Nick Cross

NB1Questionable · Illnesswk 6 report

Season

Tackles

13▼ 105 vs '25

63rd of 64 safeties

Passes defended

0▼ 5 vs '25

55th of 64 safeties

Passer rating allowed

135.1▲ 36.1 vs '25

61st of 64 safeties

Missed tackle rate

7.1%▼ 3.5 vs '25

30th of 64 safeties

Coverage

7 targets

71.4 cmp% · 8.1 y/tgt · 0 int

Ranks compare against the 63 qualifying safeties on the 2026 leaderboard plus Cross.

Week-by-week

Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average

	Usage		Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Game	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tacklesMissed tackles (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Completion % allowedCompletions allowed per target in coverage.	Yards per target allowedReceiving yards allowed per target in coverage.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.
Wk 1 @ PHIL	54	98.2	8	5	2	1	0.0	0	0	5	80.0	9.4	0	0
Wk 2 @ DALL	55	100.0	3	2	1	0	0.0	0	1	1	100.0	10.0	0	0
Wk 6 @ SFL	55	88.7	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	0	0
Season	164	95.3	13	7	3	1	0.0	0	1	7	71.4	8.1	0	0

2026 safeties who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average

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signed 2026 with Commanders

$13Mover 2 years

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Career rates are weighted by volume, not averaged across seasons

	Overall			Tackling				Pass rush			Coverage
Season	GamesGames played.	Defensive snapsSnaps played on defense (Pro Football Reference snap counts).	Snap shareShare of the team's defensive snaps played, in the games the player appeared in.	TacklesSolo plus assisted tackles.	StopsTackles (solo or shared) that end a play the offense failed on, i.e. one with negative EPA. From play-by-play.	Tackles for lossTackles behind the line of scrimmage.	Missed tackle rateMissed tackles as a share of tackle attempts (Pro Football Reference).	SacksSacks (half sacks count 0.5).	QB hitsHits on the quarterback.	PressuresHurries, QB hits and sacks combined (Pro Football Reference).	Targets allowedPasses thrown at the defender in coverage (Pro Football Reference).	Passer rating allowedNFL passer rating on throws into the defender's coverage, computed from completions, yards, touchdowns and interceptions allowed.	InterceptionsInterceptions made.	Passes defendedPasses broken up or intercepted.	Forced fumblesFumbles forced.	Defensive touchdownsTouchdowns scored on defense.
2026	3	164	95.3	13	7	3	7.1	0.0	0	1	7	135.1	0	0	0	0
2025	17	1,111	95.5	118	44	5	10.6	2.5	6	10	74	99.0	1	5	1	0
2024	17	1,155	99.9	133	55	6	7.6	1.0	1	2	59	109.9	3	5	1	0
2023	17	292	28.7	35	11	1	6.7	0.0	0	0	10	29.6	1	2	0	0
2022	11	122	29.3	16	5	0	10.0	0.0	0	1	2	97.9	0	0	0	0
Career	65	2,844	72.5	315	122	15	8.7	3.5	7	14	152	103.0	5	12	2	0