Comparing contenders via Quality Stats: Saints still No. 1, Ravens suprisingly stout

Cold, Hard Football Facts for Jan 04, 2010

Here's a look at how each postseason contender fared in each of our Quality Stats this year.

The Saints, as you might imagine from their dominance for most of the year, finish the year No. 1 in three individual indicators and with the best across-the-board average.

Surprisingly, in a CHFF first, a No. 6 seed finished with the best average in their conference (Baltimore in the AFC).

Among our stats, our newest indicator, Passer Rating Differential, proved the most likely to identify playoff teams. The playoff contenders, on average, ranked 7.6 in this indicator. That's impressive when you consider the lowest possible average of 12 teams is 6.5.

We'll have a full breakdown of each team shortly. For an initial look at the AFC contenders, check out our Cold, Hard Football Facts column this week on Boston's WEEI.com.

2009 Postseason Contenders

	Bend	Score	PYPA	DPR	PRD	OHI	DHI	AVG
New Orleans	9	1	2	3	1	1	15	4.6
Baltimore	3	8	13	6	4	6	7	6.7
Green Bay	18	4	10	4	2	10	1	7.0
Dallas	1	25	5	16	9	3	8	9.6
New England	4	12	6	13	10	6	18	9.9
Indianapolis	5	6	4	12	5	8	30	10.0
Minnesota	15	3	8	27	6	9	3	10.1
Philadelphia	20	5	11	11	8	16	2	10.4
San Diego	14	2	1	17	3	13	26	10.9
Arizona	8	10	12	10	11	18	10	11.3
N.Y. Jets	7	11	21	1	17	20	4	11.6
Cincinnati	12	19	20	7	15	16	11	14.3
Average	9.7	8.8	9.4	10.6	7.6	10.5	11.3

By Kerry Byrne

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