Final Offensive Stats for the 2008 Saints Season

by Saintsational on Jan 4, 2009 8:00 AM CST Comment 3 comments

I know a lot of you have been in off-season mode since the second Drew's final pass hit the turf against Carolina on December 28th and you could care less about the NFL playoffs. That's cool. We've got a long way to go until the draft and even longer until 2009 training camp starts. That means we have plenty of time to analyze and over-analyze what went wrong this year with the Saints and believe you me, we will definitely get into all of that. Hopefully you haven't thought I was dragging my feet.

I thought before we got started on all of that however, we should all know just what the hell we're talking about instead of throwing bogus stats around. Below you will find a detailed breakdown of the Saints offensive performance in 2008. This will, of course, be followed be defensive figures. This is the Saints season in number form. So when we get into the inevitable Reggie Bush/Pierre Thomas debate this summer (and you know it's coming!), we will all have facts and figures to reference and call each other out on. Give these a look over and commit them to memory. Learn 'em. Live 'em. Love 'em.

Make the jump for all the rest. Feel free to comment on these stats and discuss anything you find interesting or surprising.

Team Stats

	New Orleans	Opponent
Total First Downs	354	299
Rushing	103	100
Passing	232	180
Penalty	19	19
3rd Down: Made/Att	97/200	82/206
3rd Down Pct.	48.5%	39.8%
4th Down: Made/Att	10/18	8/14
4th Down Pct.	55.6%	57.1%
Possession Avg.	30:23	29:37
Total Net Yards	6571	5432
Avg. Per Game	410.7	339.5
Total Plays	1047	999
Avg. Per Play	6.3	5.4
Net Yards Rushing	1594	1885
Avg. Per Game	99.6	117.8
Total Rushes	398	445
Net Yards Passing	4977	3547
Avg. Per Game	311.1	221.7
Sacked/Yards Lost	13/92	28/161
Gross Yards	5069	3708
Attempts/Completions	636/413	526/299
Completion Pct.	64.9%	56.8%
Had Intercepted	18	15
Punts/Average	53/44.6	66/41.1
Net Punting Avg.	35.9	35.2
Penalties/Yards	86/797	84/637
Fumbles/Ball Lost	18/8	16/7
Touchdowns	57	41
Rushing	20	14
Passing	34	21
Returns	3	6

Offensive Rankings

Team	Yds / Game	Yds / Play	Rush Yards / Game	Rush Yds / Play	Pass Yds / Game	Pass Yds / Play	Int. Rate	Sacks / Pass Attempt	First Downs / Game	Punt Return Avg	Kickoff Return Avg	Field Goals Made	3rd Down Pct	4th Down Pct	Red Zone Pct	Goal to Go%	Avg Time of Poss.	Pts. / Game
NO	410.7	6.28	99.6	4.01	311.1	7.83	2.83%	2.04%	22.1	11.9	24.1	81.48%	48.50%	55.56%	61.29%	75.00%	30:23	28.9
Rank	1	1	28	23	1	2	17	2	2t	4	8	23	2	12t	4t	8t	15	1

Scoring

Score By Periods	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	OT	Pts
Team	67	154	115	127	0	463
Opponents	80	141	69	100	3	393

Scoring	TD	Run	Pass	Return	PAT	FG	2Pt	Pts
P.Thomas	12	9	3	0	0/0	0/0	0	72
G.Hartley	0	0	0	0	28/28	13/13	0	67
L.Moore	10	0	10	0	0/0	0/0	0	60
R.Bush	9	2	4	3	0/0	0/0	0	54
D.McAllister	6	5	1	0	0/0	0/0	0	36
M.Gramatica	0	0	0	0	16/16	6/10	0	34
M.Colston	5	0	5	0	0/0	0/0	0	30
R.Meachem	4	1	3	0	0/0	0/0	0	24
T.Mehlhaff	0	0	0	0	9/10	3/4	0	18
D.Henderson	3	0	3	0	0/0	0/0	0	18
M.Campbell	2	0	2	0	0/0	0/0	0	12
M.Karney	2	2	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	12
B.Miller	1	0	1	0	0/0	0/0	0	6
D.Patten	1	0	1	0	0/0	0/0	0	6
A.Stecker	1	0	1	0	0/0	0/0	0	6
M.Bell	1	1	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	6
C.Grant	0	0	0	0	0/0	0/0	0	2
Team	57	20	34	3	53/54	22/27	0	463
Opponents	41	14	21	6	37/37	34/39	3	393

