The DOCE Score

The DOCE Score – or Dump Off Containment Efficiency Score – measures a defense’s ability to contain pass-catching running backs. Many factors such as the backs the teams have played, pressure rates, changes to the defense, and the production of the running backs are all factored in.

Which Scores Should You Target?

An average DOCE score lies around 5.5. If the defense is extremely efficient, look for the score to be below 4.7. The defenses to target typically finish above 6.3.

Part of the key to finding success in the DOCE Score is pairing a pass-catching running back with certain strengths to a defense with those same weaknesses. For example, Michael Carter thrives off volume. He plays Tampa Bay in Week 17 who surrender the fourth-most receptions to running backs (as of Week 10). This matchup makes for an ideal pairing—pending what happens at quarterback moving forward.

The DOCE Score 2021

Rank	Tm	G	DOCE Score	VS All Backs	PB played	PB Score	PB Score Filtered	FP PG	Total FP	Tgt	Rec PG	Total Rec	Rec Points	Yds PG	Total Yards	Yards Points	TD PG	Total TDs	TD Points	Total Points	D VS Run	D Vs Pass	Blitzes	Pressures	Pressure Rate
1	Carolina Panthers	16	4.06	7.45	19.00	22.30	1.39	5.70	90.50	62.00	2.88	46.00	1	20.30	325.00	0	0.10	2.00	3	4	14	13	131	137	22.40
2	Miami Dolphins	16	4.07	9.65	24.00	27.40	1.71	7.00	111.60	85.00	3.81	61.00	3	24.10	386.00	1	0.10	2.00	3	7	25	15	178	167	26.20
3	Dallas Cowboys	16	4.15	11.84	21.00	21.30	1.33	5.50	88.50	72.00	3.06	49.00	1	20.90	335.00	1	0.10	1.00	1	3	23	25	147	147	23.80
4	Los Angeles Chargers	16	4.43	8.23	25.00	22.50	1.41	6.20	99.70	68.00	3.31	53.00	1	21.70	347.00	1	0.10	2.00	3	5	20	18	230	143	22.20
5	Philadelphia Eagles	16	4.37	8.89	19.00	22.70	1.42	6.20	99.30	68.00	3.06	49.00	1	27.70	443.00	1	0.10	1.00	1	3	31	10	132	132	22.80
6	New Orleans Saints	16	4.42	8.29	22.00	21.00	1.31	5.80	92.90	69.00	3.19	51.00	1	22.40	359.00	1	0.10	1.00	1	3	26	8	135	146	26.40
7	Chicago Bears	16	4.41	7.37	28.00	31.80	1.99	8.80	140.10	103.00	5.31	85.00	7	30.70	491.00	3	0.10	1.00	1	11	16	22	248	151	24.80
8	Houston Texans	16	4.43	8.68	23.00	26.70	1.67	7.40	118.40	86.00	3.88	62.00	3	27.80	444.00	1	0.10	2.00	3	7	21	10	257	169	25.90
9	Jacksonville Jaguars	16	4.53	9.09	23.00	24.50	1.53	6.90	111.00	63.00	3.38	54.00	1	24.40	390.00	1	0.20	3.00	3	5	30	26	179	116	20.10
10	San Francisco 49ers	16	4.84	8.25	24.00	25.40	1.59	7.70	123.00	86.00	3.44	55.00	1	31.30	500.00	3	0.20	3.00	3	7	10	7	150	128	21.10
11	Denver Broncos	16	4.85	13.72	24.00	25.20	1.58	7.60	122.30	70.00	3.38	54.00	1	35.20	563.00	3	0.10	2.00	3	7	32	23	212	127	21.50
12	Baltimore Ravens	16	4.84	13.63	24.00	26.20	1.64	7.90	126.90	88.00	4.38	70.00	5	28.10	449.00	1	0.10	2.00	3	9	27	24	159	116	19.60
