We introduced Passer Rating Differential at the start of the 2009 season, knowing that success in the passing efficiency game almost always led to success on the football field.
We needed a way to quantify our belief, and Passer Rating Differential turned into the home run we thought it would: the No. 1 team in the indicator went on to win the Super Bowl. The Saints were the best team in football last year because they were the best team, on both sides of the ball, in the passing battles.
Final 2009 Passer Rating Differential
| |
Team |
Off. PR |
Def. PR |
Net |
| 1 |
New Orleans |
106.02 |
68.58 |
+37.44 |
| 2 |
Green Bay |
101.78 |
68.83 |
+32.95 |
| 3 |
San Diego |
103.13 |
84.24 |
+18.89 |
| 4 |
Baltimore |
87.35 |
71.95 |
+15.41 |
| 5 |
Indianapolis |
95.43 |
80.64 |
+14.80 |
| 6 |
Minnesota |
107.25 |
92.52 |
+14.73 |
| 7 |
Pittsburgh |
98.13 |
83.45 |
+14.68 |
| 8 |
Philadelphia |
92.05 |
77.64 |
+14.40 |
| 9 |
Dallas |
97.56 |
83.48 |
+14.08 |
| 10 |
New England |
95.55 |
81.82 |
+13.73 |
| 11 |
Arizona |
89.65 |
76.41 |
+13.24 |
| 12 |
Houston |
96.26 |
83.24 |
+13.02 |
| 13 |
Buffalo |
71.71 |
61.15 |
+10.56 |
| 14 |
Denver |
84.41 |
74.98 |
+9.43 |
| 15 |
Cincinnati |
82.74 |
73.58 |
+9.16 |
| 16 |
San Francisco |
80.78 |
76.24 |
+4.54 |
| 17 |
N.Y. Jets |
62.2 |
58.84 |
+3.37 |
| 18 |
Washington |
85.55 |
85.72 |
-0.17 |
| 19 |
Carolina |
70.45 |
71.69 |
-1.24 |
| 20 |
N.Y. Giants |
93.15 |
95.14 |
-1.99 |
| 21 |
Atlanta |
80.42 |
89.47 |
-9.05 |
| 22 |
Jacksonville |
83.16 |
95.98 |
-12.82 |
| 23 |
Miami |
73.31 |
86.92 |
-13.61 |
| 24 |
Kansas City |
70.85 |
87.09 |
-16.23 |
| 25 |
Tennessee |
74.89 |
91.19 |
-16.29 |
| 26 |
Chicago |
75.63 |
92.27 |
-16.65 |
| 27 |
Seattle |
76.73 |
93.43 |
-16.69 |
| 28 |
Tampa Bay |
59.83 |
87.18 |
-27.35 |
| 29 |
Oakland |
62.01 |
89.72 |
-27.71 |
| 30 |
St. Louis |
63.91 |
96.9 |
-32.99 |
| 31 |
Cleveland |
55.84 |
90.56 |
-34.72 |
| 32 |
Detroit |
58.14 |
107.58 |
-49.43 |
