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Super Bowl: Killer Stat

The single most meaningful statistic in pro football is Yards Per Pass Attempt Differential.
This is the difference between a team's yards per toss earned on offense less the same
stat given up on defense.

For charts of the individual offense and defense stat values making up our Killer Stat
go to: Offense/Defense Values for Killer Stat.

Through Week 17, here are the League rankings:

Yds/Pass Attempt Differential

STL and G B 2001 Season through Week 17
Team Team
Value		 Bar Chart-Percentile
(100 strongest, 50 average, 0 weakest)		 Pctl
Rank		 Points Behind Leader
STL 2.9 barchart 100 0.0
G B 2.2 barchart 87 2.3
PIT 1.3 barchart 71 5.2
OAK 1.2 barchart 67 5.8
MIA 1.1 barchart 67 5.9
S F 0.9 barchart 62 6.7
PHI 0.7 barchart 59 7.3
K C 0.5 barchart 55 8.0
BAL 0.5 barchart 55 8.0
NYJ 0.2 barchart 49 9.0
IND 0.1 barchart 47 9.4
N E 0.1 barchart 46 9.5
ARI 0.0 barchart 46 9.5
S D 0.0 barchart 46 9.6
CLE -0.1 barchart 44 9.9
SEA -0.3 barchart 40 10.6
T B -0.3 barchart 39 10.8
CHI -0.3 barchart 39 10.8
JAX -0.4 barchart 37 11.1
DAL -0.5 barchart 36 11.3
MIN -0.5 barchart 35 11.4
TEN -0.5 barchart 35 11.4
BUF -0.6 barchart 34 11.6
WAS -0.6 barchart 34 11.6
DEN -0.6 barchart 34 11.7
NYG -0.7 barchart 32 12.0
N O -0.7 barchart 31 12.1
CIN -0.8 barchart 29 12.5
ATL -1.0 barchart 26 13.0
DET -1.4 barchart 19 14.2
CAR -2.4 barchart 0 17.6

  • STL is the league leader with 2.91 Yds/Pass Attempt Differential.
  • N E at 0.09 Yds/Pass Attempt Differential is 8.9 points per game behind the leader.

Rams End Season at No. 1

The Rams lead the league on our KILLER STAT earning 2.9 yards per pass more on offense than their D allows. They are followed by the Packers (2.2) and Steelers (1.3).

Once again, in the 2001 season, the Yards per Attempt (differential) is the most important stat separating winners from losers.

Typically, teams earning 3 yards per toss more than their defense allows, almost always win Super Bowl invitations. In Sunday's game, based on this one stat, the Rams will have a 9-point advantage.

The Packers were the most improved team adding 7 points per game to their scoring differential. The statistical reasons? First, more "hands" and "speed" to throw to, and second, QB Bret Favre came to work with a good thumb on his right hand.

The most down teams suffered in the standings: In the cellar, Carolina was obviously not competitive, 17.6 points behind the Rams. The Panthers lost 3.7 points per game this year on the KILLER STAT. And Coach Seifert suffered.

The Titans suffered injures on pass D and were the league's most down team, off -8.5 points per game on the Killer. A recent Super Bowl team, the Titans were felled by the IR list.

The Broncos didn't make the playoffs. They were down -4.3 points per game. The Vikes were down -2.9 points. No D and not enough Randy Moss. The Colts, off -3.4 points, were out of the playoffs. The Saints, second most down on the Killer Stat, lost -5.2 points per game. They didn't make the playoffs.

This season the KILLER STAT has been a real KILLER.

Bud Goode

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