

NFL

40.2%

Yards per play

TEN

2.6

NFL

5.2

Full table: all 32 offenses


BAL	Baltimore Ravens	7	16	2.29	6.7%	100.0%	192	12.0	16.3	+0.77	1	+12.24	56.2%	50.0%	43.8%	6.2%	2	0	+0.44	62.5%	31.2%	6.2%	D.Henry (6)
DEN	Denver Broncos	7	24	3.43	10.2%	87.5%	157	6.5	11.8	+0.22	2	+5.24	41.7%	25.0%	8.3%	4.2%	1	0	+0.23	41.7%	50.0%	8.3%	R.Harvey (8)
BUF	Buffalo Bills	6	21	3.5	10.3%	95.2%	168	8.0	12.2	+0.22	3	+4.56	38.1%	33.3%	19.0%	0.0%	1	0	-0.19	47.6%	33.3%	19.0%	T.Johnson (6)
SEA	Seattle Seahawks	7	28	4	11.2%	85.7%	176	6.3	11.5	+0.16	4	+4.46	32.1%	32.1%	10.7%	7.1%	1	0	-0.00	39.3%	42.9%	17.9%	R.Shaheed (7)
KC	Kansas City Chiefs	6	34	5.67	16.1%	82.4%	170	5.0	9.5	+0.14	5	+4.61	55.9%	26.5%	5.9%	8.8%	2	0	-0.05	50.0%	38.2%	11.8%	K.Walker (9)
CAR	Carolina Panthers	6	12	2	4.7%	100.0%	91	7.6	10.2	+0.09	6	+1.11	50.0%	25.0%	8.3%	8.3%	0	0	-0.14	25.0%	66.7%	8.3%	T.McMillan (3)
CHI	Chicago Bears	7	27	3.86	9.7%	100.0%	185	6.8	11.2	+0.07	7	+1.86	55.6%	18.5%	7.4%	11.1%	1	1	-0.17	33.3%	51.9%	14.8%	D.Swift (8)
ATL	Atlanta Falcons	7	31	4.43	13.7%	90.3%	219	7.1	11.7	+0.06	8	+1.72	61.3%	29.0%	12.9%	9.7%	1	1	-0.03	41.9%	41.9%	16.1%	Bi.Robinson (9)
LA	Los Angeles Rams	7	21	3	7.1%	85.7%	144	6.9	11.7	+0.05	9	+1.03	52.4%	38.1%	9.5%	9.5%	1	0	-0.11	33.3%	42.9%	23.8%	P.Nacua (8)
DET	Detroit Lions	6	17	2.83	7.1%	94.1%	101	5.9	10.6	+0.04	10	+0.61	41.2%	41.2%	11.8%	17.6%	0	0	-0.39	41.2%	47.1%	11.8%	J.Gibbs (7)
LV	Las Vegas Raiders	7	25	3.57	8.8%	92.0%	140	5.6	9.3	+0.01	11	+0.22	48.0%	16.0%	12.0%	12.0%	0	0	-0.19	56.0%	20.0%	24.0%	A.Jeanty (13)
MIA	Miami Dolphins	6	19	3.17	10.1%	78.9%	79	4.2	8.8	-0.01	12	-0.29	42.1%	21.1%	5.3%	10.5%	0	0	-0.10	31.6%	36.8%	31.6%	G.Dulcich (6)
TB	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	7	23	3.29	9.1%	95.7%	115	5.0	9.6	-0.03	13	-0.72	43.5%	21.7%	4.3%	17.4%	0	0	+0.01	26.1%	60.9%	13.0%	C.Godwin (9)
CLE	Cleveland Browns	7	27	3.86	10.4%	88.9%	143	5.3	9.0	-0.06	14	-1.64	44.4%	22.2%	7.4%	11.1%	0	1	-0.24	59.3%	37.0%	3.7%	K.Concepcion (9)
SF	San Francisco 49ers	7	21	3	9.1%	90.5%	141	6.7	10.6	-0.07	15	-1.46	38.1%	9.5%	4.8%	14.3%	1	1	-0.43	47.6%	28.6%	23.8%	C.McCaffrey (7)
NYJ	New York Jets	7	21	3	8.8%	81.0%	112	5.3	10.9	-0.07	16	-1.57	38.1%	14.3%	9.5%	9.5%	0	0	-0.43	23.8%	42.9%	33.3%	K.Sadiq (5)
JAX	Jacksonville Jaguars	6	18	3	8.9%	88.9%	95	5.3	9.2	-0.09	17	-1.56	38.9%	16.7%	11.1%	16.7%	0	0	-0.50	50.0%	38.9%	11.1%	B.Tuten (7)
ARI	Arizona Cardinals	7	19	2.71	6.3%	100.0%	64	3.4	5.8	-0.09	18	-1.72	47.4%	21.1%	0.0%	26.3%	0	0	-0.17	15.8%	36.8%	47.4%	Mi.Wilson (7)
IND	Indianapolis Colts	7	19	2.71	7.1%	78.9%	131	6.9	12.7	-0.10	19	-1.95	36.8%	21.1%	10.5%	5.3%	0	1	-0.12	52.6%	15.8%	31.6%	J.Taylor (8)
