[OC] Season Modified Around Reigns Team Adjusted Stat System
So anyway ... I've developed my own little stat system to play around with. We can work on the acronym later 
, but I've really put my new Ryzen 5 5600X and Excel to the test with some of this data lately, including this one, which I think I had to redo 17 times because I kept forgetting to dot an i or carry a 1. At 7 minutes per compiling, the Pact™ was starting to sound like the better plan.
Well that was 3 sentences long so I imagine I lost half of you already, but we got 3879 more words to go in this thesis according to the word counter below, if you include numbers. So let me see if I can explain the madness with this one. It looks at the offensive/defensive strength of a team in a "strength of schedule" sorta way, but instead of wins, it's about points and yards. I can do any stat, but I've chosen points and yards this time. My attempt to rank the offenses and defenses of a team in a more fair way? Best of all, I can compare teams across different eras, which was the main goal of this project, but more on that later. Sorry, the Nemesis -tem method won't work with this system buddy.
Fair as in, teams aren't just ranked by how many points they've scored or yards they've accumulated, but instead, the offensive and defensive strength of your opponents are factored into the equation. Is the 5th ranked offense actually better than the 10th ranked offense if it played a much easier defensive schedule? Probably because the needle doesn't move too much for most teams lol, but I've seen teams move up/down the rankings by double digits in some categories. 2001 Dolphins, 1987 Broncos etc.
Oh yeah, I better mention how the sausage is made ... I'll use the Vikings last game against the Bears as an example. The Vikings racked up 331 total yards against the Bears defense in that game, and the Bears had given up 315.81 yards per game to their other 16 opponents (your opponents average doesn't include what you yourself put up against them). That gives the Vikings offense a net 15.19 yards toward the system. 15.19 yards over average against that 1 opponent. Against the Panthers, the Vikings racked up 573 yards on them when they only gave up 289.38 on average otherwise, for a net of 281.63. Bravo Baby Kubes, daddy would be proud.
After you tally up all 17 single game averages, the Vikings end up with a net 373.50 yards for the season. Then divide that by games played (the average average?) because we eventually want to compare teams across eras and they didn't always play the same number of games. So the 2021 Vikings offense gained an average of 21.97 yards more per game than their opponents typically allowed, which ranks them 10th in 2021 and 502nd all time (since 1960 out of 1773 teams). In the traditional offensive yards system, the Vikings ranked 12th in total yards this year, so they were actually a little better than that when you factor in the defensive strength of their opponents. Yay Kubiak! Put that on your resume big guy.
If you removed the Mannion game they'd jump up to 7th at 31.46 lol. Wow, a whole 10 yards per game. That's shockingly bad. But this is a team system, so we're not doing any of those "what if" shenanigans. The Vikings weakened themselves by choosing to have Mannion on the roster. See how that works? Some teams were probably derailed by injuries etc, but too bad, next time sign more reliable players, or pony up a little extra for the crystal ball.
Here are the Vikings game by game results for both offense and defense (total yards):
A couple things jump out at me. 1) there isn't a game where both the offense and defense showed up at the same time, which explains all the close games and lack of blowouts. 2) in that Bears Monday night game, neither side showed up and they still won lol. 3) even when the Vikings appear to dominate (Panthers), it still led to a close game. The Panthers offense had a -82.50 against our defense in that game, and their defense a +221.19 against our offense. Both are pretty bad so the Vikings should have won by at least 3 TD's.
And on this chart I just plotted each team based on their average total yards in this system for 2021, because who doesn't love charts with little helmets?
Other than the fraudulent Packers being no better than the Eagles/Raiders, the Titans might be the most baffling #1 seed ever, which kinda explains why they lost to the Bengals, although the Bengals aren't really all that special either. And nothing explains the Steelers xD. I mean what the hell Chargers?
