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Stat of the Week

Week 16--
The STAT OF THE WEEK feature highlights the one stat contributing most points to the victory.


Kansas City Chiefs--San Diego Chargers
Total Rushing Plays (37 vs 20) contributed 12.6 points to the 13-point win.

Total Rushing Plays

Kansas City Chiefs

2007 Week 6 through 2008 Week 11


Total Rushing Plays

San Diego Chargers

2007 Week 6 through 2008 Week 11


Total Rushing Plays

Percentile Chart

100=Stongest 50=Average 0=Weakest
Lines: Playoff Avg=56 SuperBowl Avg=45

Win Mrg Points Change

Winning Margin Points Change
Sorted by Points Change, 2007 to 2008
Rank Team Pctl Stat
Value
Points
behind
Leader
Win Mrg
Pts Chg
vs 2007
Games
Won
1 BAL 100 36.90 0.00 10.74 6
2 ATL 86 34.70 2.62 12.66 6
3 TEN 78 33.50 4.05 -0.52 10
4 NYG 74 32.80 4.88 4.15 9
5 N E 66 31.60 6.31 4.06 6
6 MIN 64 31.20 6.78 0.31 5
7 CAR 61 30.70 7.38 2.99 8
8 WAS 56 30.00 8.21 -1.34 6
9 JAX 47 28.50 10.00 -4.91 4
10 CHI 47 28.50 10.00 2.45 5
11 NYJ 45 28.20 10.35 0.39 7
12 T B 44 28.10 10.47 0.04 7
13 MIA 44 28.00 10.59 4.24 6
14 PIT 41 27.60 11.07 -5.16 7
15 OAK 41 27.60 11.07 -4.94 2
16 G B 39 27.30 11.42 3.63 5
17 BUF 34 26.50 12.38 -1.79 5
18 DAL 32 26.10 12.85 -0.10 6
19 CLE 31 26.00 12.97 -1.79 4
20 SEA 29 25.70 13.33 -1.40 2
21 HOU 26 25.20 13.92 -1.03 3
22 ARI 26 25.20 13.92 0.01 7
23 N O 25 25.10 14.04 0.71 5
24 S F 25 25.00 14.16 3.20 3
25 S D 21 24.40 14.88 -7.04 4
26 DEN 21 24.40 14.88 -2.87 6
27 K C 21 24.40 14.88 0.55 1
28 CIN 20 24.20 15.11 -2.14 1
29 PHI 18 23.90 15.47 -2.87 5
30 STL 16 23.60 15.83 -1.96 2
31 IND 8 22.40 17.26 -6.52 6
32 DET 0 21.10 18.80 0.94 0

2008 Season, YTD through Week 11

In season 2007 Chiefs ranked 30th on Total Rushing Plays at 23.94.
In season 2008 they ranked 27th at 24.40, up 0.5 points per game on this one stat.
From 2007 to 2008 Chiefs declined by 4 points per game on Winning Margin.


Pittsburgh Steelers--Cleveland Browns
Yards per Pass Att (10.8 vs 2.7) contributed 32.9 points to the 41-point win.


The Stat of the Week is our Killer Stat, Yards per Pass. The Pittsburgh Steelers knocked off the Cleveland Browns with a lopsided score of 41-zip.

The stat contributing most points to this big win was yards per toss.

Our research shows that adding one yard per attempt (moving from 5 yards per throw to 6 yards) adds 3+ points per game (PPG) to the winning margin.

Steeler QB Rothlesberger earned a huge 10.8 yards per toss while Browns' QB Frye threw for a puny 2.7 yards. League average is 6.

The Browns' season average is 6 yards per attempt. But against the Steeler pass D they were purely not competitive.

This large performance disparity contributed 32.9 PPG to the 41-point Steeler victory. Ouch.

That's why we call Yards per Pass our Killer Stat.