NE	New England Patriots	7	21	3	8.2%	90.5%	95	4.5	9.2	-0.14	20	-2.91	38.1%	14.3%	4.8%	14.3%	0	0	-0.45	38.1%	33.3%	28.6%	H.Henry (5)
GB	Green Bay Packers	7	26	3.71	9.1%	76.9%	92	3.5	8.7	-0.15	21	-3.83	34.6%	15.4%	3.8%	19.2%	1	0	-0.38	26.9%	42.3%	30.8%	T.Kraft (8)
CIN	Cincinnati Bengals	6	18	3	7.6%	77.8%	65	3.6	8.1	-0.20	22	-3.53	22.2%	16.7%	5.6%	11.1%	0	0	-0.52	44.4%	44.4%	11.1%	C.Brown (7)
WAS	Washington Commanders	6	11	1.83	4.6%	81.8%	39	3.5	8.3	-0.26	23	-2.91	27.3%	9.1%	9.1%	9.1%	0	0	-0.39	36.4%	45.5%	18.2%	A.Williams (2)
HOU	Houston Texans	7	16	2.29	5.9%	100.0%	47	2.9	6.3	-0.28	24	-4.48	31.2%	12.5%	0.0%	25.0%	0	0	-0.55	37.5%	50.0%	12.5%	W.Marks (5)
PIT	Pittsburgh Steelers	7	38	5.43	13.1%	86.8%	175	4.6	7.8	-0.35	25	-13.49	42.1%	23.7%	7.9%	5.3%	1	3	-0.47	34.2%	55.3%	10.5%	G.Bernard (8)
NO	New Orleans Saints	7	11	1.57	3.7%	81.8%	38	3.5	7.7	-0.38	26	-4.20	27.3%	18.2%	9.1%	9.1%	0	0	-0.54	63.6%	27.3%	9.1%	A.Kamara (3)
TEN	Tennessee Titans	7	17	2.43	7.3%	82.4%	45	2.6	7.1	-0.45	27	-7.70	23.5%	5.9%	0.0%	11.8%	0	0	-0.39	35.3%	52.9%	11.8%	W.Robinson (7)
NYG	New York Giants	7	17	2.43	6.3%	82.4%	34	2.0	6.0	-0.46	28	-7.85	35.3%	11.8%	0.0%	29.4%	0	0	-0.70	17.6%	58.8%	23.5%	M.Nabers (7)
LAC	Los Angeles Chargers	6	21	3.5	9.5%	81.0%	33	1.6	4.9	-0.47	29	-9.94	14.3%	9.5%	0.0%	23.8%	0	1	-0.44	61.9%	23.8%	14.3%	K.Mitchell (5)
DAL	Dallas Cowboys	6	16	2.67	6.0%	87.5%	58	3.6	7.9	-0.54	30	-8.68	31.2%	25.0%	6.2%	18.8%	0	1	-0.76	31.2%	62.5%	6.2%	C.Lamb (7)
MIN	Minnesota Vikings	6	21	3.5	10.6%	81.0%	110	5.2	9.9	-0.64	31	-13.34	33.3%	4.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0	1	-0.84	23.8%	52.4%	23.8%	J.Jefferson (4)
PHI	Philadelphia Eagles	6	13	2.17	5.7%	76.9%	10	0.8	4.9	-0.82	32	-10.72	15.4%	0.0%	0.0%	38.5%	0	0	-0.85	46.2%	46.2%	7.7%	M.Lemon (3)

How we built this

Screens are plays charted as screen passes by FTN Data, matched to nflverse play-by-play for yards, EPA, success and down. Plays wiped out by penalty are excluded.
Dropbacks include all pass plays, sacks and scrambles. Screen rate is screens divided by dropbacks.
EPA is expected points added. Success means the play had positive EPA. Explosive means 15+ yards. Negative means lost yardage. Turnovers are interceptions plus fumbles lost on screens.
Covers 106 of 107 regular season games through Week 7. DAL at PHI in Week 7 was not yet charted, so both teams show 6 games.
Samples are small (11 to 38 screens per team). One long touchdown can swing a team's average, so read EPA next to success rate.
Data: FTN Data charting and nflverse play-by-play.