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Chargers at Steelers

There will be blood on the field in Pittsburgh when the San Diego Chargers visit this Steelers on Sunday. Leading the league on the most important Killer Stat, Yards per Pass Attempt, Charger QB Rivers will be the target of the Steelers' QB sack artists.

One-time QB Coach and then Offensive Coordinator, Chargers' Coach Norv Turner directed QB Rivers development, improving from 16th to 1st on Yards per Pass. Earning 7.67 yards per toss Rivers stands on the top of the league.

Yards per Pass Att

Percentile Chart

100=Stongest 50=Average 0=Weakest
Lines: Playoff Avg=84 SuperBowl Avg=78

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	S D	100	7.67	0.00	6.67	8
2	N O	100	7.67	0.01	5.05	8
3	ATL	92	7.40	1.14	8.01	11
4	CAR	88	7.28	1.64	9.13	12
5	HOU	88	7.27	1.67	1.92	8
6	ARI	83	7.10	2.36	2.01	9
7	DEN	83	7.07	2.48	2.18	8
8	MIA	81	7.03	2.69	8.03	11
9	IND	75	6.83	3.48	-0.80	12
10	G B	69	6.63	4.33	-2.62	6
11	DAL	67	6.56	4.65	-3.45	9
12	PHI	57	6.22	6.06	0.91	9
13	N E	55	6.13	6.41	-6.93	11
14	NYG	55	6.12	6.46	2.53	12
15	T B	54	6.09	6.58	-1.21	9
16	TEN	53	6.06	6.70	0.99	13
17	BAL	52	6.03	6.86	3.89	11
18	S F	51	5.99	7.00	7.95	7
19	MIN	50	5.97	7.08	0.50	10
20	PIT	49	5.95	7.18	-1.39	12
21	NYJ	48	5.91	7.34	2.39	9
22	BUF	47	5.88	7.46	1.20	7
23	JAX	44	5.75	7.99	-3.76	5
24	WAS	37	5.52	8.97	-3.05	8
25	CHI	36	5.50	9.07	0.01	9
26	K C	34	5.41	9.41	1.11	2
27	DET	30	5.28	9.98	-3.27	0
28	STL	28	5.22	10.23	0.08	2
29	OAK	26	5.15	10.51	-0.82	5
30	SEA	25	5.13	10.59	-5.01	4
31	CLE	11	4.65	12.60	-8.16	4
32	CIN	0	4.27	14.19	-10.47	4

2008 Season, YTD through Week 17

In season 2007 Chargers ranked 16th on Yards per Pass Att at 6.07.
In season 2008 they ranked 1st at 7.67, up 6.7 points per game on this one stat.
From 2007 to 2008 Chargers declined by 2.3 points per game on Winning Margin.

Yeah. But the Steelers' pass D, with one-time Defensive Coordinator Coach Mike Tomlin in command, built a pass rush which jumped from 12th to 2nd on QB Sack Yards. Along the way they also rocketed up from 31st to 7th (MOST UP team) on D Interceptions.
The Steelers graphic is equally impressive:

Opp Yds Lost Passing

Percentile Chart
100=Stongest 50=Average 0=Weakest
Lines: Playoff Avg=62 SuperBowl Avg=72
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 DAL 100 23.38 0.00 1.65 9
2 PIT 92 21.88 0.72 3.21 12
3 PHI 80 19.50 1.86 2.04 9
4 MIN 78 19.00 2.10 0.87 10
5 NYG 72 18.00 2.58 -1.26 12
6 TEN 64 16.38 3.36 0.63 13
7 BAL 63 16.06 3.51 2.22 11
8 NYJ 61 15.81 3.63 1.35 9
9 ATL 59 15.31 3.87 2.97 11
10 N E 57 14.94 4.05 -3.03 11
11 CAR 54 14.38 4.32 1.59 12
12 MIA 50 13.63 4.68 1.53 11
13 CHI 50 13.56 4.71 -0.84 9
14 STL 45 12.56 5.19 -0.99 2
15 IND 44 12.50 5.22 1.14 12
16 SEA 42 12.06 5.43 -3.30 4
17 DET 41 11.94 5.49 -1.95 0
18 ARI 41 11.94 5.49 -1.53 9
19 JAX 41 11.94 5.49 -1.59 5
20 T B 41 11.88 5.52 -0.51 9
21 OAK 40 11.75 5.58 0.06 5
22 HOU 36 10.94 5.97 -0.63 8
23 BUF 35 10.63 6.12 0.78 7
24 S F 32 10.06 6.39 -0.66 7
25 N O 32 10.06 6.39 -1.11 8
26 WAS 25 8.81 6.99 -1.71 8
27 DEN 25 8.81 6.99 -1.86 8
28 G B 25 8.75 7.02 -2.34 6
29 S D 22 8.25 7.26 -4.50 8
30 CIN 19 7.63 7.56 -0.18 4
31 CLE 9 5.63 8.52 -2.88 4
32 K C 0 3.88 9.36 -5.70 2
2008 Season, YTD through Week 17

In season 2007 Steelers ranked 12th on Opp Yds Lost Passing at 15.19.
In season 2008 they ranked 2nd at 21.88, up 3.2 points per game on this one stat.
From 2007 to 2008 Steelers improved by 0.0 points per game on Winning Margin.