13	Buffalo Bills	16	4.99	10.70	24.00	23.80	1.49	7.40	118.80	82.00	3.94	63.00	3	31.10	498.00	3	0.10	1.00	1	7	11	16	165	165	25.50
14	Cleveland Browns	16	5.19	7.52	24.00	25.20	1.58	8.20	130.90	70.00	3.44	55.00	1	36.20	579.00	3	0.20	3.00	3	7	7	32	225	161	23.60
15	Tennessee Titans	16	5.41	9.16	24.00	24.60	1.54	8.30	133.10	90.00	4.56	73.00	5	30.10	481.00	3	0.10	2.00	3	11	2	20	108	147	23.30
16	Pittsburgh Steelers	16	5.28	9.55	24.00	25.20	1.58	8.30	133.10	78.00	4.44	71.00	5	27.60	441.00	1	0.20	3.00	3	9	4	1	159	147	23.40
17	Green Bay Packers	16	5.26	5.88	22.00	21.40	1.34	7.00	112.60	77.00	3.69	59.00	3	26.00	416.00	1	0.10	2.00	3	7	8	4	203	137	22.60
18	Indianapolis Colts	16	5.48	9.82	25.00	28.10	1.76	9.60	154.00	91.00	4.69	75.00	5	38.10	610.00	5	0.20	3.00	3	13	18	17	153	143	22.40
19	Arizona Cardinals	16	5.49	11.26	22.00	23.00	1.44	7.90	126.20	92.00	4.56	73.00	5	33.30	532.00	3	0.00	0.00	0	8	5	30	253	182	24.10
20	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	16	5.51	11.05	25.00	23.70	1.48	8.20	130.50	76.00	3.63	58.00	3	34.10	545.00	3	0.20	3.00	3	9	6	6	290	176	26.80
21	New England Patriots	16	5.66	7.88	24.00	26.80	1.68	9.50	151.70	93.00	4.75	76.00	5	36.10	577.00	3	0.20	3.00	3	11	22	14	133	167	27.90
22	Los Angeles Rams	16	5.70	9.44	28.00	31.00	1.94	11.00	176.70	117.00	6.00	96.00	9	39.20	627.00	5	0.20	3.00	3	17	17	9	98	143	23.80
23	New York Giants	16	5.86	11.12	23.00	25.10	1.57	9.20	147.10	84.00	4.50	72.00	5	35.70	571.00	3	0.20	3.00	3	11	19	12	222	153	24.60
24	Atlanta Falcons	16	6.02	11.04	27.00	30.10	1.88	11.30	181.20	110.00	5.38	86.00	7	48.30	772.00	7	0.20	3.00	3	17	24	28	194	119	17.60
25	Cincinnati Bengals	16	6.40	12.17	26.00	26.00	1.63	10.40	166.50	112.00	5.63	90.00	7	40.30	645.00	5	0.10	2.00	3	15	15	3	195	156	25.90
26	Kansas City Chiefs	16	6.47	7.74	24.00	26.40	1.65	10.70	170.70	106.00	5.56	89.00	7	47.30	757.00	7	0.10	1.00	1	15	28	31	142	105	17.50
27	Detroit Lions	16	6.53	10.96	23.00	22.70	1.42	9.30	148.20	90.00	4.56	73.00	5	32.00	512.00	3	0.30	4.00	5	13	1	21	268	189	27.50
28	Minnesota Vikings	16	6.55	9.17	18.00	20.40	1.28	8.40	133.60	52.00	2.88	46.00	1	24.80	396.00	1	0.50	8.00	9	11	13	2	244	213	35.10
29	Washington Football Team	16	6.44	13.91	24.00	26.40	1.65	10.60	170.10	103.00	5.25	84.00	7	46.30	741.00	7	0.10	2.00	3	17	29	19	182	111	19.00
30	New York Jets	16	6.61	8.58	23.00	27.10	1.69	11.20	179.20	92.00	4.50	72.00	5	33.30	532.00	3	0.56	9.00	9	17	3	5	197	163	26.30
31	Las Vegas Raiders	16	7.49	7.51	23.00	21.30	1.33	10.00	159.50	90.00	4.50	72.00	5	32.20	515.00	3	0.40	6.00	7	15	9	27	138	142	22.90
32	Seattle Seahawks	16	8.00	11.46	25.00	27.30	1.71	13.60	218.30	122.00	6.56	105.00	9	59.60	953.00	9	0.20	3.00	3	21	12	29	249	141	21.70
0										85.84	4.25	68.03	3	32.68	522.88	3	0.17	2.69	3	9
0										2,747.00	78.90	78.90	5	63.94	639.40	4	24.60	4.10	4	167

