I have compiled the Adjusted Net Yards Per Passing Attempt Differential Stats now through week 16 and the Pittsburgh Steelers have slipped down to 4th place in net differential behind the Detroit Lions, who shot up 0.29 this past week in their win over the San Diego Chargers. The Dallas Cowboys and the New York Jets were the two biggest sliders this week as the Cowboys slipped -0.47 in differential this week while the Jets dropped -0.45 in the stat. Despite their come from behind win over the Miami Dolphins on Saturday, the New England Patriots also slipped -0.25 in differential this past week. The Read more [...]

Week 16 is now in the books and all but three playoff spots remain up for grabs now. Here is our weekly look at the explosive plays and turnovers for the games this past week. The plus 2 number went 10-1 this past week and year to date in head to head games the plus 2 teams are now 131-29 and the winning percentage clicks up to 82%, 2% higher than the expected 80% number with 1 week remaining in the regular season. Teams with a mere positive TOX stat went 11-4 this week. Teams with a positive turnover differential went 9-4 overall this week and teams with a positive explosive play differential Read more [...]

Below are the Pittsburgh Steelers coverage stats for their week 16 Saturday shutout win against the St. Louis Rams at Heinz Field. These stats are broken down by play and include down and distance, line of scrimmage, direction, yards gained, yards after catch, personnel the offense used, defensive package, number of pass rushers and whether or not the defense blitzed on the play. The pass defense in this game was as close to perfect as it gets and the longest completion of the 9 by Rams quarterback Kellen Clemens was for 17 yards and 12 of those 17 came after the catch on the pass to running Read more [...]

Below are the Pittsburgh Steelers coverage stats for their week 15 Monday night loss against the San Francisco 49ers. These stats are broken down by play and include down and distance, line of scrimmage, direction, yards gained, yards after catch, personnel the offense used, defensive package, number of pass rushers and whether or not the defense blitzed on the play. Keep in mind that the Steelers do play quite a bit of zone coverage, so the coverage stats are not really reflective of play. 49ers quarterback Alex Smith had only 3 completions in this game that were thrown more than 10 yards Read more [...]

Below are the Adjusted Net Yards Per Passing Attempt Differential Stats from week 15 and you can see that the top 3 from last week, the Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans and Pittsburgh Steelers, all saw their differential lower in week 15. The Texans dipped down now under the 3.0 mark and the Steelers dipped back under the 2.0 differential number. The Steelers dip is mostly because of the 3 interception, 3 sack and no touchdown night that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger had Monday night against the San Francisco 49ers as their defensive ANY/A just barely went up. If it makes you feel better, Read more [...]

The Week 15 TOX stats are now compiled as we look at the explosive plays and turnovers for the games this past week. The plus 2 number was undefeated this week as it went 11-0. Year to date in head to head games the plus 2 teams are now 121-28 and the winning percentage remains clicks up to 81%. Teams with a mere positive TOX stat went 13-2 this week. Teams with a positive turnover differential went 8-2 overall this week and teams with a positive explosive play differential also went 8-2 this week. The Pittsburgh Steelers added to their year to date TOX number in week 15 despite the loss Read more [...]

If you read my post on a regular basis you know of my fondness of the TOX stat and my new fascination with the Adjusted Net Yards Per Passing Attempt Differential Stat. Both are not new by any stretch, but neither are actively tracked. If you want to read up on the first post I did on ANYPPAD Stat I did in relation to teams making the playoffs and winning it all, just follow the link. Also here is the year to date of the stat last week as I will be tracking this for the remainder of the season. Below is the year to date Adjusted Net Yards Per Passing Attempt Differential Stats for all 32 teams Read more [...]

Week 14 is now in the books and I have compiled the explosive plays and turnovers for the games this past week for our weekly look at the TOX stat. The plus 2 number went 7-2 this week with the San Francisco 49ers and the Cincinnati Bengals being the two teams to lose. It should be noted the Bengals were seconds away from a win against the Houston Texans, but a loss, is a loss, is a loss. Year to date in head to head games the plus 2 teams are now 110-28 and the winning percentage remains at the expected 80% number. Teams with a mere positive TOX stat went 11-3 this week. Teams with a positive Read more [...]

Below are the Steelers coverage stats for the week 14 Thursday win against the Cleveland Browns. These stats are broken down by play and include down and distance, line of scrimmage, direction, yards gained, yards after catch, personnel the offense used, defensive package, number of pass rushers and whether or not the defense blitzed on the play. Keep in mind that the Steelers played quite a bit of zone coverage in this game so the coverage stats are not really reflective of play. The Steelers defense held both Colt McCoy and Seneca Wallace to a 53% completion rate in the game and picked Read more [...]

I looked at the adjusted net yards per passing attempt differential stat last week as it relates to a teams chances of making the playoffs and winning it all and promised to try to stay on top of the 2011 differential stats for the rest of this season. I have compiled the stats now through week 13 and you can see them in the table below as I have them broken down by offense and defense with the differential in the last column. The Pittsburgh Steelers have now climbed up to 3rd place overall in the rankings of this stat with their week 13 blow-out win over the Cincinnati Bengals. They now own Read more [...]

