NFC and AFC 2002 Season Killer Stat

Goode's Killer Stat is pictured in these graphs using team helmets to represent performance on Games Won and Yards per Pass. These are powerful charts for a simple reason: With a knowledge of Goode's Killer Stat (yards per pass) you can come close to predicting the number of games won.

In the NFC the Tampa Bay Bucs won 12 games and the NY Giants won 10 (upper right corner). They are the two most powerful teams on yards per toss differential. The Bucs earned 1.3 yards per attempt more on offense than their D allowed. The Giants are plus +1.6. Both are in the playoffs. Bucs are favored this week (Eagles face the Falcons) and Giants lost a heartbreaker in San Francisco.

Weakest NFC teams are the Lions (3 wins) and Cardinals (5 wins). On the most important stat in the game separating winners from losers these two cellar dwellers are not competitive.

In the AFC, Pittsburgh Steelers and the Oakland Raiders lead their divisions. The graphs show each won 11 games. Each team earned 1.1 yard more on offense than their defense allowed. Both teams are in the playoffs.

The weakest teams in the AFC are the Bengals and Texans (lower left corner). Allowing between 1 and 2 yards per toss on defense more than their offense earned the Bengals won only 2 games and the Texans won 4. Purely not competitive.

To repeat, these are special charts because they picture the correlation between the number of games won and yards per pass (the most important stat separating winners from losers). With a knowledge of your favorite team's standing on this Killer Stat, you will be able to predict the number of games won. And you will be the first kid on your block to know the reason why. Almost every year the difference in yards per pass tabs the playoff teams early in the season.

It has earned the name: Killer Stat.

Bud Goode

Note: see also, NFL 2002 Season Killer Stat

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