0										77.33	3.65	58.33		27.85	445.67	1	0.13	2.00	1	2
0										8.51	0.61	9.70		4.83	77.21	1	0.04	0.69	1	2
0										90.67	4.56	73.00		34.81	557.00	3	0.19	3.00	3	6
0										4.82	0.31	4.97		2.13	34.13	1	0.02	0.31	1	2
0			7.50			31.80				0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0
0		0	4.07		0.00	20.40		13.60		122.00	6.60	105.00		59.60	953.00		0.60	9.00	9	21	32	32	290	213	35.10
0		0	3.42		0.00	11.40		5.50		52.00	2.90	46.00		20.90	335.00		0.00	0.00	0	3	1	1	98	105	17.50
0		0	0.68		0.00	2.30		8.10		70.00	3.70	59.00		38.60	618.00		0.60	9.00	9	18	31	31	192	108	17.60
0		0			0.00			1.60		14.00	0.70	11.80		7.70	123.60		0.10	1.80	1	3	6	6	38	21	3.52
0			6.81			29.50
0		0	1.00		0.00	3.00		12.00		108.00	5.80	93.20	0	51.80	829.40	0	0.50	7.20	7	17	25	25	251	191	31.58
0			6.12			27.20		1.00		4.00	2.00	2.00	32	1.00	1.00	32	2.00	2.00	2	1	7	7	4	1	1.00
0		40	6.00		40.00	2.00		10.40		94.00	5.10	81.40	0	44.10	705.80	0	0.30	5.40	5	13	19	19	213	169	28.06
0			5.44			25.00		6.00		3.00	5.00	5.00	0	3.00	3.00	0	1.00	1.00	1	7	6	6	6	3	0.00
0		60	7.00		60.00	12.00		8.80		80.00	4.40	69.60	0	36.40	582.20	0	0.20	3.60	3	10	13	13	174	148	24.54
0			4.76			22.70		5.00		13.00	10.00	10.00	0	3.00	3.00	0	1.00	1.00	1	7	6	6	8	9	11.00
0		80	8.00		80.00	7.00		7.20		66.00	3.60	57.80	0	28.70	458.60	0	0.10	1.80	1	6	7	7	136	126	21.02
0			4.07			20.40		12.00		9.00	5.00	5.00	0	13.00	13.00	0	21.00	21.00	21	11	6	6	8	14	15.00
0		0	8.00		0.00	7.00		5.50		52.00	2.90	46.00	0	20.90	335.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	3	1	1	98	105	17.50
0			30.00			31.00		8.00		3.00	10.00	10.00	0	11.00	11.00	0	6.00	6.00	6	6	7	7	6	5	5.00
0								32.00		32.00	32.00	32.00	32	31.00	31.00	32	31.00	31.00	31	32	32	32	32	32	32.00
Rank	Tm	G	DOCE Score	VS All Backs	PB played	PB Score	PB Score Filtered	FP PG	Total FP	Tgt	Rec PG	Total Rec	Rec Points	Yds PG	Total Yards	Yards Points	TD PG	Total TDs	TD Points	Total Points	D VS Run	D Vs Pass	Blitzes	Pressures	Pressure Rate

As I continued to develop the DOCE Score, I realized the scoring I had for this couldn’t be tracked from week to week. I made some alterations, but it’s still a similar formula with similar values. 2021 is even more accurate. This score is how I decided to fade players like J.D. McKissic against the Cowboys and play Chase Edmonds against the Seahawks.

However, it should be used as a guideline and not the law. In addition, players like Austin Ekeler and Alvin Kamara shouldn’t apply as their teams primarily work through these running backs in the receiving game. On the other hand, players like Nick Chubb should never be used solely because of the score on the defense, as he rarely sees targets regardless of the matchup.

