Ian Allan
A couple of surprise teams from last year, when it came to passing the ball around the goal line:
The Browns and Chargers. Neither were as effective passing the ball as you might think – at least when their teams were inside the 10-yard line.
San Diego, with Philip Rivers handling almost all of the quarterbacking, completed only 11 of 35 passes in that area.
Cleveland, with Derek Anderson taking over during the first game, completed only 17 of 43 passes, with 2 interceptions.
Only two other teams completed less than 40 percent of their passes in that area, and both have young quarterbacks who haven’t arrived yet as passers – Minnesota and Tennessee.
The Bills shockingly rank No. 1 on this list (which is ordered by completion percentage), but they attempted only 10 passes in that area.
We’ll explore this area of the field more in late June and early July, when I’m not as busy getting the magazine completed.
Passing inside the 10-yard line
(numbers include completion percentage, completions, attempts, interceptions, yards and scores. “TDs” includes both touchdown passes and thrown scores on 2-point conversions):
Comp% Team (Com-Att-Int-Yd)
66.7% Buffalo (12-18-0-51) 7 TDs
65.0% Arizona (26-40-0-103) 20 TDs
63.3% Houston (19-30-0-96) 15 TDs
62.7% New Orleans (32-51-0-98) 18 TDs
61.7% New England (37-60-0-163) 24 TDs
61.1% San Francisco (11-18-0-59) 6 TDs
59.5% Pittsburgh (22-37-1-95) 15 TDs
58.1% Cincinnati (18-31-0-81) 13 TDs
57.9% Indianapolis (22-38-0-113) 17 TDs
57.7% Tampa Bay (15-26-0-44) 8 TDs
56.8% Dallas (21-37-2-94) 13 TDs
56.3% Green Bay (18-32-0-83) 13 TDs
56.0% Detroit (14-25-2-83) 8 TDs
56.0% St. Louis (14-25-2-43) 9 TDs
55.8% Jacksonville (24-43-1-111) 15 TDs
53.3% Denver (16-30-0-68) 11 TDs
52.2% Miami (12-23-0-48) 5 TDs
51.9% Oakland (14-27-0-62) 9 TDs
51.4% NY Giants (19-37-1-105) 14 TDs
50.0% Carolina (12-24-1-52) 9 TDs
48.0% Washington (12-25-0-55) 8 TDs
45.2% Philadelphia (19-42-1-90) 11 TDs
44.0% Atlanta (11-25-1-68) 9 TDs
42.9% Kansas City (6-14-0-33) 5 TDs
41.9% Seattle (13-31-0-54) 9 TDs
41.0% NY Jets (16-39-3-65) 10 TDs
40.7% Chicago (11-27-2-27) 7 TDs
40.0% Baltimore (12-30-3-49) 6 TDs
39.5% Cleveland (17-43-2-71) 15 TDs
37.5% Tennessee (6-16-1-9) 2 TDs
35.7% Minnesota (5-14-3-24) 5 TDs
31.4% San Diego (11-35-0-50) 7 TDs
—Ian Allan
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