Hogan may rank 11th in the Pac - 12 in
passing yards per game, but he owns the conference's fourth - best efficiency rating among quarterbacks.
Although former MVP Drew Brees ranks second in the league in
passing yards per game, his QB rating ranks just 17th — putting him in the bottom half of all signal callers.
Rob Ryan's defense is allowing 292.2
passing yards per game and has allowed at least 26 - points in every game this season.
Denver currently ranks 25th in the league in
passing yards per game (225.2), while their defense has allowed the second fewest points against per game (17.2).
We should also point out that the Giants defense has allowed a league - high 314.5
passing yards per game, which should mean big things for Ryan Tannehill and the Dolphins offense.
Georgia ranks second in the nation in pass yards per attempt allowed (5.6), which should come in handy against an Oklahoma offense that ranks first overall in yards per attempt (12.0) and third in
passing yards per game (367.4) yards.
Next up is a Ravens defense that has allowed an additional 9.8 real points and 71
passing yards per game in six outings without No. 1 cornerback Jimmy Smith (Achilles, IR) since the beginning of last season.
BC: I remember even a decade later, when I was in high school, my school was averaging like 160
passing yards per game, and that was big.
Minnesota averaged 164.6 yards per game on the ground (second in the NFL), but only 171.9
passing yards per game (31st).
Last season, Matt Ryan passed for 4,177 yards and 29 touchdowns (good for 261
passing yards per game) while Manning was sidelined with his neck injury.
The Broncos put together the No. 1 passing offense ever, with 340.3
passing yards per game on average.
Baltimore harassed Ryan Tannehill into one of his worst performances of the year last weekend and has held opponents to just 222
passing yards per game in 2016.
Hubenak averaged more than 500
passing yards per game at Cam Newton's junior college.
Despite Hill's struggles, the Bengals» offense continues to hum along, ranking 11th in rushing yards and seventh in
passing yards per game.
Clearly, Miami is focused on boosting its passing attack, which ranked No. 26 in the NFL in
passing yards per game in 2012 (198.8).
Bears rookie Orton is the NFL's 32nd - rated passer (60.2) and is averaging 132.5
passing yards per game.
New Orleans» pass defense was one of the worst in the NFL in 2012, ranking 31st in opposing
passing yards per game.
The battle to watch will be the one between Luck and the Baltimore secondary, which has allowed 258.75
passing yards per game.
The 2017 No. 5 overall pick is in a prime position to bounce back against a Texans defense that's allowed an additional 6.1 points per game and 75.3
passing yards per game since losing J.J. Watt (leg, IR) and Whitney Mercilus (pec, IR) in Week 5.
Not exact matches
Washington is the third - worst
pass defense in the league, giving up 288
yards through the air
per game.
Yet it would be hard to fault Cowboys fans for wanting reassurance that the principles that produced last fall's eye - popping numbers — 44.2 points
per game, Weeden's 4,277
passing yards, wideout Justin Blackmon's 20 TD catches — would remain intact.
After a steady 3 - 0 start to the season, which featured McCaffrey grinding out 5.5
yards per carry and shouldering a major load, McCaffrey slowed down dramatically, and the
passing game couldn't pick the offense up.
Translation: The Steelers should dominate this
game in the trenches on
passing downs, which we should see plenty of since the Bengals can not run the ball (3.2
yards per carry, 31st in the NFL).
Both have averaged over 200 rushing
yards per game and rank in the bottom 25 in
pass attempts in the country.
Notre Dame has a little bit more of a
passing game than Navy does, but still relies heavily on the running
game, as their 303
yards per game ranks sixth in the country.
They have picked off eight
passes and are allowing just 2.8
yards per carry and 65 rushing
yards per game (also second).
Kitna, property of the Seattle Seahawks, leads the WLAF in
passing yardage (265.6
per game) and touchdowns (13), and is even fourth in rushing (43.3
yards per game).