Now for some plain ol data, because numbers are pretty all by themselves sometimes, especially when there are this many. This first one just shows you how all the teams rank in the 8 offensive/defensive categories in this system, ranked by the best combined score in average total yards aka "TEAM SCORE" = (offensive total yards + the inverse of defensive total yards), higher the better. That's the long way of saying net yards I suppose.
Right off the bat we can already see how offensive teams have fared better than defensive. The proof? Here are the average ranks of the division winners:
So much for rushings leads to winning and defense wins championships lol. The trend remains mostly consistent with the 4 conference championship teams. Blah blah blah Ryans, the possible one hit wonder. Yeah lets commit to that for 3-4 seasons ... not! But I wonder why the trophy case remained empty during the Zimmer era
? But sure Vikings, make sure you interview all those DC's. 
We'll find out how smart this KAMalytics guy is because my ass didn't go to Stanford and I never worked on Wall St, but I certainly see which direction these analytics lean in the trophy case argument. But sure, those TWO 49ers games trump the whole thing.
And here are a bunch more numbers. Each of the 8 categories broken down individually. ABOVE = how many games a team went above the average their opposing defenses have allowed. The higher the better. The (RK) would be their traditional NFL points/yards rank, and DIFF would be the difference between their S.M.A.R.T.A.S.S. rank and NFL rank.
OFFENSIVE POINTS:
OFFENSE TOTAL YARDS:
OFFENSE PASSING YARDS:
OFFENSE RUSHING YARDS:
Weird, look at all those terrible rushing teams in the playoffs. Not many terrible passing teams in the playoffs though, right Carson Wentz?
Now for the defense, except this time the lower the better, as well as the most games "BELOW". Here we get a first glimpse of how much a team can slip in the rankings. The Buccaneers defense has been propped up by having played inferior offenses. Maybe that's why the Rams lit them up early and often.
DEFENSE POINTS:
DEFENSE TOTAL YARDS:
DEFENSE PASSING YARDS:
DEFENSE RUSHING YARDS:
Defensive playoff teams look a little spread out don't they? Huh, wonder if we can draw any conclusions from that ... that could increase our odds of finally capturing one of those shiny trophies.
So yeah, I did this with all 1773 teams since 1960, so who do we think owned the best offense or defense in NFL history? Because this foolproof system obviously has everything figured out. Do the '69 Vikings own the best defense ever? The '85 Bears? The 2000 Ravens (who had a pretty easy schedule)? Where does the '98 Vikings offense rank? Place your bets. Who had the best team of all time? How bout the worst? It wasn't Steckel, he came in at 1709th xD.
Maybe we can even figure out when the whole "defense wins championships" myth stopped being a reality? I mean rushing leads to winning after all am-I-right? I better order another box of crayons because I smell more charts coming.
, but I've really put my new Ryzen 5 5600X and Excel to the test with some of this data lately, including this one, which I think I had to redo 17 times because I kept forgetting to dot an i or carry a 1. At 7 minutes per compiling, the Pact™ was starting to sound like the better plan.Well that was 3 sentences long so I imagine I lost half of you already, but we got 3879 more words to go in this thesis according to the word counter below, if you include numbers. So let me see if I can explain the madness with this one. It looks at the offensive/defensive strength of a team in a "strength of schedule" sorta way, but instead of wins, it's about points and yards. I can do any stat, but I've chosen points and yards this time. My attempt to rank the offenses and defenses of a team in a more fair way? Best of all, I can compare teams across different eras, which was the main goal of this project, but more on that later. Sorry, the Nemesis -tem method won't work with this system buddy.
Fair as in, teams aren't just ranked by how many points they've scored or yards they've accumulated, but instead, the offensive and defensive strength of your opponents are factored into the equation. Is the 5th ranked offense actually better than the 10th ranked offense if it played a much easier defensive schedule? Probably because the needle doesn't move too much for most teams lol, but I've seen teams move up/down the rankings by double digits in some categories. 2001 Dolphins, 1987 Broncos etc.
