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2009 through Monday, Week 10

see also: Killer Stat Offense    
Killer Stat Defense    


Killer Stat

The single most meaningful independent statistic in pro football is Yards Per Pass Attempt Differential. This is the difference between a team's yards per pass gained on offense minus the same statistic yielded on defense.

Through Week 10, here are the League rankings:

Yds/Pass Att Differential

NYG and N E 2009 Season through Week 10
Team Team
Value		 Bar Chart-Percentile
(100 strongest, 50 average, 0 weakest)		 Pctl
Rank		 Points Behind Leader
IND 2.9 barchart 100 0.0
N O 2.6 barchart 95 1.3
N E 2.1 barchart 87 3.1
PIT 1.7 barchart 81 4.6
S D 1.7 barchart 81 4.6
DAL 1.5 barchart 78 5.3
NYG 1.5 barchart 78 5.4
MIN 1.4 barchart 77 5.7
HOU 1.2 barchart 74 6.5
G B 1.1 barchart 72 6.8
PHI 0.9 barchart 69 7.5
NYJ 0.8 barchart 68 8.0
DEN 0.8 barchart 68 8.0
WAS 0.6 barchart 65 8.7
CIN 0.5 barchart 63 9.2
CHI 0.5 barchart 62 9.3
ARI 0.4 barchart 62 9.4
BAL 0.4 barchart 62 9.5
BUF -0.1 barchart 53 11.6
CAR -0.2 barchart 51 12.0
ATL -0.4 barchart 49 12.5
SEA -0.5 barchart 47 12.9
JAX -0.7 barchart 44 13.8
TEN -1.0 barchart 40 14.8
S F -1.2 barchart 36 15.8
T B -2.1 barchart 22 19.2
STL -2.1 barchart 22 19.3
K C -2.2 barchart 21 19.5
MIA -2.4 barchart 18 20.1
DET -2.7 barchart 13 21.4
OAK -3.3 barchart 4 23.6
CLE -3.5 barchart 0 24.6

  • IND is the league leader with 2.90 Yds/Pass Att Differential.
  • NYG at 1.49 Yds/Pass Att Differential is 5.4 points per game behind the leader.
  • N E at 2.09 Yds/Pass Att Differential 3.1 points per game behind the leader.

At the end of the season the strongest team will earn 2 to 2.5 yards per pass more on offense than their defense allows. Any team near +3 yards per toss will earn a Super Bowl invite.

The cellar-dwellers allow 2 to 2.5 yards per pass more than their offense earns.

Average teams earn as many yards as they allow (a zero yards per pass differential near 0.0) They will finish the season with a Won/Lost record near 8-8.

Related Links:
Killer Stat Offense
Killer Stat Defense