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Offensive Hog Index through Week 11
Cold, Hard Football Facts for November 18, 2008
ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE HOG INDEX
The Offensive Hog Index is our effort to quantify which team has the best offensive line in football.
This isn't rocket science, folks. The Offensive Hog Index simply looks at at each team in three major, easy-to-understand categories and ranks them by average in these categories.
The top offensive line is that which posts the highest average rating across the board. The Offensive Hog Index is based upon these criteria:
YPA – Yards Per Attempt. So simple, even you can understand it. This rates a team's ability to run the ball effectively.
NPP% – Negative Pass Plays, expressed as a percentage. This is how often a team's pass plays end in either a sack or interception. The theory is that teams with poor offensive lines generally surrender more sacks (duh!) and that their quarterbacks are forced into making bad throws more often. These negative pass plays are calculated as a percentage of attempts. So if a team suffers two sacks and throws two INTs in 40 pass plays, their NPP% will be 10 percent (4/40).
3down% – Success rate on third down – the higher the percentage, the greater the offensive success and the better the offensive line.
OFFENSIVE HOG INDEX UPDATE
The Giants shredded the league's best run defense Sunday, steamrolling the Ravens with 207 yards on the ground in a 30-10 win at the Meadowlands ... yet they tumbled out of the No. 1 spot in our Offensive Hog Index.
The new No. 1 Broncos don't run the ball nearly as well as the Giants, but Denver is actually better on third down, and they commit fewer negative pass plays (sacks, INTs). It adds up to a unit that's better across the board than any other in football right now.
But rest assured, folks: if the Giants played the Broncos, it would probably be the biggest mismatch of a bloodbath since CHFF flattened Ron Borges. For all their traditional greatness on the offensive line, the Broncos this year are tied for 30th ( with the Lions!) in our Defensive Hog Index, and one of the worst teams in the league stopping the run (they allow 4.88 YPA). The Giants, meanwhile, average 5.27 YPA, among the 10 best rushing averages in history).
If the Giants humiliated the great Ravens run defense like they did on Sunday, they might re-write the record books against the Broncos. But it would take a Super Bowl appearance by both teams for us to see it happen.
Offensive Hog Index (through Week 11)
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Team |
YPA |
rank |
NPP% |
rank |
3down% |
rank |
AVG |
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1 |
Broncos |
4.46 |
6 |
5.0 |
3 |
46.8 |
5 |
4.7 |
|
2 |
Giants |
5.27 |
1 |
6.0 |
8 |
45.5 |
7 |
5.3 |
|
3 |
Cowboys |
4.44 |
7 |
8.8 |
17 |
47.3 |
3 |
9.0 |
|
4 |
Texans |
4.54 |
4 |
10.6 |
23 |
47.5 |
2 |
9.7 |
|
5 |
Falcons |
4.42 |
9 |
6.1 |
9 |
43.0 |
12 |
10.0 |
|
6 |
Saints |
3.66 |
28 |
4.7 |
2 |
47.2 |
4 |
11.3 |
|
7 |
Colts |
3.47 |
30 |
5.1 |
4 |
47.7 |
1 |
11.7 |
|
8 |
Buccaneers |
4.1 |
18 |
5.1 |
5 |
41.7 |
14 |
12.3 |
|
9 |
Jets |
4.44 |
8 |
9.4 |
19 |
44.1 |
10 |
12.5 |
|
10 |
Redskins |
4.65 |
2 |
8.6 |
16 |
36.4 |
21 |
13.0 |
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11t |
Titans |
3.96 |
23 |
4.0 |
1 |
36.7 |
20 |
14.7 |
|
11t |
Chiefs |
4.55 |
3 |
10.0 |
22 |
38.5 |
19 |
14.7 |
|
13 |
Chargers |
3.82 |
25 |
7.7 |
14 |
46.1 |
6 |
15.0 |
|
14 |
Patriots |
4.18 |
15 |
10.7 |
24 |
44.4 |
8 |
15.7 |
|
15t |
Ravens |
3.98 |
21 |
9.4 |
20 |
44.3 |
9 |
16.7 |
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15t |
Packers |
3.97 |
22 |
7.8 |
15 |
41.9 |
13 |
16.7 |
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17t |
Panthers |
4.36 |
11 |
7.6 |
13 |
34.9 |
27 |
17.0 |
|
17t |
Jaguars |
4.13 |
16 |
9.2 |
18 |
39.6 |
17 |
17.0 |
|
17t |
Eagles |
3.99 |
20 |
5.9 |
7 |
35.1 |
24 |
17.0 |
|
17t |
Browns |
4.12 |
17 |
5.8 |
6 |
34.6 |
28 |
17.0 |
|
21 |
Dolphins |
4.2 |
14 |
7.2 |
12 |
35.0 |
26 |
17.3 |
|
22 |
Cardinals |
3.45 |
32 |
6.2 |
10 |
44.1 |
10 |
17.5 |
|
23 |
Vikings |
4.47 |
5 |
11.9 |
26 |
35.5 |
22 |
17.7 |
|
24 |
Bears |
3.78 |
26 |
6.9 |
11 |
38.9 |
18 |
18.3 |
|
25 |
Seahawks |
4.21 |
13 |
9.9 |
21 |
31.0 |
29 |
21.0 |
|
26 |
49ers |
4.38 |
10 |
13.2 |
30 |
35.0 |
25 |
21.7 |
|
27 |
Bills |
3.76 |
27 |
11.3 |
25 |
40.7 |
15 |
22.3 |
|
28 |
Raiders |
4.31 |
12 |
12.8 |
29 |
22.1 |
32 |
24.3 |
|
29 |
Rams |
4.06 |
19 |
12.3 |
27 |
30.5 |
30 |
25.3 |
|
30 |
Steelers |
3.62 |
29 |
13.6 |
32 |
39.7 |
16 |
25.7 |
|
31 |
Bengals |
3.46 |
31 |
12.6 |
28 |
35.1 |
23 |
27.3 |
|
32 |
Lions |
3.83 |
24 |
13.4 |
31 |
29.2 |
31 |
28.7 |
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