I picked up the Pro Football Prospectus 2008 a couple of weeks ago and have been nibbling from it since. It’s great fun, especially if you enjoy the notion of bringing baseball-style statistical weed-diving to the pro football game. If stats like Defense-Adjusted Yards Above Replacement (DYAR) appeal, this book is for you.

But even if that doesn’t appeal, it’s got an appendix chock full of more digestible but still interesting statistics. I’ll endeavor to share a few over the next few weeks.

For a start how about the quarterbacks who suffered the worst and best rates of dropped passes in 2007:

* Eli Manning’s receivers dropped 49 passes last year, a clip of 9.3 percent, putting him atop the list (minimum 200 passes thrown). Chad Pennington’s receivers dropped eight passes for a clip of 3.1 percent.

More to come.