Mitch Berger

P · MIN/LA/NO/ARI/PIT/DEN · 1999–2009

Born June 24, 1972 · College Colorado; Tyler JC · Drafted 1994, round 6, pick 193 (PHI) · 6-4, 228 lb

2nd-team All-Pro (1999) · Pro Bowl ×2 (1999, 2004)

Rushing

Season	Team	G	Carries	Yds	TD	YPC	EPA/carry	Stabilised EPA/carry	Success %	Rush EPA	Rush WPA (wins)
2007	ARI	2	1	0	0	0.00	+0.226		100.0	+0.2	−0.00

Defence

Counting stats from the play-by-play credits (QB hits from 2006, tackles for loss and passes defensed from 2009).

Season	Team	G	Tackles	QB hits	Tackles for loss	Passes defensed	Forced fumbles
1999	MIN	1	1	–	–	–	0
1999 playoffs	MIN	1	1	–	–	–	0
2000	MIN	4	4	–	–	–	1
2001	MIN	5	5	–	–	–	0
2002	LA	1	1	–	–	–	0
2003	NO	3	2	–	–	–	0
2004	NO	3	3	–	–	–	0
2005	NO	1	1	–	–	–	0
2007	ARI	2	1	0	–	–	0
2008	PIT	2	2	0	–	–	0
2008 playoffs	PIT	1	1	0	–	–	1
Career	PIT	22	20	0	0	0	1

Punting

Over expected: against the season’s average punter from the same spots, in the same weather (our frozen punt model).

Season	Team	G	Punts	Net yards over expected / punt	Stabilised	Gross yards over expected / punt	Inside 20 %	Touchback %
1999	MIN	16	61	+2.43	+0.97−0.57 to +2.52	+2.80	27.9	14.8
1999 playoffs	MIN	2	10	−5.44		+0.46	10.0	20.0
2000	MIN	16	62	+0.99	+0.46−1.08 to +2.00	+1.91	27.4	17.7
2000 playoffs	MIN	2	11	−0.28		−2.28	18.2	18.2
2001	MIN	12	47	−2.84	−0.97−2.59 to +0.65	+0.06	19.1	21.3
2002	LA	16	72	+0.38	+0.20−1.29 to +1.70	+2.03	36.1	13.9
2003	NO	16	72	+1.88	+0.79−0.70 to +2.29	+2.58	40.3	6.9
2004	NO	16	85	+2.16	+1.06−0.37 to +2.50	+0.59	34.1	4.7
2005	NO	16	71	+1.77	+0.78−0.72 to +2.28	+1.47	39.4	4.2
2007	ARI	5	20	−2.95	−0.50−2.31 to +1.32	−1.40	30.0	10.0
2008	PIT	13	66	−0.65	−0.30−1.82 to +1.23	−2.45	31.8	6.1
2008 playoffs	PIT	3	14	−3.75		−3.00	21.4	7.1
2009	DEN	10	51	−1.54	−0.56−2.16 to +1.03	−2.56	27.5	3.9

Honours

Honours: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), matched to players through Wikidata (CC0). Awards and All-Pro teams are the Associated Press’s; Pro Bowl selections include replacements.

Season	Honours
1999	2nd-team All-Pro, Pro Bowl
2004	Pro Bowl

Game logs

2009 game log (10 games)

2009 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
8	2009-11-01	@ BAL	L 7–30	8	−34.1	1
9	2009-11-09	vs PIT	L 10–28	7	−17.8	2
10	2009-11-15	@ WAS	L 17–27	4	−8.0	1
11	2009-11-22	vs LAC	L 3–32	3	+2.8	0
12	2009-11-26	vs NYG	W 26–6	3	+9.5	2
13	2009-12-06	@ KC	W 44–13	3	+16.3	1
14	2009-12-13	@ IND	L 16–28	4	+1.2	2
15	2009-12-20	vs LV	L 19–20	6	−24.5	0
16	2009-12-27	@ PHI	L 27–30	7	−48.9	1
17	2010-01-03	vs KC	L 24–44	6	+24.9	4

2008 game log (16 games)