Detroit is still a dangerous threat, however, with a
passing game that ranks first in the league, averaging 312.5
yards through the air
per contest.
The Orange own the 21st - ranked
passing offense in the nation, led by quarterback Ryan Nassib, who averages more than 301
yards per game.
With the Raiders emphasizing the
passing game this season, Garner suffered a drop - off in rushing production (839
yards and a 4.0 average
per carry, compared with 1,142 and 4.4 in 2000), but he was most valuable in the way that Gruden said he would be: His 72 catches were a career high.
In his final
game as Utah's quarterback, Travis Wilson averaged 2.8
yards per pass attempt (including sacks).
Clemson averaged just 6.1
yards per play for the
game (which is indeed worthy of a «just» for Clemson) and Tajh Boyd completed just 60 percent of his
passes and averaged just 3.6
yards per carry (not including a sack).
San Francisco's defensive unit ranked fourth in the NFL in
passing defense, limiting opposing quarterbacks to just 200.2
yards per game, while also ranking fourth in rushing defense, holding teams to 94.2
yards per game.
They can
pass the hell out of the ball with Derek Carr throwing darts to Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree and Latavius Murray looks like the real deal, averaging 4.6
yards per carry this year in leading the run
game.
Through three
games Jackson ranks third in the nation in
yards per pass attempted (11.1) and No. 5 in
yards per rush (9.5), while his 18 TDs through the team's first three
games ties the record.
In two playoff
games, Wilson completed 62.9 % of his
passes for 572
yards and three touchdowns, averaging over nine
yards per attempt.
Seattle's
passing offense under Wilson ranked No. 27 in the NFL, averaging just 189.4
yards per game.
Jackson was a key piece of a fun, all - or - nothing run
game — he averaged 7.8
yards per non-sack carry — but he took sacks on one of every 10
pass attempts and completed 56 percent of his
passes with 10 touchdowns to eight interceptions.
In those
games, quarterback Treon Harris has completed just 28 of his 62
passes (45 percent) and thrown for only 4.8
yards per attempt.
The Patriots allowed just 237.9
passing yards and 15.6 points
per game this season, but Jones thinks that doesn't matter.
Thanks to an offensive line that reduced the Cavaliers» dangerous
pass rush to a distant distraction and a defense that limited Virginia's rushing attack (ranked fifth in the nation, with 275.0
yards per game) to just 20
yards, Florida State turned in the dominating performance it had been looking for since a season - opening loss to Miami.
Luck has the Colts rolling through the air to the tune of 328.67
yards passing per game.
The Bears are putting up 353.6 total
yards per game and have the No. 11
passing offense in the league.
1997 statistics Rutgers Opponents Points
per game 10.6 46.0 Third - quarter points 0 89 Completion percentage 43.8 59.9
Yards per pass attempt 4.8 10.8 Rushing
yards per game 99 265
Yards per rush 2.8 5.0 Total
yards per game 334.0 503.8 Punts 50 22 Minutes with the lead 37:08 322:52
In 28 career
games, he has completed 52.7 percent of his
passes for 6.7
yards per attempt, with 42 touchdowns against 19 interceptions.
And even when Sims completed 75 percent of his
passes (13.5
yards per completion) with four touchdowns and one interception in the first three
games, while Coker was less efficient in a backup role, we continued to pretend like the race was nearly even.
Fresno State was 6 - 1 when he caught at least six
passes and 4 - 0, averaging 43 points
per game, when he crossed 100
yards.
Focus on the
pass, and the running
game (which averaged over 150 rushing
yards per game during the regular season) will make you pay.
Now, a lot of the yardage was housed in big plays — Perine's Opportunity Rate was still only 41 percent while Ross» was 38 percent — and the
passing game wasn't incredible (Trevor Knight: 7.1
yards per pass attempt).
The
passing game improved — Skipper completed 56 percent of his
passes at 16.1
yards per completion — but he took far more sacks, and after a transcendent burst, freshman running back Shamari Brooks broke his collar bone.