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NFC: Most UP

Through Week 5 this stat contributed 11.2 points
to this season's 20.4-point change UP:

Chicago Bears

Yards per Pass Att with Winning Margin
Yearly 2003 to 2006

Chicago Bears

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NFC: Most DOWN

Through Week 5 this stat contributed -8.7 points
to this season's -12.6-point change DOWN.

Seattle Seahawks

Yards Lost Passing with Winning Margin
Yearly 2003 to 2006

Seattle Seahawks

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Week 5
The Chicago Bears' Coach Lovie Smith has worked magic with the Bears the MOST UP team this season adding 22.4 points per game to their scoring differential.
The stat contributing most to this explosive ride up is our Killer Stat I, Yards per Pass where the Bears are up 11.2 points per game.
The stat graphic above pictures the improvement and the close linkage the key passing efficiency stat has to the Bears' Winning Margin. Big changes in this Killer Stat produce big changes in a team's scoring differential.
Another season for Coach Lovie Smith to be named Coach of the Year.
The Seattle Seahawks' passing efficiency stats are in decline. The most DOWN NFC team this season, the stat contributing most points to this swoon is Yards Lost Passing which contributed -8.7 points to the -12.6 point decline.
The stat graphic above pictures the close linkage that QB sacks and sack yardage have on the team's Winning Margin. The big move down is closely correlated with the scoring differential.
It is not just RB Shaun Alexander's injured foot that has cost this team's loss in performance. Take the league-leading TD RB out of the lineup and the team's entire stat profile feels the impact.
Bud Goode