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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 of 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.

* The Texans and Jaguars, two of the hottest teams in the league, rank 2nd and 3rd in defensive team Total Points Per Play respectively. The Texans field the highest ranked pass rush while the Jaguars rank 1st in pass coverage and 2nd in run defense.

* The Bears are the only team that rank in the top-10 in all three phases of the game in terms of Total Points Per Play, ranking 8th on offense and 10th for both defense and special teams. They are looking to win the NFC North for the first time since 2018.

* Puka Nacua is running away with the top spot among wideouts in Total Points, coming off a huge game with 12 catches, 225 yards, and two touchdowns. The receiving yards crown may go down to the wire, with Jaxon Smith-Njigba at 1637 yards and Nacua at 1592 yards with two games to go.

* 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

1. Matthew Stafford 33
2. Drake Maye 29
3. Dak Prescott 28
4. Sam Darnold 25
5. Bo Nix, Jordan Love 24

Most Receptions, Targets 20+ Yards Downfield

1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba 13
2. CeeDee Lamb, Puka Nacua 12
4. Zay Flowers, Tee Higgins, Courtland Sutton, George Pickens 10

Most Yards After Contact (Rushing)

1. Jonathan Taylor 1038
2. De'Von Achane 909
3. James Cook 853
4. Bijan Robinson 838
5. Derrick Henry 812

Most QB Pressures

1. Aidan Hutchinson 88
2. Will Anderson Jr. 84
3. Micah Parsons 79
4. Josh Hines-Allen, Jared Verse, Myles Garrett 73

Most Pressures Above Expectation

1. Jeffery Simmons 24.7
2. Myles Garrett 23.4
3. Micah Parsons 21.6
4. Will Anderson Jr. 21.2
5. Chris Jones 19.4

Lowest Completion Percentage (Cornerbacks)

1. James Pierre 25.0%
2. Jamel Dean 34.0%
3. Rock Ya-Sin 38.5%
4. Quinyon Mitchell 39.5%
5. Chidobe Awuzie 41.5%

Fewest Yards per Cover Snap (Cornerbacks)

1. Jourdan Lewis 0.3
2. James Pierre 0.3
3. Jamel Dean 0.4
4. Tarheeb Still 0.4
5. Eric Stokes 0.4

* James Cook is having the best year of his career and is leading the league with 1532 rushing yards, with 853 of those yards coming after contact. He has 47 combined broken and missed tackles so far on the season.

* Matthew Stafford has been dropping dimes all year and leads the league in pass completions 20 or more yards downfield. He ranks 2nd behind Justin Herbert in on-target percentage on throws of 20 or more air yards.

* James Pierre has been enjoying the best year of his career as well, leading the league in completion percentage allowed and also deserved catch percentage allowed among corners. He and his teammate make a formidable duo, as Joey Porter Jr. ranks 5th himself in deserved catch percentage allowed.

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)

* Big matchup Saturday afternoon between the Texans and the Chargers. The Chargers 20th-ranked o-line may struggle to keep Justin Herbert clean against the Texans’ No. 1 pass rush. On the other side, the Texans may struggle to get their 28th-ranked run game going against the Chargers’ No. 4 run defense.

* The Panthers will need to get creative in order to put some pressure on Sam Darnold and the Seahawks. They will be facing the 3rd-best pass blocking unit with a pass rush that ranks last in the league.

* The Eagles will try to contain James Cook and the Bills’ rushing attack but may have a hard time doing so against the 4th-best run game in the league. The Eagles rank 23rd in run defense.

* We have another big matchup Sunday night between the Bears and the 49ers. George Kittle’s status looms large, as he plays a huge part in the No. 5 receiving unit in the league. The Bears are very capable in pass coverage, ranking 8th among all secondaries.

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