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The Doce Score 2020

Rank	Tm	DOCE Score	FP Given up	PB Played	PB Score	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec PG	Rec Points	Yds	Yards PG	Yards Points	TD	TD per PG	TD Points	Total Points	D VS Run	D Vs Pass	Blitzes	Pressures	Pressure Rate
32	Seattle Seahawks	1.63	186.70	13	12.90	16	119.00	92.00	5.75	9	647.00	40.44	7	5	0.31	5	21	5	30	253	182	24.10
31	Los Angeles Chargers	1.52	172.10	13	12.50	16	116.00	91.00	5.69	9	571.00	35.69	5	4	0.25	5	19	17	9	98	143	23.80
30	New York Jets	1.33	183.30	15	14.30	16	127.00	98.00	6.13	9	673.00	42.06	7	3	0.19	3	19	12	29	249	141	21.70
29	New York Giants	1.24	191.10	21	18.50	16	124.00	92.00	5.75	9	751.00	46.94	9	4	0.25	5	23	11	16	165	165	25.50
28	Indianapolis Colts	1.21	165.70	15	14.10	16	105.00	85.00	5.31	7	567.00	35.44	5	4	0.25	5	17	2	20	108	147	23.30
27	Arizona Cardinals	1.18	162.50	13	12.70	16	91.00	66.00	4.13	3	605.00	37.81	5	6	0.38	7	15	21	10	257	169	25.90
26	Kansas City Chiefs	1.16	207.60	17	19.90	16	121.00	93.00	5.81	9	846.00	52.88	9	5	0.31	5	23	19	12	222	153	24.60
25	Green Bay Packers	1.10	196.40	17	19.10	16	110.00	90.00	5.63	7	764.00	47.75	9	5	0.31	5	21	10	7	150	128	21.10
24	Detroit Lions	1.08	216.00	18	21.20	16	105.00	79.00	4.94	5	770.00	48.13	9	10	0.63	9	23	28	31	142	105	17.50
23	Jacksonville Jaguars	0.98	177.70	17	17.30	16	107.00	89.00	5.56	7	707.00	44.19	7	3	0.19	3	17	30	26	179	116	20.10
22	Carolina Panthers	0.97	173.90	16	17.60	16	115.00	93.00	5.81	9	629.00	39.31	5	3	0.19	3	17	18	17	153	143	22.40
21	Baltimore Ravens	0.92	172.00	19	18.50	16	108.00	81.00	5.06	7	610.00	38.13	5	5	0.31	5	17	6	6	290	176	26.80
20	Las Vegas Raiders	0.91	179.70	18	20.80	16	121.00	88.00	5.50	7	677.00	42.31	7	4	0.25	5	19	23	25	147	147	23.80
19	Miami Dolphins	0.90	136.80	14	12.20	16	90.00	72.00	4.50	5	588.00	36.75	5	1	0.06	1	11	16	22	248	151	24.80
18	Los Angeles Rams	0.90	157.50	17	16.70	16	111.00	81.00	5.06	7	585.00	36.56	5	3	0.19	3	15	4	1	159	147	23.40
17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	0.90	186.10	14	21.20	16	125.00	101.00	6.31	9	671.00	41.94	7	3	0.19	3	19	1	21	268	189	27.50
16	Tennessee Titans	0.88	166.50	17	17.10	16	101.00	76.00	4.75	5	605.00	37.81	5	5	0.31	5	15	24	28	194	119	17.60
15	Houston Texans	0.86	158.20	15	15.10	16	106.00	80.00	5.00	5	722.00	45.13	7	1	0.06	1	13	32	23	212	127	21.50
14	New England Patriots	0.81	132.20	11	11.10	16	98.00	75.00	4.69	5	512.00	32.00	3	1	0.06	1	9	26	8	135	146	26.40
13	Washington Football Team	0.80	122.90	13	11.30	16	87.00	61.00	3.81	3	379.00	23.69	1	4	0.25	5	9	15	3	195	156	25.90
12	Denver Broncos	0.78	139.10	13	14.10	16	102.00	76.00	4.75	5	511.00	31.94	3	2	0.13	3	11	25	15	178	167	26.20
11	San Francisco 49ers	0.77	149.30	14	16.80	16	95.00	73.00	4.56	5	583.00	36.44	5	3	0.19	3	13	8	4	203	137	22.60
10	Atlanta Falcons	0.77	174.20	19	22.10	16	115.00	89.00	5.56	7	612.00	38.25	5	4	0.25	5	17	7	32	225	161	23.60
