There are many ways to look at NFL stats in general; the easiest way of course is just to glance over the wins and loss columns, as it truly means more then individual or team stats. But digging a little deeper often times reveals which teams are heads and shoulders above the rest of the league or if a team can overcome a weakness by developing or improving on a strength.
So, what we did was take a look at an offensive lines ability or inability to protect a quarterback and how it affected there ability to make explosive plays in the passing game.
The first list of data is geared to see which teams fared better at protecting there respective signal callers. While it’s subjective in nature, we decided only to look at quarterback hits and sacks as quarterback pressures are harder to determine. So by taking the total amount of attempts per team and dividing them by the total number of sacks and quarterbacks hits to determine the pressure percentage each team’s offensive line gave up over the course of the 2009 season. We then divided the number of total pressure by the actual attempts to determine the number of times a quarterback could drop back before being sacked or hit.
| Offensive Line Protection | |||||||
| Rk | Team | Att | Sacks | QB Hits | Total | % | Per Att |
| 1 | Indianapolis Colts | 601 | 13 | 44 | 57 | 9% | 11 |
| 2 | Tennessee Titans | 476 | 15 | 44 | 59 | 12% | 8 |
| 3 | New Orleans Saints | 544 | 20 | 52 | 72 | 13% | 8 |
| 4 | New England Patriots | 592 | 18 | 70 | 88 | 15% | 7 |
| 5 | Atlanta Falcons | 570 | 27 | 59 | 86 | 15% | 7 |
| 6 | San Diego Chargers | 519 | 26 | 53 | 79 | 15% | 7 |
| 7 | Denver Broncos | 558 | 34 | 60 | 94 | 17% | 6 |
| 8 | Miami Dolphins | 545 | 34 | 63 | 97 | 18% | 6 |
| 9 | Cincinnati Bengals | 477 | 29 | 56 | 85 | 18% | 6 |
| 10 | Philadelphia Eagles | 553 | 38 | 62 | 100 | 18% | 6 |
| 11 | New York Giants | 542 | 32 | 74 | 106 | 20% | 5 |
| 12 | Houston Texans | 593 | 25 | 92 | 117 | 20% | 5 |
| 13 | Arizona Cardinals | 594 | 26 | 93 | 119 | 20% | 5 |
| 14 | Chicago Bears | 563 | 35 | 78 | 113 | 20% | 5 |
| 15 | Dallas Cowboys | 550 | 34 | 78 | 112 | 20% | 5 |
| 16 | Carolina Panthers | 465 | 33 | 62 | 95 | 20% | 5 |
| 17 | Cleveland Browns | 443 | 30 | 61 | 91 | 21% | 5 |
| 18 | New York Jets | 393 | 30 | 53 | 83 | 21% | 5 |
| 19 | Minnesota Vikings | 553 | 34 | 83 | 117 | 21% | 5 |
| 20 | Baltimore Ravens | 510 | 36 | 72 | 108 | 21% | 5 |
| 21 | Seattle Seahawks | 609 | 41 | 91 | 132 | 22% | 5 |
| 22 | San Francisco 49ers | 528 | 40 | 84 | 124 | 23% | 4 |
| 23 | Detroit Lions | 585 | 43 | 95 | 138 | 24% | 4 |
| 24 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 536 | 50 | 77 | 127 | 24% | 4 |
| 25 | Kansas City Chiefs | 536 | 45 | 83 | 128 | 24% | 4 |
| 26 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 524 | 33 | 95 | 128 | 24% | 4 |
| 27 | Green Bay Packers | 553 | 51 | 93 | 144 | 26% | 4 |
| 28 | St. Louis Rams | 543 | 44 | 98 | 142 | 26% | 4 |
| 29 | Washington Redskins | 533 | 46 | 95 | 141 | 26% | 4 |
| 30 | Oakland Raiders | 485 | 49 | 96 | 145 | 30% | 3 |
| 31 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 519 | 44 | 125 | 169 | 33% | 3 |
| 32 | Buffalo Bills | 441 | 46 | 103 | 149 | 34% | 3 |
| NFL Average | 532 | 34 | 76 | 111 | 21% | 5 | |
The second list of data is how explosive an offense was in the passing game. To determine the explosiveness of an offense’s passing attack we took the total number of 20 and 40 plus yard passing plays and divided them by the total number of attempts plus sacks.
