2012 NFL Pass Attempts by Team

Every team's total, added up from its players' lines. Passes attempted

The Detroit Lions led the whole NFL in pass attempts in 2012, with 740, 69 ahead of the New Orleans Saints. The average across 32 NFL teams is 555.9.

YDS TD RTG Y/A CMP%Y/G CMP ATT 1D TD%INT INT%SK

Led the whole NFL in 2012 Detroit Lions 16 games

740 Pass Attempts 69 clear of New Orleans Saints

#	Team	Conference	G	ATT
1	Detroit Lions	NFC	16	740
2	New Orleans Saints	NFC	16	671
3	Dallas Cowboys	NFC	16	658
4	New England Patriots	AFC	16	641
5	Oakland Raiders	AFC	16	629
6	Indianapolis Colts	AFC	16	628
7	Philadelphia Eagles	NFC	16	618
8	Atlanta Falcons	NFC	16	615
9	Arizona Cardinals	NFC	16	608
10	Denver Broncos	AFC	16	588
11	Jacksonville Jaguars	AFC	16	586
12	Pittsburgh Steelers	AFC	16	574
13	Cleveland Browns	AFC	16	566
13	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NFC	16	566
15	Baltimore Ravens	AFC	16	560
16	Green Bay Packers	NFC	16	558
17	St. Louis Rams	NFC	16	557
	NFL average			555.9
18	Houston Texans	AFC	16	554
19	Cincinnati Bengals	AFC	16	540
19	Tennessee Titans	AFC	16	540
21	New York Giants	NFC	16	539
22	San Diego Chargers	AFC	16	528
23	Buffalo Bills	AFC	16	511
24	Miami Dolphins	AFC	16	504
25	New York Jets	AFC	16	493
26	Carolina Panthers	NFC	16	490
27	Chicago Bears	NFC	16	485
28	Minnesota Vikings	NFC	16	483
29	Kansas City Chiefs	AFC	16	475
30	Washington Redskins	NFC	16	442
31	San Francisco 49ers	NFC	16	436
32	Seattle Seahawks	NFC	16	405

A team's total is its players' numbers for the club added up, so a player traded mid-season counts for each team only what he did there. Rates such as passer rating and yards per attempt are worked out from the team's summed totals, not averaged across players. Passing yards are gross, before sack yardage comes off; the league's official team figures are net, so they run a little lower.