Oh yeah, I better mention how the sausage is made ... I'll use the Vikings last game against the Bears as an example. The Vikings racked up 331 total yards against the Bears defense in that game, and the Bears had given up 315.81 yards per game to their other 16 opponents (your opponents average doesn't include what you yourself put up against them). That gives the Vikings offense a net 15.19 yards toward the system. 15.19 yards over average against that 1 opponent. Against the Panthers, the Vikings racked up 573 yards on them when they only gave up 289.38 on average otherwise, for a net of 281.63. Bravo Baby Kubes, daddy would be proud.
After you tally up all 17 single game averages, the Vikings end up with a net 373.50 yards for the season. Then divide that by games played (the average average?) because we eventually want to compare teams across eras and they didn't always play the same number of games. So the 2021 Vikings offense gained an average of 21.97 yards more per game than their opponents typically allowed, which ranks them 10th in 2021 and 502nd all time (since 1960 out of 1773 teams). In the traditional offensive yards system, the Vikings ranked 12th in total yards this year, so they were actually a little better than that when you factor in the defensive strength of their opponents. Yay Kubiak! Put that on your resume big guy.
If you removed the Mannion game they'd jump up to 7th at 31.46 lol. Wow, a whole 10 yards per game. That's shockingly bad. But this is a team system, so we're not doing any of those "what if" shenanigans. The Vikings weakened themselves by choosing to have Mannion on the roster. See how that works? Some teams were probably derailed by injuries etc, but too bad, next time sign more reliable players, or pony up a little extra for the crystal ball.
Here are the Vikings game by game results for both offense and defense (total yards):
A couple things jump out at me. 1) there isn't a game where both the offense and defense showed up at the same time, which explains all the close games and lack of blowouts. 2) in that Bears Monday night game, neither side showed up and they still won lol. 3) even when the Vikings appear to dominate (Panthers), it still led to a close game. The Panthers offense had a -82.50 against our defense in that game, and their defense a +221.19 against our offense. Both are pretty bad so the Vikings should have won by at least 3 TD's.
And on this chart I just plotted each team based on their average total yards in this system for 2021, because who doesn't love charts with little helmets?
Other than the fraudulent Packers being no better than the Eagles/Raiders, the Titans might be the most baffling #1 seed ever, which kinda explains why they lost to the Bengals, although the Bengals aren't really all that special either. And nothing explains the Steelers xD. I mean what the hell Chargers?
Now for some plain ol data, because numbers are pretty all by themselves sometimes, especially when there are this many. This first one just shows you how all the teams rank in the 8 offensive/defensive categories in this system, ranked by the best combined score in average total yards aka "TEAM SCORE" = (offensive total yards + the inverse of defensive total yards), higher the better. That's the long way of saying net yards I suppose.
