2015 NFL Week 13 Stats: Adjusted Net Yards Per Passing Attempt Differential

With four weeks of the 2015 NFL season remaining, the adjusted net yards per passing attempt differential stats now show that there are only six teams in the league with differentials greater than 1.0.

Thanks to their resurgence over the course of the last three weeks, the defending NFC Champion Seattle Seahawks are now the fifth-ranked team when it comes to the differential stat. While the Seahawks still aren’t likely to overtake the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC West, they are primed to make the playoffs once again.

When you look at the Pittsburgh Steelers in the rankings below, you see a team that now has their differential moving in the right direction and while their offensive ANY/A stat is a very respectable 7.10, quarterback Ben Roethlisberger heads into Week 14 season with a personal ANY/A stat of 7.95, which would be a career-high for him if the season ended today.

As the Steelers head into Week 14, there are still questions about their pass defense even though that unit played extremely well against the Indianapolis Colts Sunday night. That unit will surely be tested this coming Sunday when they play the Cincinnati Bengals on the road. In the last meeting between the two teams, the Steelers defense held Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton to a 3.61 ANY/A number, which was certainly good enough to win the game. Roethlisberger, however, posted an even lower 2.60 ANY/A stat in that game and that’s what ultimately led to the loss at Heinz Field.

In Week 15, the Steelers will play the Denver Broncos, who currently own the second-best defensive ANY/A number in the league. The Broncos offense will also likely be led by quarterback Brock Osweiler in that game and he now has that unit’s ANY/A heading in the right direction after taking over for the injured Peyton Manning.