IA YPA Update

Um yeah, Roethlisberger is still #1 and still hasn't thrown and interception, giving both a YPA and IA YPA of 10.6. Collins is still #2 (7.8) after his bye week.

I ran the numbers again because I thought Bledsoe and Hasselbeck might improve their positions. Well, one did.... Hasselbeck (316 yds, 0 INTs) has crept into the #8 spot, ahead of Donovan McNabb and Peyton Manning. Sorry, I mean AHEAD OF DONOVAN MCNABB AND PEYTON MANNING.

Bledsoe, meanwhile, had another good game (289 yds, 0 INTs) - but didn't improve quite enough (7.6) to pass Collins for the #2 spot. Meanwhile Carson Palmer and Tom Brady are closing in from behind (both 7.3). He is winning the Best of the Drews award hands down, however. Drew Brees, who played like Bledsoe Classic last season, has regressed a bit, but still sports an above-average 6.1 IAYPA.

Down at the bottom of the rankings, the melancholy stories are beginning to unfold. The headlines tell the tale:

• "For Harrington [2.1 IAYPA], Another Step to Oblivion"
• "Bears QB Kyle Orton [2.3] Plays Poorly in Loss"
• "[Houston] Line Remains Quite Offensive [David Carr 3.4]"
  

Harrington and Orton's problems may be self-inflicted, but you have to feel for Carr, who took seven more sacks on Sunday, with Tennessee bringing just 3 or 4 rushers on most plays. This brings his season total to 27 - ESPN extrapolates this into a projected 108 sacks this season. To put that in perspective, Tom Brady has been sacked 137 times in his career.