Week 2 of the 2012 NFL season is now behind us and here are the final ANYPPAD (Adjusted Net Yards Per Passing Attempt Differential) stats year to date. This stat is great for tracking teams success over the season and is a great measuring stick to show teams headed for the post season and teams staying home.
If you want to get a better understanding of the stat, read here and here is the final regular season ANYPPAD stats from last year.
I like to caution that it is really hard to read much into these stats until a good 4 or 5 games into the season for each team as you will see quite a bit of bouncing over the first four weeks. After that the true colors of the passing offense and defense start emerging and you can see how certain teams slightly get better or worse on offense and defense in relation to the passing game over the forthcoming weeks.
A good example of a early bounce based on limited games played so far is the Green Bay Packers, who were ranked 19th after week 1 with a -1.92 differential. Thanks mostly in part to Chicago Bears quarterback Jay Cutler, the Packers now rank 4th overall with a 3.43 differential.
The Pittsburgh Steelers jumped up 6 places, but still have a negative differential of -1.08. I fully expect that will be about even or in the positive after the game against the Oakland Raiders this week.
Once again, after about week 4 or 5, you really should start to see the cream rising to the top. This is not an end all, do all, stat, but just one of many that I like to follow in regard to tracking success of teams throughout the season in regard to the all important passing offense and defense. If you look at its history over the years, you will see why I value it.
| TEAM | COMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SK | SK/YDS | ANY/A | COMP | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SK | SK/YDS | ANY/A | DIFF | LAST | THIS |
| ATL | 47 | 67 | 518 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 8.70 | 45 | 70 | 499 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 3.61 | 5.09 | 5 | 1 |
| HOU | 46 | 66 | 461 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6.90 | 29 | 57 | 295 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 47 | 2.11 | 4.79 | 2 | 2 |
| PHI | 52 | 88 | 688 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 25 | 4.92 | 34 | 77 | 350 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 25 | 1.48 | 3.44 | 7 | 3 |
| GNB | 53 | 77 | 549 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 55 | 5.69 | 31 | 53 | 337 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 72 | 2.27 | 3.43 | 19 | 4 |
| CAR | 37 | 53 | 556 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 8.51 | 47 | 73 | 463 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5.28 | 3.23 | 16 | 5 |
| STL | 43 | 60 | 508 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 34 | 7.71 | 52 | 77 | 561 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 5.10 | 2.61 | 11 | 6 |
| WAS | 39 | 55 | 526 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 23 | 8.93 | 50 | 87 | 649 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 22 | 6.73 | 2.21 | 1 | 7 |
| SDG | 48 | 65 | 515 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 21 | 7.56 | 47 | 76 | 471 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 5.63 | 1.92 | 15 | 8 |
| SFO | 40 | 57 | 437 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 45 | 7.38 | 49 | 76 | 533 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 5.72 | 1.66 | 14 | 9 |
| NYJ | 29 | 54 | 404 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7.68 | 42 | 63 | 470 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 6.44 | 1.24 | 3 | 10 |
| NWE | 51 | 77 | 552 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 6.59 | 44 | 70 | 412 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5.47 | 1.12 | 10 | 11 |
| BAL | 45 | 74 | 561 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 39 | 6.80 | 45 | 69 | 592 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 42 | 5.80 | 1.00 | 4 | 12 |
| DAL | 45 | 69 | 558 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 7.32 | 36 | 52 | 364 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 44 | 6.32 | 1.00 | 9 | 13 |
| MIN | 47 | 62 | 515 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 17 | 7.91 | 43 | 70 | 484 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 6.97 | 0.94 | 12 | 14 |
| ARI | 35 | 63 | 355 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5.31 | 46 | 80 | 469 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 33 | 4.44 | 0.87 | 13 | 15 |
| DEN | 43 | 63 | 494 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 36 | 5.63 | 46 | 76 | 464 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 47 | 5.51 | 0.12 | 6 | 16 |
| OAK | 56 | 94 | 670 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 6.64 | 42 | 63 | 431 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 7.00 | -0.36 | 18 | 17 |
| NYG | 52 | 83 | 723 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 26 | 7.47 | 37 | 57 | 550 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 7.92 | -0.45 | 24 | 18 |
| SEA | 33 | 54 | 304 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 32 | 4.53 | 43 | 76 | 466 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5.22 | -0.69 | 20 | 19 |
| BUF | 28 | 51 | 373 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6.63 | 42 | 69 | 567 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 7.41 | -0.78 | 30 | 20 |
| PIT | 46 | 71 | 520 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 46 | 6.44 | 29 | 53 | 391 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 7.53 | -1.08 | 27 | 21 |
| CLE | 38 | 72 | 440 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 3.68 | 53 | 87 | 635 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 5.01 | -1.33 | 26 | 22 |
| CHI | 32 | 62 | 459 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 71 | 3.14 | 46 | 78 | 555 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 4.51 | -1.37 | 8 | 23 |
| TAM | 31 | 52 | 381 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 5.82 | 54 | 84 | 813 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7.54 | -1.72 | 17 | 24 |
| JAX | 32 | 60 | 336 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 42 | 5.45 | 46 | 62 | 465 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7.20 | -1.76 | 21 | 25 |
| DET | 51 | 80 | 585 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 25 | 5.06 | 37 | 56 | 424 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 50 | 6.89 | -1.83 | 22 | 26 |
| IND | 43 | 76 | 533 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 46 | 5.09 | 48 | 70 | 578 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 7.64 | -2.56 | 25 | 27 |
| TEN | 44 | 73 | 446 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 5.17 | 47 | 63 | 520 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 24 | 8.10 | -2.93 | 23 | 28 |
| CIN | 46 | 68 | 539 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 51 | 5.87 | 49 | 69 | 651 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 9.42 | -3.55 | 29 | 29 |
| MIA | 38 | 66 | 419 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 3.86 | 44 | 79 | 639 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7.68 | -3.82 | 31 | 30 |
| KAN | 44 | 75 | 559 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 46 | 5.28 | 33 | 50 | 477 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 11.18 | -5.90 | 28 | 31 |
| NOR | 55 | 101 | 664 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 5.28 | 33 | 46 | 573 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 23 | 12.45 | -7.17 | 32 | 32 |
