As promised, here are the final defensive and special teams statistics for the 2008 season. As you would expect, these aren't as impressive as their offensive counterparts.
Rushing Defense
| Left End | Left Tackle | Left Guard | Up the Middle | Right Guard | Right Tackle | Right End | ||||||
| Plays: 62 | Plays: 58 | Plays: 65 | Plays: 87 | Plays: 62 | Plays: 51 | Plays: 45 | ||||||
| NFL Rank: 10 | NFL Rank: 15 | NFL Rank: 3 | NFL Rank: 28 | NFL Rank: 4 | NFL Rank: 23 | NFL Rank: 20 | ||||||
| Avg Gain: 5.19 | Avg Gain: 4.72 | Avg Gain: 3.66 | Avg Gain: 3.75 | Avg Gain: 4.32 | Avg Gain: 3.86 | Avg Gain: 5.89 | ||||||
| NFL Rank: 15 | NFL Rank: 24 | NFL Rank: 12 | NFL Rank: 12 | NFL Rank: 22 | NFL Rank: 13 | NFL Rank: 26 |
Passing Defense
| Short Left | Short Middle | Short Right | Deep Left | Deep Middle | Deep Right | |||||
| Plays: 165 | Plays: 82 | Plays: 161 | Plays: 55 | Plays: 29 | Plays: 35 | |||||
| NFL Rank: 7 | NFL Rank: 27 | NFL Rank: 23 | NFL Rank: 1 | NFL Rank: 9 | NFL Rank: 20 | |||||
| Avg Gain: 5.80 | Avg Gain: 7.09 | Avg Gain: 5.87 | Avg Gain: 8.00 | Avg Gain: 18.10 | Avg Gain: 8.03 | |||||
| NFL Rank: 13 | NFL Rank: 24 | NFL Rank: 25 | NFL Rank: 7 | NFL Rank: 31 | NFL Rank: 2 |
Team Rankings
| Team | Yds / Game | Yds / Play | Rush Yds / Game | Rush Yards / Play | Pass Yards / Game | Pass Yards / Play | Int. Rate | Sacks / Pass Att | First Downs / Game | Punt Return Avg | Kickoff Return Avg | 3rd Down Pct | 4th Down Pct | Red Zone Pct | Goal to Go% | Points / Game | Point Diff. / Game | Yard Diff. / Game |
| NO | 339.5 | 5.44 | 117.8 | 4.24 | 221.7 | 6.74 | 2.85% | 5.32% | 18.7 | 10.7 | 24.0 | 39.81% | 57.14% | 48.33% | 70.97% | 24.6 | 4.4 | 71.2 |
| Rank | 23 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 22 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 19 | 19t | 9 | 21 | 26 | 10 | 3 |
Individual Stats
| Interceptions | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| J.David | 5 | 83 | 16.6 | 42 | 0 |
| S.Fujita | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 |
| K.Kaesviharn | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 |
| U.Young | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| T.Porter | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| J.Bullocks | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| M.McKenzie | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| J.Vilma | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Team | 15 | 188 | 12.5 | 42 | 0 |
| Opponents | 18 | 270 | 15.0 | 95t | 2 |
| Punting | No | Yds | Avg | Net | TB | In | Lg | B |
| S.Weatherford | 26 | 1094 | 42.1 | 34.2 | 3 | 5 | 61 | 0 |
| G.Pakulak | 24 | 1144 | 47.7 | 37.8 | 2 | 3 | 70 | 0 |
| B.Graham | 3 | 126 | 42.0 | 35.3 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 0 |
| Team | 53 | 2364 | 44.6 | 35.9 | 5 | 9 | 70 | 0 |
| Opponents | 66 | 2711 | 41.1 | 35.2 | 4 | 23 | 65 | 0 |
| Punt Returns | Ret | FC | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| R.Bush | 20 | 3 | 270 | 13.5 | 71t | 3 |
| L.Moore | 6 | 13 | 40 | 6.7 | 11 | 0 |
| S.Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 26 | 17 | 310 | 11.9 | 71t | 3 |
| Opponents | 34 | 7 | 363 | 10.7 | 42 | 0 |
| Field Goals | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
| G.Hartley | 0/ 0 | 5/ 5 | 4/ 4 | 4/ 4 | 0/ 0 |
| M.Gramatica | 0/ 0 | 0/ 0 | 3/ 3 | 2/ 5 | 1/ 2 |
| T.Mehlhaff | 0/ 0 | 1/ 1 | 1/ 2 | 1/ 1 | 0/ 0 |
| Team | 0/ 0 | 6/ 6 | 8/ 9 | 7/ 10 | 1/ 2 |
| Opponents | 0/ 0 | 13/ 13 | 15/ 16 | 5/ 7 | 1/ 3 |
| Kickoff Returns | No. | Yds | Avg | Long | TD |
| P.Thomas | 31 | 793 | 25.6 | 88 | 0 |
| C.Roby | 19 | 472 | 24.8 | 62 | 0 |
| S.Green | 4 | 133 | 33.3 | 60 | 0 |
| T.Copper | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 18 | 0 |
| A.Stecker | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| L.Moore | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| R.Meachem | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| B.Ortega | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| M.Campbell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| M.Karney | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team | 62 | 1496 | 24.1 | 88 | 0 |
| Opponents | 76 | 1827 | 24.0 | 83t | 1 |
Defensive Player Statistics
