Yards per Pass Attempt (through Week 8)

[LT Profits]

It was mentioned in another thread that this is the one stat that most NFL coaches pay the most attention to, so here are the rankings after the first eight weeks of 2007:

Rank	Team    	ATT	YDS	YPA
1	New England	273	2430	9.06
2	Dallas  	239	1901	8.30
3	Cleveland	219	1672	8.12
4	Pittsburgh	192	1414	7.98
5	Indianapolis	234	1811	7.87
6	Denver  	215	1610	7.77
7	Detroit 	246	1704	7.71
8	San Diego	190	1380	7.68
9	Houston 	289	2111	7.63
10	Tampa Bay	238	1734	7.57
11	Cincinnati	255	1847	7.54
12	Green Bay	274	1967	7.47
13	Philadelphia	241	1641	7.39
14	Seattle 	237	1626	7.22
15	Kansas City	233	1481	6.90
16	Jacksonville	188	1197	6.90
17	Arizona 	249	1637	6.79
18	Oakland 	194	1174	6.76
19	NY Jets 	249	1547	6.74
20	Washington	205	1316	6.72
21	Buffalo 	173	1020	6.69
22	Chicago 	293	1736	6.52
23	Atlanta 	244	1439	6.48
24	Miami   	278	1664	6.40
25	NY Giants	264	1570	6.15
26	St. Louis	297	1658	6.10
27	Carolina	228	1294	6.09
28	New Orleans	286	1702	6.05
29	Tennessee	194	1097	6.04
30	Minnesota	196	1062	5.98
31	Baltimore	275	1517	5.76
32	San Francisco	217	927	5.13

[Doc JS]

Wow...Pats getting almost a first down per pass attempt! Not too shabby!!

[euginho]

Man their punter has the easiest job in the league!

[STEELCURTAIN3288]

Very interesting thanks for the information.

[The Seer]

LT:
Just out of curiousity, which site did you get these stats from?

[LT Profits]

I actually extracted them from my WinPicks software Seer.

[EGGY6199]

LT:
Just out of curiousity, which site did you get these stats from?

Yahoo sports holds this stuff

[regularguy]

Brady's stats are just incredible. QB rating: 136.2. Pass completion percentage: 74.2. And, like you said, yards per pass attempt at 9.1. Geeeezzzz.

I'm thinking he is talented, in his prime, and has the best O line and receivers he has ever had.

How in the world do you bet against that? I'm not. Not now.

[durito]

For a more accurate stat I count sacks as passing plays. I also take out spikes.

[Skidcom]

The huge Detroit Denver total now makes sense

[regularguy]

For a more accurate stat I count sacks as passing plays. I also take out spikes.

Good point durito.

Brady has only been sacked 8 times (tied for third lowest in NFL).

I don't know how many times Brady has spiked the ball. However, I suspect it has been relatively few, as the Patriots have not been under a lot of serious time pressure.

I believe these two factors only set the Patriots further out in front of the pack with respect to passing efficiency.