| Explosive Passing Plays Percentage / Per Attempt | |||||||
| Rk | Team | Att | 20+ | 40+ | Total | % | Per Att |
| 1 | Miami Dolphins | 579 | 29 | 4 | 33 | 6% | 18 |
| 2 | St. Louis Rams | 587 | 32 | 2 | 34 | 6% | 17 |
| 3 | Cleveland Browns | 473 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 6% | 16 |
| 4 | Oakland Raiders | 534 | 30 | 4 | 34 | 6% | 16 |
| 5 | Seattle Seahawks | 650 | 39 | 6 | 45 | 7% | 14 |
| 6 | Detroit Lions | 628 | 39 | 6 | 45 | 7% | 14 |
| 7 | Atlanta Falcons | 597 | 39 | 5 | 44 | 7% | 14 |
| 8 | Buffalo Bills | 487 | 31 | 6 | 37 | 8% | 13 |
| 9 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 557 | 40 | 4 | 44 | 8% | 13 |
| 10 | Tennessee Titans | 491 | 32 | 8 | 40 | 8% | 12 |
| 11 | Cincinnati Bengals | 506 | 36 | 5 | 41 | 8% | 12 |
| 12 | Arizona Cardinals | 620 | 49 | 3 | 52 | 8% | 12 |
| 13 | San Francisco 49ers | 568 | 42 | 7 | 49 | 9% | 12 |
| 14 | New England Patriots | 610 | 43 | 12 | 55 | 9% | 11 |
| 15 | Denver Broncos | 592 | 43 | 9 | 52 | 9% | 11 |
| 16 | Kansas City Chiefs | 581 | 41 | 9 | 50 | 9% | 12 |
| 17 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 563 | 44 | 6 | 50 | 9% | 11 |
| 18 | Washington Redskins | 579 | 43 | 10 | 53 | 9% | 11 |
| 19 | Baltimore Ravens | 546 | 44 | 8 | 52 | 10% | 11 |
| 20 | Carolina Panthers | 498 | 39 | 10 | 49 | 10% | 10 |
| 21 | Chicago Bears | 598 | 56 | 6 | 62 | 10% | 10 |
| 22 | New York Jets | 423 | 37 | 8 | 45 | 11% | 9 |
| 23 | Indianapolis Colts | 614 | 62 | 8 | 70 | 11% | 9 |
| 24 | Minnesota Vikings | 587 | 55 | 13 | 68 | 12% | 9 |
| 25 | New Orleans Saints | 564 | 58 | 11 | 69 | 12% | 8 |
| 26 | Green Bay Packers | 604 | 55 | 17 | 72 | 12% | 8 |
| 27 | Houston Texans | 618 | 63 | 15 | 78 | 13% | 8 |
| 28 | New York Giants | 574 | 62 | 12 | 74 | 13% | 8 |
| 29 | Dallas Cowboys | 584 | 61 | 17 | 78 | 13% | 7 |
| 30 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 586 | 64 | 14 | 78 | 13% | 8 |
| 31 | San Diego Chargers | 545 | 67 | 13 | 80 | 15% | 7 |
| 32 | Philadelphia Eagles | 591 | 65 | 21 | 86 | 15% | 7 |
| NFL Average | 567 | 46 | 9 | 55 | 10% | 11 | |
The Bucs ranked 26th in pressure per pass attempt, allowing either a sack or quarterback hit once every four times they decided to drop back and pass the football and were ranked 9th worst in explosive passing plays per attempt with one every thirteenth attempt.
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