| Player | Tkl | Ast | Comb | Sack | Sk Yds | QH | Int | PD | FF | FR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.Vilma | 98 | 34 | 132 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| S.Shanle | 60 | 27 | 87 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| R.Harper | 73 | 7 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| S.Fujita | 62 | 18 | 80 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| W.Smith | 43 | 19 | 62 | 3 | 23 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| K.Kaesviharn | 47 | 14 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| R.Gay | 49 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| J.Bullocks | 28 | 7 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| K.Clancy | 26 | 8 | 34 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| C.Grant | 27 | 6 | 33 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| U.Young | 27 | 6 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| S.Ellis | 20 | 10 | 30 | 4 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| B.McCray | 25 | 4 | 29 | 6 | 35 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T.Porter | 23 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| J.David | 21 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| M.McKenzie | 21 | 1 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| B.Young | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J.Charleston | 9 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.Glenn | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| H.Thomas | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J.Dunbar | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| J.Craft | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L.Torrence | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| A.Lake | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.Reis | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| R.Ayodele | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.Savage | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.Evans | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M.Mitchell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 703 | 188 | 891 | 28 | 161 | 62 | 15 | 90 | 8 | 5 |
| Opponent Totals | 724 | 172 | 896 | 13 | 92 | 55 | 18 | 107 | 10 | 7 |
**Tkl=Tackle Ast=Assist FF =Forced Fumble FR=Fumble Recovery BL=Blocked Kick**
Special Teams Defensive Stats
| Player | Tkl | Ast | FF | FR | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.Young | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J.Dunbar | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.Evans | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C.Reis | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| R.Harper | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| M.Mitchell | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| J.Charleston | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| B.Ortega | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.Bullocks | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| P.Thomas | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| L.Torrence | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.Stecker | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| K.Kaesviharn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.Craft | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| C.Roby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S.Weatherford | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S.Fujita | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| A.Glenn | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| J.Savage | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D.Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G.Hartley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| G.Pakulak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T.Holt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 106 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Opponent Totals | 85 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
**Tkl=Tackle Ast=Assist FF =Forced Fumble FR=Fumble Recovery BL=Blocked Kick**
Turnovers
Fumbles Lost: J.Shockey 2, R.Bush 2, S.Green 1, P.Thomas 1, O.Sobomehin 1, D.Brees 1 Total: 8
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Opponent Fumble Recoveries: J.Vilma 3, J.David 1, U.Young 1, K.Clancy 1, T.Evans 1 Total: 7 |