For purposes of grading each team’s passing attack in each season since 2002, let’s look at where each team ranked in Adjusted Net Yards per Attempt. Next, let’s group teams into 5 buckets of four teams each based on the following ranks:

— Best passing offenses — i.e., the teams that rank 1, 2, 3, and 4 in ANY/A
— Good passing offenses — those teams that rank 8, 9, 10, and 11
— Average passing offenses — teams that rank 15, 16, 17, and 18
— Bad passing offenses — teams that rank 22, 23, 24, and 25
— Worst passing offenses — teams that rank 29, 30, 31, and 32

I went ahead and calculated the ANY/A of those teams for each season since 2002. In the graph below, I’ve plotted the results, taking the average ANY/A of those teams.

The most remarkable part of this: in 2018, the teams that rank 22nd, 23rd, 24th, and 25th in pass efficiency have an average ANY/A of 5.86. In 2002 and 2003, the teams that ranked 8th, 9th, 10th, and 11th in ANY/A had average ANY/A of 5.82 (’02) and 5.84 (’03). Those same teams are at 7.17 this year.

What stands out to you?