Tuesday trends: Passing prowess

Quarterback efficiency is on pace for an all-time high, but the yards per attempt aren’t suffering. Plus, get the leaders from around the NFL in selected deep-dive looks.

NFL quarterbacks are on pace for a combination of records that would seem to be in contrast with each other – getting better at completion percentage and average yards per attempt.

Through seven weeks of the NFL season, quarterbacks have a league-wide passer rating of 90.2 and completion percentage of 63.9. Those would both be NFL records if carried through the rest of the season – 1.3 points better than the previous passer rating and 1.7 percent better than the previous completion percentage.

But 2015 quarterbacks are also…