2008 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2008-09-07	vs HOU	W 38–17	–	–	–	–	3	−1.8	0
2	2008-09-14	@ CLE	W 10–6	–	–	–	–	6	+8.7	4
3	2008-09-21	@ PHI	L 6–15	–	–	–	–	5	+12.2	3
4	2008-09-29	vs BAL	W 23–20 OT	–	–	–	–	7	+5.2	3
5	2008-10-05	@ JAX	W 26–21	–	–	–	–	4	+16.5	1
7	2008-10-19	@ CIN	W 38–10	–	–	–	–	5	+9.3	2
8	2008-10-26	vs NYG	L 14–21	1	0.0	0	0	4	+18.2	3
9	2008-11-03	@ WAS	W 23–6	–	–	–	–	8	−58.8	0
13	2008-11-30	@ NE	W 33–10	–	–	–	–	3	+11.8	0
14	2008-12-07	vs DAL	W 20–13	–	–	–	–	6	−4.2	2
15	2008-12-14	@ BAL	W 13–9	1	0.0	0	0	6	−76.5	0
16	2008-12-21	@ TEN	L 14–31	–	–	–	–	5	+13.2	2
17	2008-12-28	vs CLE	W 31–0	–	–	–	–	4	+4.2	1
P19	2009-01-11	vs LAC	W 35–24	–	–	–	–	4	+20.6	1
P20	2009-01-18	vs BAL	W 23–14	1	0.0	0	0	7	−49.7	1
P21	2009-02-01	@ ARI	W 27–23	–	–	–	–	3	−19.6	1

2007 game log (5 games)

2007 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Carries	Rush yds	Rush TD	Rush EPA	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
13	2007-12-02	vs CLE	W 27–21	0	0	0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	5	−30.5	1
14	2007-12-09	@ SEA	L 21–42	1	0	0	+0.2	0	0.0	0	0	4	−6.4	1
15	2007-12-16	@ NO	L 24–31	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3	+29.0	2
16	2007-12-23	vs ATL	W 30–27 OT	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7	−41.5	2
17	2007-12-30	vs LA	W 48–19	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1	−6.8	0

2005 game log (16 games)

2005 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2005-09-11	@ CAR	W 23–20	–	–	–	–	2	+27.3	2
2	2005-09-19	vs NYG	L 10–27	–	–	–	–	3	−16.2	0
3	2005-09-25	@ MIN	L 16–33	–	–	–	–	6	+17.5	3
4	2005-10-02	vs BUF	W 19–7	–	–	–	–	4	+19.2	3
5	2005-10-09	@ GB	L 3–52	–	–	–	–	6	+29.4	2
6	2005-10-16	vs ATL	L 31–34	1	0.0	0	0	2	+4.1	1
7	2005-10-23	@ LA	L 17–28	–	–	–	–	4	+4.1	3
8	2005-10-30	vs MIA	L 6–21	–	–	–	–	5	+8.2	1
9	2005-11-06	vs CHI	L 17–20	–	–	–	–	7	+14.5	2
11	2005-11-20	@ NE	L 17–24	–	–	–	–	4	−21.8	2
12	2005-11-27	@ NYJ	W 21–19	–	–	–	–	5	−9.5	2
13	2005-12-04	vs TB	L 3–10	–	–	–	–	4	−3.7	2
14	2005-12-12	@ ATL	L 17–36	–	–	–	–	8	+27.5	2
15	2005-12-18	vs CAR	L 10–27	–	–	–	–	4	+10.6	0
16	2005-12-24	vs DET	L 12–13	–	–	–	–	4	+7.6	2
17	2006-01-01	@ TB	L 13–27	–	–	–	–	3	+5.2	1

2004 game log (16 games)

2004 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2004-09-12	vs SEA	L 7–21	–	–	–	–	7	+8.0	3
2	2004-09-19	vs SF	W 30–27	–	–	–	–	4	−7.8	2
3	2004-09-26	@ LA	W 28–25 OT	–	–	–	–	1	+4.6	0
4	2004-10-03	@ ARI	L 10–34	–	–	–	–	7	+22.9	2
5	2004-10-10	vs TB	L 17–20	–	–	–	–	5	+31.1	3
6	2004-10-17	vs MIN	L 31–38	–	–	–	–	4	+13.4	1
7	2004-10-24	@ LV	W 31–26	–	–	–	–	7	−5.4	1
9	2004-11-07	@ LAC	L 17–43	–	–	–	–	2	+13.4	0
10	2004-11-14	vs KC	W 27–20	–	–	–	–	5	−16.2	2
11	2004-11-21	vs DEN	L 13–34	1	0.0	0	0	4	−8.7	1
12	2004-11-28	@ ATL	L 21–24	1	0.0	0	0	5	+21.1	2
13	2004-12-05	vs CAR	L 21–32	–	–	–	–	5	+22.9	0
14	2004-12-12	@ DAL	W 27–13	–	–	–	–	5	+58.7	5
15	2004-12-19	@ TB	W 21–17	–	–	–	–	7	+27.6	2
16	2004-12-26	vs ATL	W 26–13	1	0.0	0	0	7	+20.2	2
17	2005-01-02	@ CAR	W 21–18	–	–	–	–	10	−24.8	3

