NFL First Quarter Team Report Cards

NFL First Quarter Team Report Cards

October 5, 2008

From the end of the Super Bowl through the NFL Draft and into the season, we tend to have an idea of how teams are supposed to perform. In the 2008 NFL season, we are seeing some teams that are making the grade where they are supposed to. For the most part, we have some that are overachieving and those “not applying themselves” as the teacher would say.

Let’s take a division-by-division look at the report cards for the first quarter of the 2008 season...

The grades come from where the teams place in the rankings for various statistical categories. Here is a peek at the "Top of the Class" for these, as well as links to the full report cards and comments.

Top of the Class Offense

Points Per Game: San Diego Chargers

Yards Per Game: Denver Broncos

Passing Yards Per Game: New Orleans Saints

Rushing Yards Per Game: Atlanta Falcons

Top of the Class Defense

Points Allowed Per Game: Tennessee Titans

Yards Allowed Per Game: Baltimore Ravens

Passing Yards Allowed Per Game: Baltimore Ravens

Rushing Yards Allowed Per Game: Philadelphia Eagles

AFC:

East|West|North|South

NFC:

East|West|North|South

In honor of our first quarter of classes, let’s have a look at the classic instructional video, Hot for Teacher, by Van Halen...