Over the last couple of days, I’ve been looking at measuring the age of a team’s passing attack. On Friday, I noted that the Jaguars had the 2nd youngest passing offense in the NFL behind only Tampa Bay. And yesterday, I measured the youngest passing offenses in football history, with Jacksonville checking in at #20.

The Jaguars threw for 4,428 gross passing yards last season (or, 8,856 combined passing/receiving yards), though, so that makes them a bit more of an outlier. The table below shows all teams with at least 8,500 combined passing/receiving yards, and ranks them in ascending order based on average age:

Rk Tm Year Yds Age 20 jax 2015 8856 23.9 23 nwe 1994 9166 23.9 101 mia 1984 10292 24.6 190 cin 2013 8636 25.0 193 det 2011 10142 25.1 228 clt 2012 8752 25.2 288 clt 2000 8826 25.5 329 gnb 1989 8650 25.6 348 den 2008 9090 25.7 399 det 2012 10278 25.8 491 mia 1985 8556 26.1 517 gnb 1995 9078 26.2 539 clt 2014 10124 26.2 563 phi 2014 9162 26.3 569 chi 1999 8704 26.3 570 was 2014 8922 26.3 571 jax 1996 8734 26.3 594 mia 1986 9796 26.4 628 was 2015 8588 26.5 651 sea 2002 8514 26.6 665 crd 1984 9268 26.6 667 gnb 2009 8987 26.6 671 det 2014 8568 26.6 677 det 2013 9300 26.6 684 phi 2013 8814 26.6 702 kan 1983 9368 26.7 709 min 1981 9134 26.7 722 ram 1989 8743 26.8 743 gnb 2010 8710 26.8 754 ram 1999 9160 26.9 775 min 2004 9508 26.9 818 mia 1988 9114 27.1 826 nor 2006 9252 27.1 830 phi 2015 8682 27.1 898 gnb 2011 10322 27.3 905 den 2010 8614 27.3 919 htx 2008 8948 27.3 936 pit 2009 8992 27.4 939 det 2015 8932 27.4 949 cle 2013 8744 27.4 951 ram 2003 8581 27.4 976 crd 2005 9446 27.5 980 det 1995 9020 27.5 993 gnb 2012 8685 27.5 994 atl 2011 8730 27.5 1011 htx 2009 9606 27.6 1026 clt 2003 8584 27.6 1028 mia 1989 8604 27.6 1029 atl 1995 8912 27.6 1050 nyg 2011 9866 27.7 1055 gnb 2013 9076 27.7 1085 phi 2009 8760 27.7 1097 nor 2007 8846 27.8 1100 nwe 2005 8644 27.8 1103 atl 1994 8688 27.8 1111 sdg 2009 9012 27.8 1119 phi 2011 8555 27.8 1125 dal 2007 8580 27.8 1132 sdg 1980 9482 27.9 1141 dal 2009 8966 27.9 1149 sfo 1986 8598 27.9 1155 ram 2000 10984 28.0 1176 gnb 1998 8680 28.0 1179 nwe 1986 8642 28.0 1194 pit 2011 8666 28.1 1196 oti 1961 9152 28.1 1213 atl 2012 9438 28.1 1224 nor 2008 10138 28.2 1248 clt 2004 9464 28.2 1262 gnb 2014 8894 28.3 1276 den 2000 8928 28.4 1290 was 1989 8952 28.4 1294 htx 2010 8740 28.4 1295 sdg 2010 9492 28.4 1304 rav 2015 8901 28.5 1331 ram 2004 9230 28.6 1339 kan 2000 8816 28.6 1361 nor 2009 8984 28.6 1363 dal 2011 8906 28.6 1401 sdg 1981 9746 28.8 1402 atl 2014 9516 28.8 1408 atl 2015 9204 28.8 1409 ram 2002 8960 28.8 1427 ram 2005 8702 28.8 1433 atl 2013 9095 28.9 1440 rai 2012 8584 28.9 1453 phi 2006 8618 28.9 1463 was 1988 8678 29.0 1466 ram 2001 9806 29.0 1479 buf 2002 8734 29.0 1488 pit 2013 8612 29.1 1492 sdg 2011 9248 29.1 1495 ram 2006 8656 29.1 1497 sdg 1983 9782 29.1 1500 nwe 2007 9727 29.1 1501 nyg 2014 8940 29.1 1505 pit 2014 10009 29.1 1525 sdg 2013 8972 29.2 1531 chi 2013 8901 29.3 1548 dal 2012 9985 29.3 1549 nor 2010 9272 29.3 1585 sfo 1989 9168 29.6 1605 cle 1981 8678 29.7 1615 sfo 2000 8804 29.7 1627 nyg 2015 9019 29.8 1629 crd 2013 8582 29.8 1631 clt 2006 8794 29.8 1633 sdg 1984 9856 29.8 1639 den 1994 8766 29.9 1642 nor 2011 11010 29.9 1662 mia 1993 9128 30.0 1671 gnb 1983 9376 30.0 1688 sdg 1985 10350 30.1 1694 rav 1996 8548 30.2 1702 clt 2009 9210 30.3 1709 oti 1990 10144 30.3 1732 sfo 1995 9559 30.5 1736 nwe 2011 10514 30.5 1761 sdg 2014 8592 30.7 1765 gnb 2004 9100 30.7 1770 nwe 2013 8686 30.8 1772 sfo 1990 8742 30.8 1777 clt 2010 9400 30.8 1778 nwe 2009 9080 30.8 1783 nor 2012 10377 30.8 1784 sfo 1993 8960 30.8 1788 sfo 1994 8724 30.9 1790 was 2010 8522 30.9 1794 mia 1994 9066 31.0 1798 min 1998 8987 31.0 1799 min 1999 8636 31.0 1807 nor 2014 9904 31.1 1812 sdg 2015 9710 31.1 1815 den 1995 8520 31.2 1816 car 1999 8894 31.2 1818 crd 2008 9750 31.2 1824 nor 2013 10324 31.3 1827 mia 1995 8802 31.3 1836 crd 2015 9550 31.4 1838 nor 2015 10410 31.5 1844 nwe 2012 9688 31.6 1848 nwe 2014 8582 31.6 1852 oti 1991 9608 31.6 1855 min 1994 9140 31.6 1865 kan 2004 9266 31.8 1869 den 2012 9342 31.9 1873 gnb 2007 8922 31.9 1878 den 2013 11144 32.0 1887 min 2009 8808 32.4 1890 sfo 1998 9020 32.4 1892 min 1995 9001 32.6 1894 nwe 2015 9624 32.7 1896 den 2014 9558 32.7 1908 rai 2002 9378 34.5