S.M.A.R.T.A.S.S RANKINGS
TEAM OFFENSE DEFENSE
RK TM W- L-T PF-PA PLAYOFFS SCORE PTS OFF PSS RUN PTS DEF PSS RUN
1. BUF 11- 6-0 483-289 div 93.73 5 5 9 6 1 1 1 20
2. TAM 13- 4-0 511-353 div 71.18 2 1 1 26 12 18 29 3 <-- Bowlesmovement
3. DAL 12- 5-0 530-358 div 59.76 1 2 3 9 7 22 20 14
4. SAF 10- 7-0 427-365 wc CC 58.97 14 9 12 7 6 5 8 7 <-- Ryans
5. KAN 12- 5-0 480-364 div CC 46.79 3 3 2 15 5 24 21 19
6. ARZ 11- 6-0 449-366 wc 45.06 9 7 10 10 9 12 11 13
7. NEP 10- 7-0 462-303 wc 41.85 7 13 14 8 2 7 4 23
8. LOC 9- 8-0 474-459 33.65 4 4 4 21 29 23 9 31
9. LAV 10- 7-0 374-439 wc 33.38 18 11 6 29 26 11 13 10
10. GRB 13- 4-0 450-371 div 33.21 11 12 11 19 15 9 14 9
11. CLE 8- 9-0 349-371 29.70 21 18 28 4 10 2 5 15
12. PHI 9- 8-0 444-385 wc 27.12 12 15 26 1 20 10 10 17
13. LOR 12- 5-0 460-372 div CC 25.42 6 8 5 25 14 14 23 5 <-- Raheem Meh
14. BAL 8- 9-0 387-392 18.10 17 6 13 3 18 26 32 1
15. CIN 10- 7-0 460-376 div CC 9.01 10 14 7 27 19 17 24 6
16. DEN 7-10-0 335-322 2.52 27 23 21 16 3 6 6 16
17. IND 9- 8-0 451-365 0.79 8 16 27 2 13 16 16 12
18. TEN 12- 5-0 419-354 div -0.30 13 17 23 5 8 13 28 2
19. CHI 6-11-0 311-407 -7.20 29 29 32 14 21 3 2 24
20. CAR 5-12-0 304-404 -11.78 28 30 29 20 22 4 3 21
21. NOS 9- 8-0 364-335 -13.17 19 27 30 13 4 8 15 4
22. MIN 8- 9-0 425-426 -15.11 15 10 8 17 25 29 26 26
23. WAS 7-10-0 335-434 -24.59 22 19 20 12 24 21 25 8
24. PIT 9- 7-1 343-398 wc -35.13 20 24 18 28 16 20 7 32
25. MIA 9- 8-0 341-373 -35.50 23 26 16 30 17 15 17 11
26. DET 3-13-1 325-467 -55.70 25 21 19 18 30 28 22 27
27. JAX 3-14-0 253-457 -57.76 31 28 24 22 28 25 18 22
28. SEA 7-10-0 395-366 -59.18 16 20 22 11 11 30 31 18
29. ATL 7-10-0 313-459 -59.24 26 25 15 31 31 27 19 28
30. NYG 4-13-0 258-416 -60.98 32 31 31 23 23 19 12 25 <-- the Giants DC? Seriously?
31. NYJ 4-13-0 310-504 -87.99 24 22 17 24 32 32 30 30
32. HOU 4-13-0 280-452 -106.63 30 32 25 32 27 31 27 29
Right off the bat we can already see how offensive teams have fared better than defensive. The proof? Here are the average ranks of the division winners:
OFFENSE DEFENSE
points 6.38 10.13
total yards 7.75 14.75
passing 7.63 20.00
rushing 16.50 9.75
So much for rushings leads to winning and defense wins championships lol. The trend remains mostly consistent with the 4 conference championship teams. Blah blah blah Ryans, the possible one hit wonder. Yeah lets commit to that for 3-4 seasons ... not! But I wonder why the trophy case remained empty during the Zimmer era
? But sure Vikings, make sure you interview all those DC's. We'll find out how smart this KAMalytics guy is because my ass didn't go to Stanford and I never worked on Wall St, but I certainly see which direction these analytics lean in the trophy case argument. But sure, those TWO 49ers games trump the whole thing.
And here are a bunch more numbers. Each of the 8 categories broken down individually. ABOVE = how many games a team went above the average their opposing defenses have allowed. The higher the better. The (RK) would be their traditional NFL points/yards rank, and DIFF would be the difference between their S.M.A.R.T.A.S.S. rank and NFL rank.
