Final 2009 Passer Rating Differential

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.

 

	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