If you have been a reader of this site for more than one year, you know by now that there are two stats that I love to track during the NFL season. Those two stats are the TOX differential and the ANY/A differential. By using those two stats, I believe that you can really come up with an excellent power ranking as it relates to all 32 teams from Week 6 of the season and on.
Below are the ANY/A differential stats from Week 1 of the 2015 season and in case this stat is new to you, here is a post from 2011 that better explains it and here are the final results from the 2014 regular season.
In short, ANY/A differential is an advanced statistic that quantifies the contributions of a team’s passing game by including five key passing statistics; passing yards, passing touchdowns, interceptions thrown, times sacked and yards lost to being sacked. ANY/A = (pass yards + 20*(pass TD) – 45*(interceptions thrown) – sack yards) / (passing attempts + sacks). An ANY/A stat is first determined for both the offense and defense and then a differential can be calculated. The greater the differential the better.
Teams that end a season with a differential of 1.5 or greater have a great success rate of making the playoffs.
I will be posting these stats for the first three weeks of the 2015 season without any analysis included as a good picture really won’t start being painted until four or five games are in the books.
| OFFENSE | DEFENSE | DIFF | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SK | SKYDS | ANY/A | ATT | YDS | TD | INT | SK | SKYDS | ANY/A | DIFF |
| TEN | 16 | 209 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 14.72 | 33 | 210 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 3.54 | 11.18 |
| BUF | 19 | 195 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.32 | 49 | 243 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.73 | 7.59 |
| STL | 27 | 297 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.21 | 41 | 251 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 4.13 | 6.08 |
| GB | 23 | 189 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.83 | 36 | 225 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4.95 | 5.88 |
| CIN | 34 | 269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | 43 | 203 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 3.96 | 5.13 |
| ARI | 32 | 307 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.47 | 48 | 355 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6.58 | 4.89 |
| NE | 32 | 288 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10.62 | 38 | 351 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7.44 | 3.18 |
| KC | 33 | 243 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8.37 | 47 | 334 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 5.63 | 2.74 |
| SF | 26 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.11 | 32 | 231 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 3.57 | 2.54 |
| DAL | 45 | 356 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.24 | 36 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5.14 | 2.11 |
| DEN | 40 | 175 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 2.39 | 32 | 117 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0.29 | 2.09 |
| CAR | 31 | 175 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4.03 | 40 | 183 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2.20 | 1.83 |
| SD | 42 | 404 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7.68 | 30 | 246 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5.90 | 1.78 |
| MIA | 34 | 226 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 5.46 | 31 | 196 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3.69 | 1.77 |
| NYJ | 24 | 179 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.25 | 32 | 231 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 5.49 | 1.76 |
| ATL | 34 | 298 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6.86 | 52 | 336 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.12 | 1.74 |
| PHI | 52 | 336 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.12 | 34 | 298 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6.86 | -1.74 |
| CLE | 32 | 231 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 5.49 | 24 | 179 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.25 | -1.76 |
| WAS | 31 | 196 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3.69 | 34 | 226 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 5.46 | -1.77 |
| DET | 30 | 246 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5.90 | 42 | 404 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7.68 | -1.78 |
| JAC | 40 | 183 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 2.20 | 31 | 175 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 4.03 | -1.83 |
| BAL | 32 | 117 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 17 | 0.29 | 40 | 175 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 2.39 | -2.09 |
| NYG | 36 | 193 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5.14 | 45 | 356 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7.24 | -2.11 |
| MIN | 32 | 231 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 54 | 3.57 | 26 | 165 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.11 | -2.54 |
| HOU | 47 | 334 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 36 | 5.63 | 33 | 243 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8.37 | -2.74 |
| PIT | 38 | 351 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 7.44 | 32 | 288 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10.62 | -3.18 |
| NO | 48 | 355 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6.58 | 32 | 307 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.47 | -4.89 |
| OAK | 43 | 203 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 3.96 | 34 | 269 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 | -5.13 |
| CHI | 36 | 225 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4.95 | 23 | 189 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.83 | -5.88 |
| SEA | 41 | 251 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 4.13 | 27 | 297 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 10.21 | -6.08 |
| IND | 49 | 243 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3.73 | 19 | 195 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.32 | -7.59 |
| TB | 33 | 210 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 29 | 3.54 | 16 | 209 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 14.72 | -11.18 |
