Final 2005 Defensive Passer Rating

 

Most "pundits" rank pass defenses by total pass yards allowed. But total pass yards allowed is a meaningless stat that has no correlation to winning football games.

 

Defensive passer rating is a much more effective way to rank pass defenses because it has a much more direct correlation to winning football games.

2005 defensive passer ratings (playoff teams in bold italics)

Team	%	Yards	YPP	TDs	INTs	Rating
Chicago	56.9	3,147	5.72	10	24	61.2
Carolina	57.8	3,351	6.35	15	23	68.0
Washington	54.4	3,318	6.20	15	16	70.1
Denver	56.1	3,833	6.25	20	20	72.2
Cincinnati	62.4	3,749	7.22	21	31	72.8
N.Y. Jets	61.3	2,948	6.37	17	21	73.1
Tampa Bay	57.8	3,158	6.63	15	17	73.5
Pittsburgh	57.4	3,480	6.34	15	15	74.0
Dallas	54.7	3,319	6.71	18	15	75.1
Minnesota	59.8	3,539	6.64	23	24	75.2
N.Y. Giants	56.7	3,852	6.64	20	17	76.3
Baltimore	56.3	3,228	6.14	18	12	76.4
Seattle	58.0	3,861	6.76	18	16	77.4
Detroit	60.6	3,305	6.79	19	19	77.6
Jacksonville	59.1	3,223	6.69	22	19	78.0
Cleveland	59.2	3,009	6.39	19	15	78.2
Atlanta	60.8	3,394	6.45	18	16	78.4
Arizona	61.8	3,314	6.78	17	15	80.6
Buffalo	62.4	3,560	7.08	19	17	82.1
Philadelphia	59.0	3,507	6.97	24	17	82.2
Kansas City	58.1	3,862	6.91	25	16	82.3
Miami	58.8	3,682	6.71	23	14	82.4
Indianapolis	67.4	3,469	6.82	17	18	83.0
San Diego	59.6	3,888	6.86	20	10	84.7
New Orleans	57.7	3,014	7.21	20	10	86.2
Green Bay	58.6	2,876	6.69	22	10	87.8
New England	56.2	3,929	7.45	25	10	87.8
St. Louis	61.9	3,619	7.14	26	13	89.8
Oakland	60.9	3,481	7.16	18	5	90.7
San Francisco	64.9	4,620	8.02	28	16	94.2
Houston	64.8	3,727	7.95	24	7	100.0
Tennessee	63.0	3,462	7.37	33	9	100.7

** The NFL subtracts sack yardage from a team's total yardage figure when determining overall pass defense rankings. Coach Troup's system does not subtract sack yardage by a defense. Look at it this way: Yardage lost via sack is not counted against a quarterback's passer rating. Couch Troup does not count sack yardage in favor of the defense. You can quibble. But, at the end of the day, teams that get a lot of pressure on the QB are ultimately going to end up with superior defensive passer ratings anyway, whether this yardage is taken into account or not. Deal with it. Another shot of bourbon might help.