"The Number 1 Name for Statistical Analysis in Sports"

Eagles at Cardinals

Passing efficiency stats will be the name of the game Sunday when the Arizona Cardinals meet the Philadelphia Eagles. Eagles' QB McNabb helped improve the Eagles' QB Sack percentage on offense and D. On the offensive QB Sack Percentage the Eagles were the league's 2nd most improved team adding 7.8 PPG to their scoring differential. This stat graphic pictures McNabb's performance; compare your fav team's relative position in the league:

Sacks Differential

Percentile Chart

100=Stongest 50=Average 0=Weakest
Lines: Playoff Avg=68 SuperBowl Avg=76

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	3.07	0.00	4.01	13
2	DAL	98	2.92	0.32	1.97	9
3	PHI	94	2.65	0.90	7.82	9
4	NYG	80	1.77	2.79	-1.55	12
5	ATL	80	1.73	2.88	8.75	11
6	IND	78	1.61	3.13	2.15	12
7	N O	77	1.56	3.23	-0.53	8
8	CAR	76	1.47	3.42	5.53	12
9	DEN	75	1.45	3.47	3.00	8
10	MIA	74	1.39	3.60	5.10	11
11	NYJ	68	0.96	4.52	7.17	9
12	BAL	62	0.54	5.41	2.10	11
13	MIN	61	0.52	5.47	1.67	10
14	PIT	60	0.41	5.70	2.68	12
15	ARI	58	0.32	5.90	-1.88	9
16	T B	53	0.01	6.56	0.69	9
17	S D	53	-0.02	6.61	-3.88	8
18	CHI	48	-0.35	7.32	-0.33	9
19	HOU	46	-0.47	7.57	-2.80	8
20	SEA	45	-0.58	7.81	-3.24	4
21	G B	43	-0.67	8.00	-5.05	6
22	CLE	39	-0.91	8.53	-3.52	4
23	N E	38	-1.01	8.74	-8.70	11
24	JAX	38	-1.03	8.79	-3.88	5
25	WAS	36	-1.13	9.00	-3.40	8
26	OAK	35	-1.18	9.10	0.18	5
27	BUF	30	-1.50	9.79	-2.48	7
28	STL	30	-1.51	9.80	0.15	2
29	DET	12	-2.72	12.40	-1.36	0
30	S F	11	-2.80	12.57	0.57	7
31	K C	9	-2.91	12.79	-2.55	2
32	CIN	0	-3.50	14.07	-8.55	4

2008 Season, YTD through Week 17

In season 2007 Eagles ranked 24th on Sacks Differential at -1.00.
In season 2008 they ranked 3rd at 2.65, up 7.8 points per game on this one stat.
From 2007 to 2008 Eagles improved by 5.7 points per game on Winning Margin.

All season long this space harped on the importance of the QB Sack while Cardinals, QB Kurt Warner, whose Golden Arm won the 1999 Super Bowl, this season boosted the Arizona passing efficiency stat profile up to champion's level.
However, the sack itself is slightly less important this season than last. QB McNabb is no kid any more. But he can still roll out and run. QB Warner, now 37 years old, is less able to scramble. And he knows NOT to take a sack but to throw the ball away.
And that's the rub. These incomplete passes are more important this season. Each pass thrown out of bounds now subtracts 1.6 PPG from a team's winning margin.
It is likely passing efficiency stats can spell the difference between winner and loser in this game. Watch for the roll outs and passes tossed OB. Ten incomplete passes and your team can win. But fifteen incomplete passes will kill the Cardinals' shot at the Super Bowl.
So count'em.
Using Goode's Winning Index, the electronic hardware projects the Eagles over the Cardinals
by 2.
Bud Goode
Copyright 2009, BudGoodeSports.com. All rights reserved.