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2005 Team First-Down Tendencies

Everyone knows who produced fantasy points and who didn't. We're looking here for foundational stats that enable us to better assess whether bottom-line production was properly supported. If not, we revise 2006 rankings upward or downward depending on the stength or weakness of the supporting statistic.

Here, with team first-down tendencies, we're looking to see which teams are most aggressive passing the ball on first and 10, when the defense is most basic and the opportunites for big-passing plays are presumably greatest. We've ranked the teams from the highest percentage of first-down passes to the lowest. This is a better indicator of aggressiveness than strictly pass percentage because the score has less of a factor on these play calls, as first downs are more evenly distributed throughout the game.

 

2005 Play Selection - 1st & 10 (Ranked by Highest Pass %)


Rush
Pass
Rush
Pass
Rank
Team
Plays
Plays
Pct
Pct
1
Phi
169
246
40.7
59.3
2
StL
179
239
42.8
57.2
3
Oak
168
219
43.4
56.6
4
Ten
176
218
44.7
55.3
5
Ari
195
229
46
54
6
Min
177
201
46.8
53.2
7
NYJ
164
173
48.7
51.3
8
NE
196
205
48.9
51.1
9
KC
216
211
50.6
49.4
10
NO
209
204
50.6
49.4
11
GB
211
203
51
49
12
Cle
187
178
51.2
48.8
13
Det
182
168
52
48
14
Bal
212
189
52.9
47.1
15
Sea
229
197
53.8
46.2
16
Mia
211
175
54.7
45.3
17
Cin
226
187
54.7
45.3
18
Hou
197
160
55.2
44.8
19
Atl
222
180
55.2
44.8
20
Buf
193
155
55.5
44.5
21
Ind
227
180
55.8
44.2
22
Dal
237
186
56
44
23
SD
234
176
57.1
42.9
24
Car
218
159
57.8
42.2
25
Den
236
172
57.8
42.2
26
NYG
238
172
58
42
27
TB
221
154
58.9
41.1
28
Jac
240
161
59.9
40.1
29
SF
191
128
59.9
40.1
30
Chi
217
135
61.6
38.4
31
Was
258
145
64
36
32
Pit
258
131
66.3
33.7
 
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