OFFENSIVE POINTS:
RK TM W- L-T PF-PA PLAYOFFS PPG ABOVE (RK) DIFF
1. DAL 12- 5-0 530-358 div 8.49 12 ( 1) 0
2. TAM 13- 4-0 511-353 div 7.67 14 ( 2) 0
3. KAN 12- 5-0 480-364 div CC 5.79 12 ( 4) 1
4. LOC 9- 8-0 474-459 5.50 12 ( 5) 1
5. BUF 11- 6-0 483-289 div 5.43 12 ( 3) -2
6. LOR 12- 5-0 460-372 div CC 4.29 12 ( 7) 1
7. NEP 10- 7-0 462-303 wc 4.25 8 ( 6) -1
8. IND 9- 8-0 451-365 3.75 12 ( 9) 1
9. ARZ 11- 6-0 449-366 wc 3.66 12 (11) 2
10. CIN 10- 7-0 460-376 div CC 3.37 11 ( 7) -3
11. GRB 13- 4-0 450-371 div 3.35 13 (10) -1
12. PHI 9- 8-0 444-385 wc 2.43 10 (12) 0
13. TEN 12- 5-0 419-354 div 1.99 10 (15) 2
14. SAF 10- 7-0 427-365 wc CC 1.96 10 (13) -1
15. MIN 8- 9-0 425-426 1.87 10 (14) -1
16. SEA 7-10-0 395-366 0.16 9 (16) 0
17. BAL 8- 9-0 387-392 -0.28 8 (17) 0
18. LAV 10- 7-0 374-439 wc -0.76 8 (18) 0
19. NOS 9- 8-0 364-335 -1.46 8 (19) 0
20. PIT 9- 7-1 343-398 wc -2.61 7 (21) 1
21. CLE 8- 9-0 349-371 -2.85 7 (20) -1
22. WAS 7-10-0 335-434 -2.88 6 (23) 1
23. MIA 9- 8-0 341-373 -3.02 6 (22) -1
24. NYJ 4-13-0 310-504 -3.39 5 (28) 4
25. DET 3-13-1 325-467 -3.88 5 (25) 0
26. ATL 7-10-0 313-459 -4.46 6 (26) 0
27. DEN 7-10-0 335-322 -5.10 5 (23) -4
28. CAR 5-12-0 304-404 -5.26 4 (29) 1
29. CHI 6-11-0 311-407 -5.35 6 (27) -2
30. HOU 4-13-0 280-452 -6.49 7 (30) 0
31. JAX 3-14-0 253-457 -7.85 2 (32) 1
32. NYG 4-13-0 258-416 -8.29 3 (31) -1
OFFENSE TOTAL YARDS:
RK TM W- L-T PF-PA PLAYOFFS AVG/YDS ABOVE (RK) DIFF
1. TAM 13- 4-0 511-353 div 75.40 14 ( 1) 0
2. DAL 12- 5-0 530-358 div 68.57 10 ( 2) 0
3. KAN 12- 5-0 480-364 div CC 61.72 15 ( 3) 0
4. LOC 9- 8-0 474-459 44.36 13 ( 4) 0
5. BUF 11- 6-0 483-289 div 36.32 12 ( 5) 0
6. BAL 8- 9-0 387-392 35.43 8 ( 6) 0
7. ARZ 11- 6-0 449-366 wc 31.05 13 ( 8) 1
8. LOR 12- 5-0 460-372 div CC 26.24 14 ( 9) 1
9. SAF 10- 7-0 427-365 wc CC 26.11 10 ( 7) -2
10. MIN 8- 9-0 425-426 21.97 12 (12) 2
11. LAV 10- 7-0 374-439 wc 18.46 9 (11) 0
12. GRB 13- 4-0 450-371 div 16.14 9 (10) -2
13. NEP 10- 7-0 462-303 wc 14.94 9 (15) 2
14. CIN 10- 7-0 460-376 div CC 13.22 10 (13) -1
15. PHI 9- 8-0 444-385 wc 11.81 5 (14) -1
16. IND 9- 8-0 451-365 3.27 5 (16) 0
17. TEN 12- 5-0 419-354 div -4.35 6 (17) 0
18. CLE 8- 9-0 349-371 -11.55 4 (18) 0