9	Buffalo Bills	0.76	141.40	12	14.40	16	99.00	76.00	4.75	5	594.00	37.13	5	1	0.06	1	11	20	18	230	143	22.20
8	New Orleans Saints	0.55	108.60	16	12.80	16	81.00	61.00	3.81	3	356.00	22.25	1	2	0.13	3	7	3	5	197	163	26.30
7	Cincinnati Bengals	0.53	127.50	16	17.00	16	81.00	59.00	3.69	1	445.00	27.81	3	4	0.25	5	9	29	19	182	111	19.00
6	Minnesota Vikings	0.48	135.80	17	18.70	16	106.00	79.00	4.94	5	508.00	31.75	3	1	0.06	1	9	27	24	159	116	19.60
5	Chicago Bears	0.47	117.40	14	15.00	16	93.00	68.00	4.25	3	494.00	30.88	3	0	0.00	1	7	14	13	131	137	22.40
4	Cleveland Browns	0.44	122.30	16	15.80	16	83.00	66.00	4.13	3	503.00	31.44	3	1	0.06	1	7	9	27	138	142	22.90
3	Pittsburgh Steelers	0.36	97.20	16	13.80	16	72.00	51.00	3.19	1	342.00	21.38	1	2	0.13	3	5	13	2	244	213	35.10
2	Philadelphia Eagles	0.35	123.80	18	19.80	16	87.00	68.00	4.25	3	498.00	31.13	3	1	0.06	1	7	22	14	133	167	27.90
1	Dallas Cowboys	0.23	92.20	14	13.20	16	80.00	57.00	3.56	1	352.00	22.00	1	0	0.00	1	3	31	10	132	132	22.80
0							102.53	78.31	4.89	5	583.66	36.48	5	3	0.20	3	13
0							3,281.00	4.21	4.21		2.94	29.40		0	0.10	7
0							96.00	73.67	4.60		530.33	33.15	1	2	0.13	1	2
0							6.53	4.65	0.29		53.32	3.33	1	1	0.07	1	2
0							109.33	87.00	5.44		623.33	38.96	3	4	0.25	3	6
0							6.80	8.69	0.54		39.68	2.48	1	0	0.05	1	2
0							0.00	0.00	0.00	0	0.00	0.00	0	0	0.00	0
0		1.63	216.00	0	22.10	0	127.00	101.00	6.30		846.00	52.90		10	0.60	9	23	32	32	290	213	35.10
0		0.23	92.20	0	11.10	0	72.00	51.00	3.20		342.00	21.40		0	0.00	1	3	1	1	98	105	17.50
0		1.40	123.80	0	11.00	0	55.00	50.00	3.10		504.00	31.50		10	0.60	8	20	31	31	192	108	17.60
0		0.28	24.76	0	2.20	0	11.00	10.00	0.60		100.80	6.30		2	0.10	1	4	6	6	38	21	3.52
0
0		1.35	191.24	0	19.90	0	116.00	91.00	5.70	0	745.20	46.60	0	8	0.50	7	19	25	25	251	191	31.58
0		2.00	3.00		5.00		7.00	7.00	7.00	32	4.00	4.00	32	1	1.00	1	9	7	7	4	1	1.00
0		1.07	166.48	40	17.70	40	105.00	81.00	5.10	0	644.40	40.30	0	6	0.40	5	15	19	19	213	169	28.06
0		7.00	11.00		5.00		10.00	7.00	7.00	0	6.00	6.00	0	1	1.00	1	8	6	6	6	3	0.00
0		0.79	141.72	60	15.50	60	94.00	71.00	4.40	0	543.60	34.00	0	4	0.30	4	11	13	13	174	148	24.54
0		11.00	5.00		7.00		5.00	9.00	9.00	0	11.00	11.00	0	12	12.00	12	5	6	6	8	9	11.00
0		0.51	116.96	80	13.30	80	83.00	61.00	3.80	0	442.80	27.70	0	2	0.10	2	7	7	7	136	126	21.02
0		6.00	10.00		7.00		6.00	6.00	6.00	0	7.00	7.00	0	9	9.00	9	8	6	6	8	14	15.00
0		0.23	92.20	0	11.10	0	72.00	51.00	3.20	0	342.00	21.40	0	0	0.00	1	3	1	1	98	105	17.50
0		6.00	2.00		8.00		4.00	3.00	3.00	0	4.00	4.00	0	9	9.00	9	2	7	7	6	5	5.00
0		32.00	31.00		32.00		32.00	32.00	32.00	32	32.00	32.00	32	32	32.00	32	32	32	32	32	32	32.00
Rank	Tm	DOCE Score	FP Given up	PB Played	PB Score	G	Tgt	Rec	Rec PG	Rec Points	Yds	Yards PG	Yards Points	TD	TD per PG	TD Points	Total Points	D VS Run	D Vs Pass	Blitzes	Pressures	Pressure Rate

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