Here's a break down of the top 15 teams on defense and where the Cardinals rank. I came up with an interesting stat which you can see in the first column under "AVG". This is the average rank of all the top categories including total yards, yards per game, passing yards, pass yards per game, rushing yards, rush yards per game, total points and points per game. I took the top 15 teams and where they rank in each category, and averaged them out. It's pretty interesting and much more efficient then just going by total yards which can be misleading. The Cards rounded out at 13th. The team they play on Thursday, the Eagles, took number 7 overall. Pittsburgh finished number 1 in each category, very impressive. I will release the same style of stats for offense later today.

 

	Team	AVG	Total Yards	PPG
1	Pittsburgh	1.00	2589	14.5
2	Baltimore	3.25	2885	17.0
3	Washington	4.75	2992	18.1
4	Tampa Bay	5.25	3022	16.4
5	NY Giants	6.00	3029	18.1
6	Tennessee	7.75	3227	15.0
7	Philadelphia	8.00	3175	20.8
8	Carolina	11.00	3322	18.2
9	Dallas	12.25	3240	22.8
10	Minnesota	12.50	3288	22.4
11	New England	12.75	3476	20.2
12	NY Jets	13.75	3491	21.3
13	Arizona	14.25	3319	24.1
14	Jacksonville	15.25	3508	21.8
15	Chicago	15.25	3574	21.3

// Click here to read the rest from Revenge Of The Birds

November 26th, 2008 3:04 PM

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