Never ones to shy away from beating a dead horse, we have followed that trend out through Week 5. The table below shows the win-loss record for teams that won the YPA battle in each week.
| Week |
Won Game |
Win % |
| 1 |
11-5 |
68.8% |
| 2 |
12-4 |
75.0% |
| 3 |
7-9 |
43.8% |
| 4 |
9-5 |
64.3% |
| 5 |
8-6 |
57.1% |
| Total |
49-27 |
61.8% |
The last three weeks have not been proven the strength of YPA the way the first two weeks (and last season) did. In fact, Week 3 was the first slate in recent memory that YPA winners did not have a winning record. And, in Week 5, Chicago (with a 1.3 YPA) beat Carolina (1.7) in a game that did for the passing game what Keith Richards did for teetotalling.
