Final 2009 Defensive Passer Rating

Data is accurate through the end of the 2009 season. The Saints provided the most obvious example of the importance of Defensive Passer Rating in 2009.

 

Most pigskin "pundits" looked at New Orleans and saw a pass defense that ranked a mere 26th, because they surrendered a whopping 3,961 yards. Many of these "pundits" assumed, then, that the Saints were vulnerable against Peyton Manning and the Colts in Super Bowl XLIV.

 

But we looked at Defensive Passer Rating and saw one of the best pass-defense units in football. As a result, we told you this defense would make a big play against Manning and that the Saints would win the Super Bowl. You know what happened: New Orleans DB Tracy Porter nabbed a pick-six in the fourth quarter to salt away a 31-17 Saints Super Bowl win.

 

Remember, follow our Quality Stats, and they'll almost always lead you down Porter's path: that's right, straight to the pigskin promised land.

 

	Team	Att	Comp	%	Yds	YPA	TD	Int	Rating
1	N.Y. Jets	501	259	51.7	2,704	5.4	8	17	58.84
2	Buffalo	519	295	56.84	3,137	6.04	14	28	61.15
3	New Orleans	574	330	57.49	3,961	6.9	15	26	68.58
4	Green Bay	540	294	54.44	3,450	6.39	29	30	68.83
5	Carolina	495	305	61.62	3,249	6.56	14	22	71.69
6	Baltimore	524	306	58.4	3,506	6.69	17	22	71.95
7	Cincinnati	547	318	58.13	3,486	6.37	18	19	73.58
8	Denver	510	298	58.43	3,222	6.32	18	17	74.98
9	San Francisco	580	352	60.69	3,963	6.83	14	18	76.24
10	Arizona	593	346	58.35	3,998	6.74	22	21	76.41
11	Philadelphia	580	354	61.03	3,778	6.51	27	25	77.64
12	Indianapolis	583	372	63.81	3,631	6.23	19	16	80.64
13	New England	512	300	58.59	3,598	7.03	25	18	81.82
14	Houston	548	344	62.77	3,674	6.7	19	14	83.24
15	Pittsburgh	549	320	58.29	3,761	6.85	22	12	83.45
16	Dallas	572	344	60.14	3,874	6.77	19	11	83.48
17	San Diego	534	326	61.05	3,569	6.68	23	14	84.24
18	Washington	512	315	61.52	3,557	6.95	19	11	85.72
19	Miami	489	281	57.46	3,996	8.17	23	15	86.92
20	Kansas City	509	302	59.33	3,844	7.55	25	15	87.09
21	Tampa Bay	482	301	62.45	3,484	7.23	28	19	87.18
22	Atlanta	537	336	62.57	4,043	7.53	25	15	89.47
23	Oakland	437	259	59.27	3,531	8.08	16	8	89.72
24	Cleveland	526	313	59.51	4,149	7.89	22	10	90.56
25	Tennessee	603	403	66.83	4,355	7.22	31	20	91.19
26	Chicago	531	341	64.22	3,654	6.88	29	13	92.27
27	Minnesota	535	341	63.74	3,812	7.12	26	11	92.52
28	Seattle	568	374	65.84	4,112	7.24	27	13	93.43
29	N.Y. Giants	498	314	63.05	3,662	7.35	31	13	95.14
30	Jacksonville	510	345	67.65	3,853	7.55	28	15	95.98
31	St. Louis	491	315	64.16	3,913	7.97	22	8	96.9
32	Detroit	546	372	68.13	4,404	8.07	36	9	107.58