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Stat of the Week

Week 12--
The STAT OF THE WEEK feature highlights the one stat contributing most points to the victory.

San Diego Chargers--Baltimore Ravens

Yards Lost Passing (0 vs 37) contributed 17.9 points to the 18-point win.

The stock market may have taken a nose dive. But the Balltimore Ravens over the last couple of months have led the loser list down 15 points per game in their scoring differential.

The stat graphic below pictures last week's Ravens-San Diego Chargers game where the Chargers lost no yardage on QB sacks but the Ravens lost 37 big ones. In the last 4 games they have gone overboard in 3 and are drowning in lost QB sack yardage.

As this space has pointed out in the past the QB sack and associated sack yardage are likely the most underrated stats separating winners from losers. The sack leads to a punt and the punt is a turnover. In last week's game QB sack yardage contributed 17.9 points to the 18-point loss.

This season the Ravens' loss of 15 points per game is tied directly to the loss in passing efficiency. They are 24th in the league in allowing sack yardage and lost more ground on this stat than any other AFC team.

Looking at their schedule of remaining games, the electronic hardware sees only one potential victory (Miami). (See projection matrix, Predict Report, scroll down for Baltimore.) But it is a close game and could lead to zip Raven wins for the remainder of the season.

Bud Goode

Yards Lost Passing

San Diego Chargers

2007 Week 6 through 2008 Week 11

Yards Lost Passing

Baltimore Ravens

2007 Week 6 through 2008 Week 11

Yards Lost Passing

Percentile Chart
100=Stongest 50=Average 0=Weakest
Lines: Playoff Avg=56 SuperBowl Avg=56
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 TEN 100 2.90 0.00 4.86 10
2 DEN 89 5.20 1.17 2.93 6
3 N O 88 5.40 1.28 0.72 5
4 T B 85 6.00 1.58 4.02 7
5 IND 78 7.40 2.30 0.66 6
6 CLE 76 7.80 2.50 0.48 4
7 ATL 75 8.00 2.60 4.75 6
8 NYG 72 8.60 2.91 2.69 9
9 S D 72 8.70 2.96 0.98 4
10 CAR 71 8.80 3.01 2.08 8
11 PHI 67 9.70 3.47 3.02 5
12 CHI 66 9.90 3.57 5.76 5
13 MIA 66 10.00 3.62 3.47 6
14 DAL 59 11.40 4.34 0.08 6
15 SEA 55 12.30 4.79 0.64 2
16 G B 48 13.70 5.51 -2.94 5
17 ARI 46 14.00 5.66 -1.94 7
18 NYJ 42 14.90 6.12 2.47 7
19 BAL 39 15.50 6.43 0.80 6
20 N E 38 15.70 6.53 -3.93 6
21 HOU 37 16.00 6.68 -2.61 3
22 BUF 37 16.00 6.68 -1.53 5
23 MIN 35 16.30 6.83 -2.16 5
24 JAX 28 17.90 7.65 -3.81 4
25 WAS 26 18.20 7.80 -4.21 6
26 K C 22 19.00 8.21 1.28 1
27 CIN 16 20.30 8.87 -6.56 1
28 PIT 13 20.90 9.18 0.40 7
29 S F 7 22.20 9.84 0.31 3
30 STL 6 22.30 9.89 -0.92 2
31 OAK 6 22.30 9.89 -3.02 2
32 DET 0 23.60 10.56 -1.26 0
2008 Season, YTD through Week 11

In season 2007 Ravens ranked 24th on Yards Lost Passing at 17.06.
In season 2008 they ranked 19th at 15.50, up 0.8 points per game on this one stat.
From 2007 to 2008 Ravens improved by 11.0 points per game on Winning Margin.