Cardinals Season by the Numbers

[jmcclain19]

Posted this over on AZPigskin.com earlier - but I thought I'd share it with everyone for some more discussion about the numbers.

OFFENSE
Rushing Yards Per Game - 66.9 - 32nd
Passing Yards Per Game - 213.9 - 13th
Total Yards Per Game - 280.7 - 27th
Third Down Conversions - 33 of 97 for 34% - 24th
Points Per Game - 17.1 - 24th

DEFENSE
Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game - 113.1 - 17th
Passing Yards Allowed Per Game - 225.0 - 24th
Total Yards Allowed Per Game - 338.1 - 23rd
Points Allowed Per Game - 23.6 - 24th

SPECIAL TEAMS
Average Kickoff Return - 22.1 - 18th
Average Punt Return - 9.8 - 13th
Average Punt - 43.6 Yards - 18th
Average Punt Return Allowed - 15.7 - 3rd
Total Net yards per Punt - 33.9 - 32nd
Field Goal Percentage - 12/18 for 66.7% - T-26th

TURNOVERS
Giveaways - 16 (9 INTs, 7 Fum)
Takeaways - 20 (9 INTs, 11 Fum)
+4 Differential is 4th in the NFC

PENALTIES
Total Penalties - 51 - 3rd
Total Penalty Yards - 362 - 7th

All stats were pulled from ESPN.com's NFL Stats page, and are current as of the morning of Oct 23rd.

So within the numbers - it's pretty plain to see that across the board - the Cardinals are really a bad football team.

In comparison to the rest of the league, there really isn't much the team is doing well this season.

On offense, the league bottom rushing attack drags down the slightly above average passing attack - for some dreadful Total Yards, PPG & 3rd Down Conversion numbers.

On defense, other than an average ability to stop the run - the defense team as a whole is well below average.

On Special Teams - Scott Player's average distance on punts is totally negated by an awful punt coverage team, meaning that the Cardinals are the worst in the NFL at moving the ball via the punt.

Neil Rackers accuracy problems put his FG% well near the bottom, despite being near the top of the league in attempts.
The Return game is average - with the Punt return team pushing slightly into above average territory.

The huge amount of defense takeaways, is really marred by the huge amount of offensive giveaways, even despite that the Cardinals rank 4th in the NFC in Differential.

Penalties this year have been dreary as well - with the team near the top in both penalties earned and yards lost.
As can be seen from the last time I did this rundown two weeks ago, the defense has improved - at least relative to the rest of the league - while the offense and special teams have taken a step back.

 

[jmcclain19]

And for reference sake, when I did this after week five - the stats looked like so

OFFENSE
Overall Offense - 291.0 yards per game - 22nd
Rushing Offense - 70.4 ypg - 31st
Passing Offense - 220.6 ypg - 10th
Scoring Offense - 17.6 points per game - T19th
First Downs - 92 total - 8th
3rd Down Conversions - 39.4% - 12th
4th Down Conversions - 100% - T1st

DEFENSE
Opponents Yards - 360.8 yards allowed per game - 27th
Rushing Yards - 123.4 yards allowed per game - 22nd
Passing Yards - 237.4 yards allowed per game - 29th
Points Per Game - 23.8 - 25th

PENALTIES
Total Penalties - 38 - 5th
Total Penalty Yards - 272 - 11th

SPECIAL TEAMS
Kickoff Returns - 22.3 per return - 17th
Punt Returns - 10.3 per return - 10th
Field Goals - 6 of 9 for 66.7% - T24th
Punting - 25 punts for a 42.4 average punt - 28th