Let's play a game: Which teams will have the biggest disparity between passing/rushing?

[keggerz]

Curious what people think....of course I found a stat that made me go hmmmm and I will post that and another tidbit later.

 

EDIT: lets add a twist and ask that people give their top 5

Edited September 6, 2011 by keggerz

[theeohiostate]

i will go with Atlanta

[marcheese]

I'm guessing you mean on offense?

 

1. Green Bay

2. Atlanta

3. Kansas City

4. Carolina

5. New Orleans

Edited September 6, 2011 by marcheese

[The Next Generation]

Detroit - passing > rushing

Green Bay - passing > rushing

Atlanta - passing > rushing

Carolina - rushing > passing

Cincinnati - rushing > passing

[keggerz]

I'm guessing you mean on offense?

 

1. Green Bay

2. Atlanta

3. Kansas City

4. Carolina

5. New Orleans

yes, offense

 

also surprised not to see any Mad Mike Martz Bears calls yet

[giantsfan]

Detroit

Green Bay

Philly

New Orleans

Chicago

 

Those teams will be pass heavy.

 

Carolina

Denver

 

Those will be run heavy.

 

I don't buy all the Atlanta hype yet in terms of passing all over the field. Think they pass more this season, but still run a lot as well.

[BeerLeagueQB]

Packers

Colts

Patriots

Saints

Chargers

 

 

Rodgers

Manning

Brady

Brees

Rivers

 

See a pattern?

Edited September 6, 2011 by BeerLeagueQB

[Bronco Billy]

Leading passing vs rushing teams this year (no particular order) :

 

AZ

NO

IND

SD

SEA

 

Leading rushing vs passing teams this year (no particular order):

 

KC

JAX

OAK

NYJ

PIT

[i_am_the_swammi]

In my mind, it will mostly be teams that are forced to abandon the rushing game in 2nd halves in order to play catch-up or keep-up.

 

So, with that in mind:

 

BUF

DAL

ARZ

SF

IND

[keggerz]

I have been reading a bunch of team's media releases and read something in the Bears that like I said made me go hmmmmm....

 

You know we all have those preconceived notions; Mike Martz is pass happy, the Steelers are a run heavy team, Andy Reid is a pass first coach...you know, stuff like that...well this is the blurb I found in the Bears Media Release...I know that the preseason means next to nothing but still felt it was worth pointing out...but I was most shocked by the 1st paragraph below.

 

After finishing with the sixth most balanced offense in the NFL over

the last nine weeks of the 2010 regular season (258 rushing attempts

and 276 pass plays - attempts plus times sacked), the Bears continued

that trend during the 2011 preseason. With 144 pass plays and

134 rushing attempts, Chicago fi nished the 2011 preseason with the

sixth most balanced offense.

MOST BALANCED OFFENSES

2011 Preseason

Total Rush Pass Balance

Team Plays Plays Plays Ratio

1. St. Louis 274 136 138 1.015

2. Miami 230 116 114 1.017

3. Pittsburgh 233 115 118 1.026

4. Minnesota 243 119 124 1.042

5. Tennessee 226 117 109 1.068

6. Chicago 278 134 144 1.075

7. Cincinnati 256 123 133 1.081

8. Denver 243 116 127 1.095

9. Detroit 271 145 126 1.131

10. Philadelphia 268 125 143 1.144

> Pass plays equal attempts plus times sacked

 

edit: I bolded the teams that were guessed to have the biggest disparities

Edited September 6, 2011 by keggerz

[i_am_the_swammi]

FWIW, last year, in order of differential:

 

Pass>rush

 

1. IND

2. NO

3. SD

4. GB

5. DEN

6. WAS

7. DAL

 

Rush>pass

 

1. KC

2. CAR

3. JAX

4. OAK

5. NYJ

6. MIN

7. CLE

 

[keggerz]

FWIW, last year, in order of differential:

 

Pass>rush

 

1. IND

2. NO

3. SD

4. GB

5. DEN

6. WAS

7. DAL

 

Rush>pass

 

1. KC

2. CAR

3. JAX

4. OAK

5. NYJ

6. MIN

7. CLE

 

did you include times sacked? if not it could be off a bit

[i_am_the_swammi]

did you include times sacked? if not it could be off a bit

 

just went to NFL.com and grabbed team net rushing totals and passing totals, plugged them into a spreadsheet, computed differential, then sorted. You are correct, it could be off a tad.

[MustOfBeenDrunk]

# 1 will not even be close Minny Vikes come on down ,,, QB rushing counts correct ??

[keggerz]

# 1 will not even be close Minny Vikes come on down ,,, QB rushing counts correct ??

yes