19. WAS 7-10-0 335-434 -16.23 6 (21) 2
20. SEA 7-10-0 395-366 -19.98 6 (20) 0
21. DET 3-13-1 325-467 -21.40 6 (22) 1
22. NYJ 4-13-0 310-504 -23.15 7 (26) 4
23. DEN 7-10-0 335-322 -26.61 5 (19) -4
24. PIT 9- 7-1 343-398 wc -29.56 9 (23) -1
25. ATL 7-10-0 313-459 -31.43 9 (29) 4
26. MIA 9- 8-0 341-373 -33.08 8 (24) -2
27. NOS 9- 8-0 364-335 -36.02 6 (28) 1
28. JAX 3-14-0 253-457 -40.44 3 (27) -1
29. CHI 6-11-0 311-407 -45.74 5 (25) -4
30. CAR 5-12-0 304-404 -47.32 5 (30) 0
31. NYG 4-13-0 258-416 -56.61 5 (31) 0
32. HOU 4-13-0 280-452 -61.54 7 (32) 0
OFFENSE PASSING YARDS:
RK TM W- L-T PF-PA PLAYOFFS AVG/YDS ABOVE (RK) DIFF
1. TAM 13- 4-0 511-353 div 92.87 6 ( 1) 0
2. KAN 12- 5-0 480-364 div CC 60.08 8 ( 3) 1
3. DAL 12- 5-0 530-358 div 58.98 8 ( 3) 0
4. LOC 9- 8-0 474-459 53.45 6 ( 2) -2
5. LOR 12- 5-0 460-372 div CC 41.74 8 ( 5) 0
6. LAV 10- 7-0 374-439 wc 40.89 5 ( 6) 0
7. CIN 10- 7-0 460-376 div CC 31.13 6 ( 7) 0
8. MIN 8- 9-0 425-426 25.19 6 (11) 3
9. BUF 11- 6-0 483-289 div 23.54 10 ( 9) 0
10. ARZ 11- 6-0 449-366 wc 22.40 9 (10) 0
11. GRB 13- 4-0 450-371 div 20.80 6 ( 8) -3
12. SAF 10- 7-0 427-365 wc CC 13.64 11 (12) 0
13. BAL 8- 9-0 387-392 6.72 10 (13) 0
14. NEP 10- 7-0 462-303 wc 3.59 12 (14) 0
15. ATL 7-10-0 313-459 -3.42 4 (16) 1
16. MIA 9- 8-0 341-373 -8.33 4 (17) 1
17. NYJ 4-13-0 310-504 -8.53 4 (20) 3
18. PIT 9- 7-1 343-398 wc -10.84 7 (15) -3
19. DET 3-13-1 325-467 -16.88 7 (18) -1
20. WAS 7-10-0 335-434 -23.44 7 (22) 2
21. DEN 7-10-0 335-322 -25.90 8 (19) -2
22. SEA 7-10-0 395-366 -27.85 7 (23) 1
23. TEN 12- 5-0 419-354 div -27.93 8 (24) 1
24. JAX 3-14-0 253-457 -29.25 5 (21) -3
25. HOU 4-13-0 280-452 -30.65 3 (28) 3
26. PHI 9- 8-0 444-385 wc -33.93 14 (25) -1
27. IND 9- 8-0 451-365 -35.98 14 (26) -1
28. CLE 8- 9-0 349-371 -39.19 11 (27) -1
29. CAR 5-12-0 304-404 -39.99 7 (29) 0
30. NOS 9- 8-0 364-335 -40.49 9 (32) 2
31. NYG 4-13-0 258-416 -43.22 4 (31) 0
32. CHI 6-11-0 311-407 -49.17 9 (30) -2
OFFENSE RUSHING YARDS:
RK TM W- L-T PF-PA PLAYOFFS AVG/YDS ABOVE (RK) DIFF
1. PHI 9- 8-0 444-385 wc 45.74 9 ( 1) 0
2. IND 9- 8-0 451-365 39.25 9 ( 2) 0
3. BAL 8- 9-0 387-392 28.71 10 ( 3) 0
4. CLE 8- 9-0 349-371 27.64 7 ( 4) 0
5. TEN 12- 5-0 419-354 div 23.58 9 ( 5) 0