For Jaguars fans, I would say this qualifies as some pretty good news. We should acknowledge that it is probably misleading to just lump Jacksonville with the best passing teams without recognizing that the Jaguars threw 607 passes last year; that’s a lot of pass attempts, and it’s a huge number compared to the average team over the course of NFL history. So it would be easier (and, in some cases, a lot easier) for the Jaguars to throw for 4,250 yards than it would be for other teams throughout history. This is obviously going to be biased toward modern teams. That said, look at the other top five teams:

The 1994 Patriots had a 22-year-old Drew Bledsoe, along with Ben Coates (25), Vincent Brisby (23), and Michael Timpson (27), along with other young skill position players. In two years, the Patriots would be in the Super Bowl.

The ’84 Dolphins were one of the greatest passing teams of all time, but also a really young one. Dan Marino was just 23 years old, while Mark Duper was 25 and Mark Clayton was only 23.

The 2011 Lions had Matt Stafford (23), Calvin Johnson (26), Brandon Pettigrew (26), and Titus Young (22).

From an efficiency standpoint, Bortles and the Jaguars passing attack was far from great last year; he was still slightly below league average in ANY/A, and ranked 27th in QBR. He had an unusual season, ranking 2nd in touchdowns, 1st in interceptions, and obliterating the NFL record for touchdown passes while trailing.