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Welcome to this week’s Statpack. It’s our weekly look at leaderboards for our all-encompassing player value stat, Total Points, and some the stats that our operations team charts throughout the season. Plus, we give you a look at how each matchup this week stacks up with head-to-head comparisons of the teams for their different units.

You can download the full set of stats above. You will get the most out of this e-mail if you download and study the PDFs linked above and read our commentary below.

Total Points Leaderboards

Highlights from the leaderboards in our flagship stat, Total Points, which attempts to measure everything that happens on the field (if you’re new to this, there’s a full primer here):

Think of this as a guide to who the most valuable players at each position are, as well as a power ranking as to which teams are faring best in different aspects of play.

Top 10 Teams Overall

Top 5 Offenses

Top 5 Defenses

Total Points Leaders: Quarterbacks

Total Points Leaders: Running Backs

Total Points Leaders: Wide Receivers

Total Points Leaders: Defensive Ends

Total Points Leaders: Linebackers

Total Points Leaders: Cornerbacks

Total Points Leaders: Safeties

Note: These rankings are based on unrounded totals which virtually eliminates ties between players or teams.

* Even though they lost last week, the Chiefs rank 1st in overall Total Points per play and are the only team that rank top five in both offense and defense.

* Drake Maye has been receiving a lot of the attention, but the Patriots defense ranks 2nd in Total Points per play, leading them to rank 9th in overall Total Points per play.

* Patrick Mahomes is decisively the No. 1 quarterback in football in terms of Total Points (his 78 are 17 better than anyone else) and is leading the Chiefs to ranking 1st in passing Total Points per play.

* 2nd in team passing Total Points per play are the Rams, led by the No 1. receiver in terms of Total Points, Puka Nacua.

* If you want to see the Total Points leaders among offensive linemen, defensive tackles, linebackers, kickers, and punters, download the PDF within the e-mail.

Charting Leaderboards

Leaderboards in various statistical categories based on video review by our staff, including long passes, yards after contact, pressures, and pressures above expectations.

Most Completions, Pass Attempts 20+ Yards Downfield

Most Receptions, Targets 20+ Yards Downfield

Most Yards After Contact (Rushing)

Most QB Pressures

Most Pressures Above Expectation

Lowest Completion Percentage (Cornerbacks)

Fewest Yards per Cover Snap (Cornerbacks)

* Sam Darnold is on a heater with his deep passes. He leads the league in completion percentage, catchable percentage, and Individual Quarterback Rating (IQR) on passes thrown at least 20 yards downfield. The connection between him and Jaxon Smith-Njigba, who leads the league with nine receptions at least 20 yards downfield, has been lethal.

* Rico Dowdle has been on fire since taking the lead job in Carolina, leading the league with 436 yards after contact since Week 5.

* Joey Bosa has taken the lead with 14 pressures above expectation. He has been a fantastic addition to the Bills’ pass rush, which ranks 3rd in Total Points per play.

Matchups and Mismatches

When we look at matchups by unit and compare the teams playing a particular game, there are intriguing matchups and mismatches each week. The Total Points PDF has this for each game in the NFL in a given week.

You can also find much of this information at the SIS DataHub Pro.

Here are some things we noticed:

(All references to rankings are in the context of Total Points Per Play)

* A key matchup to watch for the Eagles-Packers game is in the trenches. The Eagles rank 5th in pass blocking while the Packers rank 6th in pass rush.

* On the other end of the spectrum, will be interesting to see which team wins out between the Saints’ pass blocking and the Panthers’ pass rush - both ranked last.

* The Giants will try to get home with their 7th-ranked pass rush against the Bears and their top three passing attack.

* The Chargers will look to get their 4th-ranked rushing attack going against the Steelers and their 26th-ranked run defense.

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