6. BUF 11- 6-0 483-289 div 12.79 12 ( 6) 0
7. SAF 10- 7-0 427-365 wc CC 12.47 11 ( 7) 0
8. NEP 10- 7-0 462-303 wc 11.35 8 ( 8) 0
9. DAL 12- 5-0 530-358 div 9.59 12 ( 9) 0
10. ARZ 11- 6-0 449-366 wc 8.65 13 (11) 1
11. SEA 7-10-0 395-366 7.88 9 (10) -1
12. WAS 7-10-0 335-434 7.21 7 (12) 0
13. NOS 9- 8-0 364-335 4.47 7 (15) 2
14. CHI 6-11-0 311-407 3.44 3 (14) 0
15. KAN 12- 5-0 480-364 div CC 1.64 15 (16) 1
16. DEN 7-10-0 335-322 -0.71 6 (13) -3
17. MIN 8- 9-0 425-426 -3.22 12 (17) 0
18. DET 3-13-1 325-467 -4.52 6 (19) 1
19. GRB 13- 4-0 450-371 div -4.67 10 (18) -1
20. CAR 5-12-0 304-404 -7.33 5 (20) 0
21. LOC 9- 8-0 474-459 -9.08 14 (21) 0
22. JAX 3-14-0 253-457 -11.20 4 (22) 0
23. NYG 4-13-0 258-416 -13.38 3 (24) 1
24. NYJ 4-13-0 310-504 -14.62 8 (27) 3
25. LOR 12- 5-0 460-372 div CC -15.50 12 (25) 0
26. TAM 13- 4-0 511-353 div -17.46 14 (26) 0
27. CIN 10- 7-0 460-376 div CC -17.91 9 (23) -4
28. PIT 9- 7-1 343-398 wc -18.71 3 (29) 1
29. LAV 10- 7-0 374-439 wc -22.43 9 (28) -1
30. MIA 9- 8-0 341-373 -24.75 3 (30) 0
31. ATL 7-10-0 313-459 -28.00 7 (31) 0
32. HOU 4-13-0 280-452 -30.89 6 (32) 0
Weird, look at all those terrible rushing teams in the playoffs. Not many terrible passing teams in the playoffs though, right Carson Wentz?
Now for the defense, except this time the lower the better, as well as the most games "BELOW". Here we get a first glimpse of how much a team can slip in the rankings. The Buccaneers defense has been propped up by having played inferior offenses. Maybe that's why the Rams lit them up early and often.
DEFENSE POINTS:
RK TM W- L-T PF-PA PLAYOFFS PPG BELOW (RK) DIFF
1. BUF 11- 6-0 483-289 div -5.02 12 ( 1) 0
2. NEP 10- 7-0 462-303 wc -5.02 11 ( 2) 0
3. DEN 7-10-0 335-322 -4.32 12 ( 3) 0
4. NOS 9- 8-0 364-335 -3.63 10 ( 4) 0
5. KAN 12- 5-0 480-364 div CC -2.34 7 ( 8) 3
6. SAF 10- 7-0 427-365 wc CC -1.96 9 ( 9) 3
7. DAL 12- 5-0 530-358 div -1.76 10 ( 7) 0
8. TEN 12- 5-0 419-354 div -1.71 8 ( 6) -2
9. ARZ 11- 6-0 449-366 wc -1.61 10 (11) 2
10. CLE 8- 9-0 349-371 -1.61 11 (13) 3
11. SEA 7-10-0 395-366 -1.49 11 (11) 0
12. TAM 13- 4-0 511-353 div -1.27 11 ( 5) -7
13. IND 9- 8-0 451-365 -1.10 8 ( 9) -4
