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Hi everyone!

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.

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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

1. Daniel Jones
2. Spencer Rattler
3. Kyler Murray
4. Baker Mayfield
5. Bryce Young

Total Points Leaders: Running Backs

1. Bijan Robinson
2. Javonte Williams
3. Jonathan Taylor
4. De’Von Achane
5. Omarion Hampton 

Total Points Leaders: Wide Receivers

1. Puka Nacua
2. Malik Nabers
3. Zay Flowers
4. Ricky Pearsall
5. Tyreek Hill

Total Points Leaders: Defensive Ends

1. Nick Bosa
2. Will Anderson Jr.
3. Rashan Gary
4. Myles Garrett
5. George Karlaftis

Total Points Leaders: Linebackers

1. Byron Young
2. Jonathan Cooper
3. Zaven Collins
4. Roquan Smith
5. Bobby Wagner

Total Points Leaders: Cornerbacks

1. Isaiah Rodgers
2. Jourdan Lewis
3. Kenny Moore II
4. Jamel Dean
5. Jaylen Watson

Total Points Leaders: Safeties

1. Brandon Jones
2. Antoine Winfield Jr.
3. Andrew Mukuba
4. Nick Cross
5. Kyle Hamilton

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

* The Colts are our No. 1 overall team because they have the No. 2 Passing, No. 2 Rushing, No. 3 Rushing defense, and No. 5 Pass Coverage groups (all this information is available in the PDFs above)

* The bottom 5 offenses right now are the Browns, Saints, Jets, Bengals, and Titans. The Saints are hurt by their receivers ranking No. 31 overall and their blocking ranking No. 32.

* The Browns are the No. 1 ranked defense because their run defense ranks No. 1 and their pass rush ranks No. 2. The Vikings don’t rank in the Top 10 in Run Defense or Pass Rush, but their Pass Coverage ranks No. 1 , which vaults them to No. 2 overall.

* Raise your hand if you had Daniel Jones and Spencer Rattler as the top two quarterbacks in Total Points through the first three weeks of the season!

* You might notice that Isaiah Rodgers is the runaway leader in Total Points among cornerbacks. That’s what returning an interception 87 yards and forcing two fumbles in a game will do for your stats.

* If you want to see the Total Points leaders among offensive linemen, defensive tackles, linebackers, kickers, and punters, download the PDF atop the document.

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. Russell Wilson 8
2. Lamar Jackson, Geno Smith, Caleb Williams 7
5. Baker Mayfield, Matthew Stafford, Sam Darnold, Dak Prescott 6

Most Receptions, Targets 20+ Yards Downfield

1. Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Emeka Egbuka, Ricky Pearsall, Wan'Dale Robinson 4
5. 8 players tied with 3*

*=DeAndre Hopkins, Tre Tucker, CeeDee Lamb, Tyreek Hill, Davante Adams, Malik Nabers, Rome Odunze, Tyquan Thornton

Most Yards After Contact (Rushing)

1. Jonathan Taylor 252
2. James Cook 188
3. J.K. Dobbins 164
4. Derrick Henry 161
5. Josh Jacobs 155

Most QB Pressures

1. Nik Bonitto, Micah Parsons 18
2. Will Anderson Jr., Josh Hines-Allen, Trey Hendrickson 17

Most Pressures Above Expectation

1. Nik Bonitto 9.9
3. Jeffery Simmons 7.8
4. Josh Hines-Allen 6.0
5. Joey Bosa, D.J. Jones 5.4

Lowest Completion Percentage (Cornerbacks)

1. Carrington Valentine, Jaycee Horn 18.2.%
3. Donte Jackson 27.3%
4. Josh Jobe 33.3%
5. Jamel Dean 35.7%

Fewest Yards per Cover Snap (Cornerbacks)

1. Tremon Smith, DaRon Bland 0.0
3. Kenny Moore II 0.1
4. Jahdae Barron 0.1
5. Benjamin St-Juste 0.1

* Russell Wilson leads the NFL with 8 completions on passes thrown at least 20 yards downfield, but given that he’s been benched, we suspect someone else will be leading in this stat next week.

* Jonathan Taylor has established himself as the runaway leader in yards after contact after another big game in Week 3. He also had 18 broken/missed tackles, which leads the NFL as well.

* Nik Bonitto and Micah Parsons co-lead in pressures with 18. Bonitto continues to exceed expectations each week. Through two weeks he was 5.5 pressures above expectation (pressures generated beyond an expectation determined by alignment and situation). Through three weeks, he’s 9.9 pressures above expectation.

* We’ve added two more stats to the list of what’s included in the document. One is completion percentage allowed by cornerbacks (current leaders Jaycee Horn and Carrington Valentine have allowed 2 completions on 11 targets). The other, also for cornerbacks, is yardage per coverage snap, which Tremon Smith and DaRon Bland currently lead in.

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 DataHubPro.

Here are some things we noticed:

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

* You knew this already, but Chargers-Giants can be a major mismatch. Most notably the No. 1 Chargers Receiving group is going up against a Pass Coverage ranked No. 30. The one hope for the Giants is that their Pass Rush ranks No. 7 and it is going up against a No. 31 ranked blocking unit.

* The Browns-Lions will be an interesting one in whether or not the Browns No. 1 Pass Rush can slow down Jared Gofff and Detroit’s No. 3 ranked Passing.

* The 49ers-Jaguars game should be a good one in this regard. The 49ers are ranked No. 2 in Pass Coverage. The Jaguars are ranked No. 3 and will be tested by the the 49ers early-season excellence. Meanwhile the Jets-Dolphins game pits the two worst teams in Pass Coverage against each other.

* On Monday Night Football there’s a potential mismatch. The Broncos rank No. 3 in Rushing so far. The Bengals Run Defense ranks No. 31.

* The Vikings rank No. 2 in both receiving and blocking. They’re going up against a Bengals team that thus far ranks 28th in pass rush, and 31st in pass coverage (not to mention 32nd in run defense).

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