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2007 through Monday, Week 17

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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 17, here are the League rankings:

Yds/Pass Att Differential

NYG and N E 2007 Season through Week 21
Team Team
Value		 Bar Chart-Percentile
(100 strongest, 50 average, 0 weakest)		 Pctl
Rank		 Points Behind Leader
N E 2.5 barchart 100 0.0
DAL 2.5 barchart 99 0.1
IND 2.0 barchart 90 1.5
PIT 1.5 barchart 80 3.1
T B 1.4 barchart 77 3.5
G B 1.4 barchart 76 3.7
CLE 0.9 barchart 66 5.2
WAS 0.9 barchart 65 5.3
S D 0.8 barchart 63 5.6
JAX 0.7 barchart 62 5.8
SEA 0.5 barchart 58 6.5
HOU 0.4 barchart 55 6.9
ARI 0.4 barchart 54 7.0
DEN 0.2 barchart 51 7.5
TEN 0.2 barchart 51 7.5
CIN 0.2 barchart 51 7.5
PHI 0.2 barchart 50 7.7
MIN -0.2 barchart 41 9.0
NYG -0.6 barchart 34 10.1
DET -0.7 barchart 30 10.7
CHI -0.8 barchart 30 10.7
BUF -0.8 barchart 28 11.0
CAR -0.8 barchart 28 11.1
N O -0.9 barchart 27 11.1
K C -0.9 barchart 26 11.4
ATL -1.0 barchart 23 11.7
NYJ -1.2 barchart 20 12.3
OAK -1.4 barchart 16 12.9
STL -1.5 barchart 13 13.3
MIA -1.7 barchart 9 13.9
BAL -1.9 barchart 4 14.6
S F -2.1 barchart 0 15.3

  • N E is the league leader with 2.48 Yds/Pass Att Differential.
  • NYG at -0.56 Yds/Pass Att Differential is 10.1 points per game behind the leader.
  • N E at 2.48 Yds/Pass Att Differential 0.0 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