Bud Goode, budgoode@ix.netcom.com

Yards per Pass Att

Pittsburgh Steelers

2007 Week 6 through 2008 Week 11


Yards per Pass Att

Cleveland Browns

2007 Week 6 through 2008 Week 11


Yards per Pass Att

Percentile Chart

100=Stongest 50=Average 0=Weakest
Lines: Playoff Avg=79 SuperBowl Avg=75

Win Mrg Points Change

Winning Margin Points Change
Sorted by Points Change, 2007 to 2008
Rank Team Pctl Stat
Value
Points
behind
Leader
Win Mrg
Pts Chg
vs 2007
Games
Won
1 N O 100 7.87 0.00 5.10 5
2 S D 99 7.83 0.17 6.32 4
3 ARI 92 7.57 1.10 3.42 7
4 DEN 86 7.35 1.90 2.86 6
5 MIA 79 7.09 2.83 7.15 6
6 ATL 78 7.05 2.98 5.66 6
7 HOU 75 6.93 3.39 0.45 3
8 DAL 68 6.68 4.32 -2.55 6
9 PHI 66 6.61 4.54 2.21 5
10 BUF 63 6.52 4.89 3.32 5
11 G B 62 6.45 5.12 -2.90 5
12 CAR 61 6.42 5.22 4.81 8
13 IND 60 6.38 5.39 -2.33 6
14 NYG 58 6.30 5.66 2.84 9
15 NYJ 55 6.22 5.96 3.18 7
16 TEN 53 6.14 6.24 1.13 10
17 T B 52 6.08 6.46 -1.09 7
18 S F 51 6.07 6.48 7.16 3
19 PIT 47 5.91 7.07 -1.33 7
20 CHI 47 5.91 7.08 1.49 5
21 N E 46 5.87 7.22 -6.93 6
22 WAS 46 5.86 7.25 -1.41 6
23 BAL 44 5.79 7.49 2.53 6
24 MIN 41 5.70 7.84 -0.56 5
25 JAX 41 5.68 7.90 -3.52 4
26 CLE 36 5.52 8.47 -3.91 4
27 DET 32 5.36 9.07 -2.54 0
28 STL 26 5.13 9.86 -0.23 2
29 K C 20 4.91 10.67 -0.85 1
30 SEA 13 4.65 11.61 -6.06 2
31 OAK 9 4.49 12.19 -3.09 2
32 CIN 0 4.17 13.33 -9.38 1

2008 Season, YTD through Week 11

In season 2007 Steelers ranked 14th on Yards per Pass Att at 6.28.
In season 2008 they ranked 19th at 5.91, down 1.3 points per game on this one stat.
From 2007 to 2008 Steelers declined by 1.9 points per game on Winning Margin.


San Francisco 49ers--St. Louis Rams
Opp Yds Rushing Net (44 vs 217) contributed 20.7 points to the 4-point win.

Opp Yds Rushing Net

San Francisco 49ers

2007 Week 6 through 2008 Week 11


Opp Yds Rushing Net

St. Louis Rams

2007 Week 6 through 2008 Week 11


Opp Yds Rushing Net

Percentile Chart

100=Stongest 50=Average 0=Weakest
Lines: Playoff Avg=61 SuperBowl Avg=61

Win Mrg Points Change

Winning Margin Points Change
Sorted by Points Change, 2007 to 2008
Rank Team Pctl Stat
Value
Points
behind
Leader
Win Mrg
Pts Chg
vs 2007
Games
Won
1 PIT 100 68.90 0.00 3.15 7
2 MIN 95 73.90 0.75 0.02 5
3 BAL 90 79.10 1.53 0.02 6
4 NYJ 88 81.30 1.86 8.02 7
5 WAS 85 84.30 2.31 1.04 6
6 CHI 82 87.40 2.78 5.33 5
7 ARI 80 89.80 3.14 1.22 7
8 NYG 78 91.00 3.32 0.91 9
9 MIA 78 91.30 3.36 9.33 6
10 TEN 74 95.10 3.93 -0.41 10
11 PHI 71 98.70 4.47 -0.43 5
12 T B 70 99.30 4.56 1.29 7
13 N E 66 104.00 5.27 -0.86 6
14 S D 65 105.20 5.45 0.36 4
15 DAL 64 105.60 5.51 -1.66 6
16 S F 63 106.80 5.69 1.76 3
17 CAR 62 107.60 5.81 0.46 8
18 BUF 60 109.60 6.11 2.24 5
19 N O 59 111.00 6.32 -1.22 5
20 JAX 57 113.20 6.65 -1.93 4
21 SEA 55 115.50 6.99 -1.91 2
22 ATL 51 119.60 7.61 1.12 6
23 CIN 39 131.10 9.33 -1.92 1
24 HOU 38 132.50 9.54 -2.77 3
25 IND 32 138.50 10.44 -4.73 6
26 DEN 28 143.10 11.13 -0.07 6
27 G B 23 147.40 11.78 -6.67 5
28 CLE 22 149.30 12.06 -2.97 4
29 STL 13 158.40 13.43 -6.47 2
30 OAK 7 164.50 14.34 -2.79 2
31 K C 6 165.40 14.48 -5.23 1
32 DET 0 171.50 15.39 -7.81 0

2008 Season, YTD through Week 11

In season 2007 49ers ranked 22nd on Opp Yds Rushing Net at 118.50.
In season 2008 they ranked 16th at 106.80, up 1.8 points per game on this one stat.
From 2007 to 2008 49ers improved by 4.6 points per game on Winning Margin.

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