2003 game log (16 games)

2003 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2003-09-07	@ SEA	L 10–27	–	–	–	–	5	+22.3	2
2	2003-09-14	vs HOU	W 31–10	–	–	–	–	7	+54.8	2
3	2003-09-21	@ TEN	L 12–27	–	–	–	–	3	+12.1	1
4	2003-09-28	vs IND	L 21–55	–	–	–	–	3	+1.2	0
5	2003-10-05	@ CAR	L 13–19	–	–	–	–	4	+9.7	3
6	2003-10-12	vs CHI	W 20–13	–	–	–	–	3	+0.4	1
7	2003-10-19	@ ATL	W 45–17	–	–	–	–	3	−15.7	1
8	2003-10-26	vs CAR	L 20–23 OT	1	0.0	0	0	6	+6.0	3
9	2003-11-02	@ TB	W 17–14	0	0.0	0	0	7	+10.5	2
11	2003-11-16	vs ATL	W 23–20 OT	1	0.0	0	0	7	−23.4	3
12	2003-11-23	@ PHI	L 20–33	–	–	–	–	1	−14.5	0
13	2003-11-30	@ WAS	W 24–20	–	–	–	–	6	+34.8	2
14	2003-12-07	vs TB	L 7–14	–	–	–	–	5	−38.3	3
15	2003-12-14	vs NYG	W 45–7	–	–	–	–	1	+7.8	1
16	2003-12-21	@ JAX	L 19–20	–	–	–	–	3	+6.5	2
17	2003-12-28	vs DAL	W 13–7	–	–	–	–	8	+57.4	3

2002 game log (16 games)

2002 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2002-09-08	@ DEN	L 16–23	–	–	–	–	3	+20.6	2
2	2002-09-15	vs NYG	L 21–26	–	–	–	–	4	+29.3	3
3	2002-09-23	@ TB	L 14–26	–	–	–	–	5	+23.4	3
4	2002-09-29	vs DAL	L 10–13	–	–	–	–	5	+5.7	1
5	2002-10-06	@ SF	L 13–37	–	–	–	–	4	−16.3	1
6	2002-10-13	vs LV	W 28–13	1	0.0	0	0	7	+7.3	4
7	2002-10-20	vs SEA	W 37–20	–	–	–	–	4	−16.7	1
9	2002-11-03	@ ARI	W 27–14	–	–	–	–	2	+8.2	2
10	2002-11-10	vs LAC	W 28–24	–	–	–	–	4	+14.5	1
11	2002-11-18	vs CHI	W 21–16	–	–	–	–	6	−34.7	1
12	2002-11-24	@ WAS	L 17–20	–	–	–	–	3	−37.2	1
13	2002-12-01	@ PHI	L 3–10	–	–	–	–	7	−9.0	0
14	2002-12-08	@ KC	L 10–49	–	–	–	–	5	+5.5	2
15	2002-12-15	vs ARI	W 30–28	–	–	–	–	5	+11.7	3
16	2002-12-22	@ SEA	L 10–30	–	–	–	–	2	+0.0	1
17	2002-12-30	vs SF	W 31–20	–	–	–	–	6	+14.7	0

2001 game log (12 games)

