2026 season · Defensive Blitz Rate

Houston Texans blitz rate, 2026

20.8%

29th of 32 in the NFL

League median
29.8%
Sample
On 159 dropbacks faced through Week 4

How often do the Texans blitz?

The Texans have sent five or more pass rushers on 20.8% of the dropbacks they faced through Week 4, 29th in the NFL.

Week by week

Season to date after each week — the blitz rate and rank as the board stood once that week was filed, not the single week’s own figure.

Houston Texans blitz rate after each week of 2026
ThroughBlitz%Rank
Week 115.2%27th
Week 217.4%31st
Week 322.9%24th
Week 420.8%29th

Last season

Down from 22.7% in 2025, which ranked 24th of 32.

From the Texans weekly

Second and ten at the Houston twelve, forty-three seconds left, Texans up thirty to twenty-seven. Dak Prescott threw short over the middle to CeeDee Lamb for a twelve-yard touchdown. By win probability, the model's read on each team's chance of winning at that moment, that snap moved twenty-nine points Dallas's way, the biggest swing of the game. By expected points added, what a snap was worth given the down, the distance and the field position, measured against what that situation was already worth, it was plus three point four. It was Lamb's twenty-first target of the afternoon. The Texans lost thirty-four to thirty at home, are oh and four, and lost on the day their passing game was the best it has been all season.

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Which defenses blitz the most in 2026?

Minnesota Vikings (72.5%), Washington Commanders (47.4%), then Tampa Bay Buccaneers (41.9%) lead the league. All 32 teams on the Defensive Blitz Rate board.

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