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Giants at Bucs

The QB Sack has been featured on this site all season long. The defensive sack leaders are the NY Giants improved by 4.25 points. The stat graphic below pictures their performance relative to the league.

Opp QB Sacked

Percentile Chart

100=Stongest 50=Average 0=Weakest
Lines: Playoff Avg=62 SuperBowl Avg=83

Win Mrg Points Change

Winning Margin Points Change
Sorted by Points Change, 2006 to 2007
Rank Team Pctl Stat
Value
Points
behind
Leader
Win Mrg
Pts Chg
vs 2006
Games
Won
1 NYG 100 3.19 0.00 3.84 10
2 N E 86 2.94 0.81 0.61 16
3 DAL 83 2.88 1.01 2.42 13
4 SEA 79 2.81 1.21 0.81 10
5 S D 72 2.69 1.62 -3.63 11
6 CHI 66 2.56 2.02 0.20 7
7 TEN 62 2.50 2.22 2.83 10
8 MIN 55 2.38 2.62 1.62 8
9 DET 52 2.31 2.83 1.41 7
10 JAX 52 2.31 2.83 0.40 11
11 K C 52 2.31 2.83 1.01 4
12 G B 48 2.25 3.03 -2.02 13
13 ARI 48 2.25 3.03 -0.40 8
14 PIT 48 2.25 3.03 -0.61 10
15 PHI 48 2.25 3.03 -0.81 8
16 DEN 38 2.06 3.63 -0.61 7
17 WAS 38 2.06 3.63 2.83 9
18 T B 38 2.06 3.63 1.62 9
19 N O 34 2.00 3.84 -1.21 7
20 BAL 34 2.00 3.84 -5.65 5
21 S F 31 1.94 4.04 -0.61 5
22 HOU 31 1.94 4.04 0.61 8
23 STL 31 1.94 4.04 -0.61 3
24 MIA 28 1.88 4.24 -3.43 1
25 NYJ 24 1.81 4.44 -1.21 4
26 IND 21 1.75 4.64 0.61 13
27 CLE 21 1.75 4.64 0.00 10
28 OAK 17 1.69 4.85 -1.41 4
29 BUF 14 1.63 5.05 -2.83 7
30 ATL 10 1.56 5.25 -2.42 4
31 CAR 3 1.44 5.65 -3.63 7
32 CIN 0 1.38 5.85 -2.62 7

2007 Season, YTD through Week 17

In season 2006 Giants ranked 23rd on Opp QB Sacked at 2.00.
In season 2007 they ranked 1st at 3.19, up 3.8 points per game on this one stat.
From 2006 to 2007 Giants improved by 1.8 points per game on Winning Margin.


The Giants face a Bucs' offense much improved with the arrival of QB Jeff Garcia. Climbing from 31st to 12th on our Killer Stat, Yards per Pass Attempt added 5+ points to their winning margin.

Yards per Pass Att

Percentile Chart

100=Stongest 50=Average 0=Weakest
Lines: Playoff Avg=82 SuperBowl Avg=77

Win Mrg Points Change

Winning Margin Points Change
Sorted by Points Change, 2006 to 2007
Rank Team Pctl Stat
Value
Points
behind
Leader
Win Mrg
Pts Chg
vs 2006
Games
Won
1 N E 100 7.79 0.00 7.00 16
2 DAL 89 7.38 1.71 1.33 13
3 G B 86 7.26 2.23 6.08 13
4 IND 79 7.03 3.20 -2.11 13
5 HOU 73 6.81 4.11 6.28 8
6 CIN 73 6.78 4.24 -0.30 7
7 JAX 69 6.66 4.75 2.51 11
8 ARI 68 6.62 4.89 1.28 8
9 CLE 68 6.61 4.95 6.16 10
10 DEN 67 6.55 5.18 3.26 7
11 N O 64 6.46 5.57 -4.21 7
12 T B 62 6.38 5.89 6.07 9
13 SEA 61 6.33 6.10 3.70 10
14 PIT 59 6.28 6.31 -1.03 10
15 WAS 58 6.25 6.44 0.25 9
16 S D 54 6.07 7.19 -2.22 11
17 DET 53 6.06 7.23 1.10 7
18 PHI 52 6.00 7.49 -5.02 8
19 MIN 48 5.85 8.09 2.07 8
20 TEN 47 5.83 8.21 1.61 10
21 BUF 41 5.59 9.18 -0.41 7
22 NYG 39 5.51 9.51 -0.28 10
23 CHI 38 5.49 9.59 -2.51 7
24 ATL 37 5.48 9.67 1.48 4
25 OAK 34 5.35 10.20 4.12 4
26 NYJ 34 5.33 10.26 -2.94 4
27 STL 30 5.20 10.83 -4.10 3
28 K C 29 5.15 11.04 -4.01 4
29 MIA 27 5.10 11.23 -0.42 1
30 BAL 27 5.09 11.27 -5.24 5
31 CAR 27 5.09 11.29 -2.62 7
32 S F 0 4.08 15.47 -6.29 5

2007 Season, YTD through Week 17

In season 2006 Bucs ranked 31st on Yards per Pass Att at 4.93.
In season 2007 they ranked 12th at 6.38, up 6.0 points per game on this one stat.
From 2006 to 2007 Bucs improved by 12.9 points per game on Winning Margin.


Throughout his career, Garcia has been near-impossible to sack. If the Giants are to win this game they will have to catch him in the backfield. They've got a chance--as the chart below shows, in the second half of the season, Garcia has spent more time on the turf than usual.

Bud Goode

QB Sacks

Tampa Bay Bucs

2007 through Week 17


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