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Arizona Cardinals Defensive Rank

 

            Here's a break down of the top 15 teams on defense and where the Cardinals rank. I came up with an interesting stat which you can see in the first column under "AVG". This is the average rank of all the top categories including total yards, yards per game, passing yards, pass yards per game, rushing yards, rush yards per game, total points and points per game. I took the top 15 teams and where they rank in each category, and averaged them out. It's pretty interesting and much more efficient then just going by total yards which can be misleading. The Cards rounded out at 13th. The team they play on Thursday, the Eagles, took number 7 overall. Pittsburgh finished number 1 in each category, very impressive. I will release the same style of stats for offense later today.

 

Team AVG Total Yards PPG
1 Pittsburgh 1.00 2589 14.5
2 Baltimore 3.25 2885 17.0
3 Washington 4.75 2992 18.1
4 Tampa Bay 5.25 3022 16.4
5 NY Giants 6.00 3029 18.1
6 Tennessee 7.75 3227 15.0
7 Philadelphia 8.00 3175 20.8
8 Carolina 11.00 3322 18.2
9 Dallas 12.25 3240 22.8
10 Minnesota 12.50 3288 22.4
11 New England 12.75 3476 20.2
12 NY Jets 13.75 3491 21.3
13 Arizona 14.25 3319 24.1
14 Jacksonville 15.25 3508 21.8
15 Chicago 15.25 3574 21.3