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NFL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 1, 2010
Passing Yards		YDS	Passing TDs		TD
	1. P. Manning	5435		1. J. Montana	37
	2. K. Warner	4838		2. D. Marino	36
	3. D. Brees	4659		3. M. Stafford	35
	4. D. Marino	4543		4. D. Brees	33
	5. M. Stafford	4503		5. P, Manning	33
Rushing Yards		YDS	Rushing TDs		TD
	1. M. Sweetney	1900		1. M. Sweetney	23
	2. J. Bettis	1297		2. A. Morris	16
	3. S. Jackson	1245		3. S. Jackson	15
	4. A. Foster	1241		4. A. Peterson	14
	5. R. Rice	1224		5. J. Bettis	13
Receptions		REC	Receiving Yards		YDS
	1. R. Wayne	119		1. C. Johnson	1924
	2. D. Bowe	112		2. H. Ward	1734
	3. B. Edwards	111		3. M. Harrison	1726
	4. T. Houshmandzadeh	110		4. R. Wayne	1639
	5. B. Marshall	108		5. A. Green	1629
Receiving TDs		TD	Pancakes		P
	1. C. Johnson	16		1. B. Albert	26
	2. R. Wayne	14		2. L. Brown	25
	3. J. Gordon	14		3. D. Free	23
	4. I. Bruce	12		4. T. Boselli	22
	5. D. McFadden	12		5. J. Peters	21

Really not many surprises amongst the league leaders. Brady had an off year, but other than that all QBs had typical stats. With Hammermill my DC instead of a HC no one is running a crazy 95% pass offense. Overall the average yard per carry around the year is up which is a positive sign as it was lower than I wanted last year. Small backs continue to disappoint. Barry Sanders and Marshall Faulk have been disappointments and can barely crack the 3 YPC barrier. Jerry Rice only gained 1147 yards which is a minor let down, but SF had 3 1000 yard receivers + 700 yards from Vernon Davis.

Rookies of note:

Rambis was the only QB to play consistently. Conroy started a couple of games for Houston as mentioned in an earlier game.

Sweetney led the league in yards, yards per carry, and rushing TDs. Kendrick House missed a majority of the year with an injury. Sweetney was the only rookie RB to receive more than 50 carries.

Tyrus Duhon had a great year for Miami. The #3 overall pick caught 63 passes for 1265 yards and 6 TDs. No other rookie WR or TE was top 4 on their team in catches.

NFL League Leaders - Updated: Jan 1, 2010
Tackles		TCK	Tackle for Loss		TFL
	1. J. Beason	120		1. A. Thomas	33
	2. B. Urlacher	117		2. M. Williams	22
	3. E. Henderson	116		3. D. Harris	22
	4. C. Greenway	111		4. S. Merriman	22
	5. L. Timmons	110		5. B. Orakpo	20
Hurries		HUR	Sacks		SACK
	1. G. Adams	95		1. M. Williams	10
	2. G. McCoy	94		2. J. Allen	8
	3. R. Dent	92		3. V. Gholston	8
	4. B. Orakpo	89		4. M. Wilkerson	8
	5. S. Merriman	89		5. K. Hardy	8
Interceptions		INT	Deflections		DEF
	1. P. Surtain	11		1. D. Robinson	19
	2. B. Urlacher	11		2. C. Woodson	19
	3. A. Winfield	9		3. A. Verner	15
	4. E. Berry	9		4. D. Landry	15
	5. B. Wagner	7		5. M. Trufant	15
Forced Fumbles		FFUM	Touchdowns		TD
	1. A. Pierce	5		1. A. Thomas	2
	2. D. Brooks	5		2. S. Moore	1
	3. J. Mays	4		3. E. Hobbs	1
	4. K. Wright	4		4. T. Bruschi	1
	5. J. Vilma	4		5. Z. Bowman	1

A couple things to note here the interception numbers are pretty high and the sack numbers are pretty low. I always saw this when playing a franchise but it never really registered until I started recording the stats. My take is that QBs never know when to take a sack or throw the ball away. The hurry numbers really seem to indicate this as hurries aren’t being converted over to sacks easily. What this causes is an excess number of INTs throw in the game due to poor footwork when throwing. Not listed on the leaders for Hurries was Warren Sapp who had 88. This means Tampa had basically 3 of the top 5 leaders for hurries and 2 of them play DT.

Brian Urlacher had a monter year nearly leading in tackels and INTs.

Rookies of Note:

Martin McPeak had a big year for the Redskins with 94 tackles.

Andre Dalembert only had 3 sacks for San Diego, but they play a 3-4, Thaddeus Cheeks seems to be doing all right as a run stuffer in AZ.

Antoine Jefferson and Ryan Spradlin had solid seasons at FS.