most passing attempts by a team in the 2001 nfl season

The Detroit Lions had the most pass attempts by a team in 2001, with 609 attempts.

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	TEAM	ATT	SEASON	GP	CMP	PCT	YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Lions	609	2001	16	343	56.3	3,969	6.5	248.1	18	24	69.6	3.0	3.9	66	373
2	Bengals	602	2001	16	322	53.5	3,291	5.5	205.7	12	26	58.1	2.0	4.3	28	203
3	Buccaneers	592	2001	16	362	61.1	3,621	6.1	226.3	13	12	77.4	2.2	2.0	47	298
4	Panthers	579	2001	16	314	54.2	3,098	5.4	193.6	12	22	60.6	2.1	3.8	32	216
5	Giants	568	2001	16	327	57.6	3,764	6.6	235.3	19	16	77.1	3.3	2.8	36	206
6	Saints	562	2001	16	313	55.7	3,844	6.8	240.3	27	22	76.7	4.8	3.9	50	330
7	Colts	557	2001	16	349	62.7	4,227	7.6	264.2	27	23	84.9	4.8	4.1	30	238
8	Bills	557	2001	16	327	58.7	3,722	6.7	232.6	18	20	74.7	3.2	3.6	46	271
9	Ravens	557	2001	16	320	57.5	3,595	6.5	224.7	18	20	72.7	3.2	3.6	40	281
10	Vikings	555	2001	16	335	60.4	3,854	6.9	240.9	23	23	77.9	4.1	4.1	47	278
11	Raiders	553	2001	16	364	65.8	3,862	7.0	241.4	27	9	95.5	4.9	1.6	27	155
12	Rams	551	2001	16	379	68.8	4,903	8.9	306.4	37	22	102.2	6.7	4.0	40	240
13	Chargers	548	2001	16	309	56.4	3,685	6.7	230.3	16	18	73.1	2.9	3.3	27	180
14	Jaguars	534	2001	16	321	60.1	3,670	6.9	229.4	20	14	82.4	3.7	2.6	63	430
15	Bears	528	2001	16	315	59.7	3,072	5.8	192.0	20	16	76.0	3.8	3.0	17	120
16	Chiefs	528	2001	16	300	56.8	3,863	7.3	241.4	17	24	71.7	3.2	4.5	39	198
17	Cardinals	526	2001	16	304	57.8	3,653	6.9	228.3	18	14	79.5	3.4	2.7	29	204
18	Eagles	522	2001	16	300	57.5	3,427	6.6	214.2	27	14	83.4	5.2	2.7	40	282
19	Titans	515	2001	16	307	59.6	3,867	7.5	241.7	23	17	84.2	4.5	3.3	43	309
20	Broncos	511	2001	16	312	61.1	3,208	6.3	200.5	26	19	80.6	5.1	3.7	42	268
21	Packers	510	2001	16	314	61.6	3,921	7.7	245.1	32	15	94.1	6.3	2.9	22	151
22	49ers	506	2001	16	318	62.8	3,559	7.0	222.4	32	12	95.0	6.3	2.4	26	114
23	Falcons	485	2001	16	278	57.3	3,695	7.6	230.9	19	17	80.0	3.9	3.5	64	387
24	Patriots	482	2001	16	306	63.5	3,326	6.9	207.9	21	15	85.3	4.4	3.1	46	237
25	Browns	466	2001	16	279	59.9	3,154	6.8	197.1	18	21	74.3	3.9	4.5	51	353

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Sun 11/8	DET	@	MIA	1:00 PM
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Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
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Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
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Rams	2	3	0	.400
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Patriots	3	2	0	.600
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Ravens	4	1	0	.800
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
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Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
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Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000