The Monday night game is now over and I have the TOX stats from week 13 below. The plus 2 number recovered from the hit it took last week as it went 11-1 this week with the Buffalo Bills being the lone team to lose. Year to date in head to head games the plus 2 teams are now 103-26 and gets the winning percentage back to the expected 80% number. Teams with a mere positive TOX stat went 12-3 this week. Teams with a positive turnover differential went an amazing 14-0 overall this week and teams with a positive explosive play differential went 11-3 this week. The Pittsburgh Steelers continue Read more [...]

Below are the Steelers coverage stats for the week 13 Sunday win against the Cincinnati Bengals. These stats are broken down by play and include down and distance, line of scrimmage, direction, yards gained, yards after catch, personnel the offense used, defensive package, number of pass rushers and whether or not the defense blitzed on the play. The Steelers defense held both Andy Dalton and Bruce Gradkowski under a 50% completion rate on the day. 5 of the 14 completions were of the screen variety. The secondary also allowed only 2 explosive plays of 20 yards or more on the afternoon, with Read more [...]

According to the latest post by STATS, Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger currently has the league’s second highest passer rating on play action passes (130.7) to go along with 8 touchdown passes and 0 interceptions. Roethlisberger is second only to Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers in passer rating, as Rodgers boast a 145.3 passer rating to go along with a stat line of 12 touchdowns and 1 interception. PLAYER COMP ATT COMP % YDS YPA TD INT RATING Aaron Rodgers 57 84 68% 1074 12.8 12 1 145.3 Read more [...]

It has been a while since I checked up on the adjusted net yards per passing attempt differential stat so I decided to research it and post the results. adjusted net yards per passing attempt differential is the difference of the adjusted yards per passing attempt on offense versus that allowed on defense. To get a true adjusted yards per passing attempt stat, we use the formula explained in a book called The Hidden Game of Football. That formula, as explained on Pro Football Reference, is: (pass yards + 20*(pass TD) - 45*(interceptions thrown) - sack yards)/(passing attempts + sacks). We do this Read more [...]

Week 12 is now in the books and I have compiled the TOX numbers for the week and we had the stat take a hit as teams with a plus 2 TOX went 7-4 overall for a low 64% win rate. The Dolphins, Jaguars, Eagles and Rams all bucked the stat this week. Year to date in head to head games the plus 2 teams are 92-25 and dips the winning percentage down to 79%, just 1% less than the expected 80% number. Teams with a mere positive TOX stat went 9-5 this week. Teams with a positive turnover differential went 8-5 overall and teams with a positive explosive play differential went 10-5 this week. The Read more [...]

Below are the Steelers coverage stats for the week 12 Sunday night game against the Kansas City Chiefs. These stats are broken down by play and include down and distance, line of scrimmage, direction, yards gained, yards after catch, personnel the offense used, defensive package, number of pass rushers and whether or not the defense blitzed on the play. The Steelers defense allowed a 64% completion rate on the night, but 8 of those 18 completions of Tyler Palko were of the screen variety that were caught at or behind the line of scrimmage. This is why there are so many N/A listed in coverage Read more [...]

Below are the Steelers formation & personnel rushing and passing stats from the week 10 game against the Cincinnati Bengals along with the year to date formation stats through the first 10 games of the 2011 season. I always like to disclaimer that formations are a little tricky as charters will count a wide receiver or tight end that line up in an h-back spot as a running back. I have been including the personnel stats along with these the last few weeks to help better paint a picture of both formation and personnel. 3 tight end personnel groupings did not have a good game as far as the Read more [...]

I was fooling around with some passing stats tonight, and more specifically first down stats, when I came across the stats for Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on 1st down and 10 this season. Heading into this season Roethlisberger has been a good career passer on 1st and 10 by registering a 63.3% completion ratio and a healthy 8.6 yards per attempt. His passer rating heading into this season on that down and distance was 92.3. This year though through the first 10 games of the 2011 season Roethlisberger is way off his usual self on 1st and 10 as he has just a 58.4% completion percentage Read more [...]

Before we get too far past the Steelers bye week, I thigh I would post an updated penalty report through the Steelers first 10 games of the 2011 season. The Steelers have been flagged a total of 70 times through the first 10 games for 519 yards in penalties. The most common penalty of course is offensive holding and false starts as they account for 25 of the 70 penalties. Ike Taylor leads the Steelers team and defense with 6 penalties. Jonathan Scott leads the offense with 5 penalties. In the tables below, they are broken down by game, by penalty and by player. The stats include declined penalties, Read more [...]

Week 11 is complete and all 32 teams have now had their bye weeks. I have compiled the TOX stats for this past week and teams with a plus 2 TOX went 5-1 overall. The Panthers were the lone team not to win despite their plus 4 TOX against the Lions. Year to date in head to head games the plus 2 teams are 85-21 and that keeps the winning percentage at 80% still on the year. Teams with a mere positive TOX stat went 10-2 this week. Teams with a positive turnover differential went 11-2 overall and teams with a positive explosive play differential went 3-6 this week. I have reconciled my year Read more [...]