Individual Stats

Passing	Att	Cmp	Yds	Cmp%	Yds/Att	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Long	Sack	Lost	Rating
D.Brees	635	413	5069	65.0%	8.0	34	5.4%	17	2.7%	84t	13/	92	96.3
L.Moore	1	0	0	0.0%	0.0	0	0.0%	1	100.0%	0	0/	0	0.0

Rushing	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
P.Thomas	129	625	4.8	42t	9
D.McAllister	107	418	3.9	19	5
R.Bush	106	404	3.8	43	2
A.Stecker	8	43	5.4	12	0
M.Bell	13	42	3.2	15	1
D.Henderson	4	33	8.3	30	0
R.Meachem	1	20	20.0	20t	1
M.Karney	8	10	1.3	3	2
D.Brees	22	-1	0.0	9	0
Team	398	1594	4.0	43	20
Opponents	445	1885	4.2	46	14

Receiving	No.	Yds	Avg	Long	TD
L.Moore	79	928	11.7	70t	10
R.Bush	52	440	8.5	42t	4
J.Shockey	50	483	9.7	26	0
M.Colston	47	760	16.2	70t	5
B.Miller	45	579	12.9	41	1
D.Henderson	32	793	24.8	84t	3
P.Thomas	31	284	9.2	24	3
D.McAllister	18	128	7.1	20	1
R.Meachem	12	289	24.1	74	3
M.Campbell	12	121	10.1	29	2
D.Patten	11	162	14.7	39t	1
A.Stecker	9	52	5.8	12	1
M.Karney	9	18	2.0	7	0
O.Sobomehin	2	8	4.0	10	0
S.Ryan	2	7	3.5	5	0
M.Bell	1	14	14.0	14	0
B.Ortega	1	3	3.0	3	0
Team	413	5069	12.3	84t	34
Opponents	299	3708	12.4	67t	21

Combined Yards	Rush Yds	Recv Yds	KO Rt Yds	Pt Rt Yds	Cmb Yds
Thomas, Pierre	625	284	793	0	1702
Bush, Reggie	404	440	0	270	1114
Moore, Lance	0	928	36	40	1004
Henderson, Devery	33	793	0	0	826
Colston, Marques	0	760	0	0	760
Miller, Billy	0	579	0	0	579
McAllister, Deuce	418	128	0	0	546
Shockey, Jeremy	0	483	0	0	483
Roby, Courtney	0	0	472	0	472
Meachem, Robert	20	289	9	0	318
Patten, David	0	162	0	0	162
Green, Skyler	0	0	133	0	133
Campbell, Mark	0	121	0	0	121
Stecker, Aaron	43	52	10	0	105
Bell, Mike	42	14	0	0	56
Copper, Terrance	0	0	35	0	35
Karney, Mike	10	18	0	0	28
Ortega, Buck	0	3	8	0	11
Sobomehin, Olaniyi	0	8	0	0	8
Ryan, Sean	0	7	0	0	7
Brees, Drew	-1	0	0	0	-1
Total	1594	5069	1496	310	8469
Opponents	1885	3708	1827	365	7785

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The first thing that jumps out is turnovers

We’re better than anyone else at virtually everything…even our running stats aren’t really all that bad (in ranking, yes, but not in yards…hell, we’re getting nearly 100 yards a game). But we’re giving the ball away at a fierce rate, and the defense isn’t coming up with turnovers.

If Brees had not been asked to carry the team on his shoulders, I bet we could have had a top-ten rushing team and a still had a top-ten passing team—and ten less interceptions. And THAT would probably have been good for two more wins.

Gary Gibbs Must Geaux!

by MtnExile on Jan 4, 2009 3:05 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Turnovers are key

I agree 100% and the defense has to get more turnovers next year because that differential and who winds up on the better side of the turnover battle makes a HUGE difference from the W-L perspective.

by Philinwood on Jan 5, 2009 8:51 PM CST reply actions 0 recs

Congrats Drew...

for being named NFL’s “Offensive Player of Year” with those stats. The 2:1 TD/INT ratio really doesn’t look that good though.

Saints avg 65 plays/game…25 rush att/game, 38% of all plays and 40 pass att/game, 62% of all plays. Don’t know if Payton will change the play-calling up and try to balance the offense, great stats and all but far too lopsided.

by 225Fan on Jan 6, 2009 8:40 PM CST reply actions 0 recs