2001 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2001-09-09	vs CAR	L 13–24	–	–	–	–	5	+26.9	2
2	2001-09-23	@ CHI	L 10–17	0	0.0	0	0	6	−13.9	1
3	2001-09-30	vs TB	W 20–16	–	–	–	–	1	+2.0	1
4	2001-10-07	@ NO	L 15–28	1	0.0	0	0	4	−24.7	0
5	2001-10-14	vs DET	W 31–26	2	0.0	0	0	3	−33.8	0
6	2001-10-21	vs GB	W 35–13	–	–	–	–	3	−2.4	0
7	2001-10-28	@ TB	L 14–41	–	–	–	–	5	−39.7	0
9	2001-11-11	@ PHI	L 17–48	–	–	–	–	4	−1.7	2
10	2001-11-19	vs NYG	W 28–16	–	–	–	–	2	+2.9	1
11	2001-11-25	vs CHI	L 6–13	1	0.0	0	0	8	−47.2	1
12	2001-12-02	@ PIT	L 16–21	–	–	–	–	3	−8.8	0
13	2001-12-09	vs TEN	W 42–24	1	0.0	0	0	3	+9.9	1

2000 game log (18 games)

2000 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	2000-09-03	vs CHI	W 30–27	–	–	–	–	2	+5.8	1
2	2000-09-10	vs MIA	W 13–7	–	–	–	–	4	+27.1	2
3	2000-09-17	@ NE	W 21–13	1	0.0	0	0	5	+4.2	1
5	2000-10-01	@ DET	W 31–24	–	–	–	–	6	−3.1	2
6	2000-10-09	vs TB	W 30–23	1	0.0	0	0	2	−3.5	0
7	2000-10-15	@ CHI	W 28–16	–	–	–	–	5	−13.8	0
8	2000-10-22	vs BUF	W 31–27	2	0.0	0	0	4	−4.4	2
9	2000-10-29	@ TB	L 13–41	–	–	–	–	1	−2.3	0
10	2000-11-06	@ GB	L 20–26 OT	0	0.0	0	0	4	+26.2	2
11	2000-11-12	vs ARI	W 31–14	–	–	–	–	1	−4.3	0
12	2000-11-19	vs CAR	W 31–17	–	–	–	–	4	−32.0	0
13	2000-11-23	@ DAL	W 27–15	–	–	–	–	4	−23.3	0
14	2000-11-30	vs DET	W 24–17	–	–	–	–	5	+27.4	1
15	2000-12-10	@ LA	L 29–40	–	–	–	–	5	−12.1	0
16	2000-12-17	vs GB	L 28–33	–	–	–	–	3	+12.3	1
17	2000-12-24	@ IND	L 10–31	–	–	–	–	7	+56.2	5
P19	2001-01-06	vs NO	W 34–16	–	–	–	–	5	−24.4	0
P20	2001-01-14	@ NYG	L 0–41	–	–	–	–	6	+21.4	2

1999 game log (18 games)

1999 game log

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Tackles	Sacks	INT	PD	Punts	Net yds over exp.	Inside 20
1	1999-09-12	@ ATL	W 17–14	–	–	–	–	3	+10.1	1
2	1999-09-19	vs LV	L 17–22	–	–	–	–	3	+30.9	0
3	1999-09-26	@ GB	L 20–23	–	–	–	–	3	+8.9	0
4	1999-10-03	vs TB	W 21–14	–	–	–	–	5	+7.4	0
5	1999-10-10	vs CHI	L 22–24	–	–	–	–	3	+19.8	1
6	1999-10-17	@ DET	L 23–25	–	–	–	–	2	−5.5	0
7	1999-10-24	vs SF	W 40–16	–	–	–	–	2	+30.9	1
8	1999-10-31	@ DEN	W 23–20	–	–	–	–	6	−2.5	2
9	1999-11-08	vs DAL	W 27–17	–	–	–	–	6	−13.1	0
10	1999-11-14	@ CHI	W 27–24 OT	–	–	–	–	5	+1.7	3
12	1999-11-28	vs LAC	W 35–27	–	–	–	–	5	+13.1	2
13	1999-12-06	@ TB	L 17–24	–	–	–	–	3	−7.1	0
14	1999-12-12	@ KC	L 28–31	–	–	–	–	4	−0.9	1
15	1999-12-20	vs GB	W 24–20	–	–	–	–	6	+31.6	3
16	1999-12-26	@ NYG	W 34–17	–	–	–	–	4	+29.2	3
17	2000-01-02	vs DET	W 24–17	1	0.0	0	0	1	−8.4	0
P18	2000-01-09	vs DAL	W 27–10	–	–	–	–	5	−11.7	0
P19	2000-01-16	@ LA	L 37–49	1	0.0	0	0	5	−37.3	1