14. LOR 12- 5-0 460-372 div CC -1.06 11 (15) 1
15. GRB 13- 4-0 450-371 div -0.97 9 (13) -2
16. PIT 9- 7-1 343-398 wc -0.36 10 (20) 4
17. MIA 9- 8-0 341-373 -0.31 9 (16) -1
18. BAL 8- 9-0 387-392 -0.24 9 (19) 1
19. CIN 10- 7-0 460-376 div CC 0.26 9 (17) -2
20. PHI 9- 8-0 444-385 wc 0.30 11 (18) -2
21. CHI 6-11-0 311-407 0.39 8 (22) 1
22. CAR 5-12-0 304-404 0.64 8 (21) -1
23. NYG 4-13-0 258-416 0.69 9 (23) 0
24. WAS 7-10-0 335-434 1.58 9 (25) 1
25. MIN 8- 9-0 425-426 1.81 8 (24) -1
26. LAV 10- 7-0 374-439 wc 2.49 6 (26) 0
27. HOU 4-13-0 280-452 3.62 4 (27) 0
28. JAX 3-14-0 253-457 3.80 6 (28) 0
29. LOC 9- 8-0 474-459 4.24 8 (29) 0
30. DET 3-13-1 325-467 4.43 6 (31) 1
31. ATL 7-10-0 313-459 4.69 5 (29) -2
32. NYJ 4-13-0 310-504 6.85 5 (32) 0
DEFENSE TOTAL YARDS:
RK TM W- L-T PF-PA PLAYOFFS AVG/YDS BELOW (RK) DIFF
1. BUF 11- 6-0 483-289 div -57.40 13 ( 1) 0
2. CLE 8- 9-0 349-371 -41.25 11 ( 5) 3
3. CHI 6-11-0 311-407 -38.54 10 ( 6) 3
4. CAR 5-12-0 304-404 -35.54 10 ( 2) -2
5. SAF 10- 7-0 427-365 wc CC -32.86 12 ( 3) -2
6. DEN 7-10-0 335-322 -29.13 10 ( 8) 2
7. NEP 10- 7-0 462-303 wc -26.91 12 ( 4) -3
8. NOS 9- 8-0 364-335 -22.86 11 ( 7) -1
9. GRB 13- 4-0 450-371 div -17.07 9 ( 9) 0
10. PHI 9- 8-0 444-385 wc -15.31 12 (10) 0
11. LAV 10- 7-0 374-439 wc -14.92 10 (14) 3
12. ARZ 11- 6-0 449-366 wc -14.01 10 (11) -1
13. TEN 12- 5-0 419-354 div -4.05 8 (12) -1
14. LOR 12- 5-0 460-372 div CC 0.82 7 (17) 3
15. MIA 9- 8-0 341-373 2.41 9 (15) 0
16. IND 9- 8-0 451-365 2.48 8 (16) 0
17. CIN 10- 7-0 460-376 div CC 4.21 8 (18) 1
18. TAM 13- 4-0 511-353 div 4.22 7 (13) -5
19. NYG 4-13-0 258-416 4.38 10 (21) 2
20. PIT 9- 7-1 343-398 wc 5.57 9 (24) 4
21. WAS 7-10-0 335-434 8.36 9 (22) 1
22. DAL 12- 5-0 530-358 div 8.81 7 (19) -3
23. LOC 9- 8-0 474-459 10.71 10 (23) 0
24. KAN 12- 5-0 480-364 div CC 14.93 7 (27) 3
25. JAX 3-14-0 253-457 17.31 6 (20) -5
26. BAL 8- 9-0 387-392 17.33 8 (25) -1
27. ATL 7-10-0 313-459 27.82 4 (26) -1
28. DET 3-13-1 325-467 34.29 3 (29) 1
29. MIN 8- 9-0 425-426 37.08 4 (30) 1
30. SEA 7-10-0 395-366 39.21 5 (28) -2
31. HOU 4-13-0 280-452 45.08 4 (31) 0
32. NYJ 4-13-0 310-504 64.83 3 (32) 0
DEFENSE PASSING YARDS:
RK TM W- L-T PF-PA PLAYOFFS AVG/YDS BELOW (RK) DIFF
1. BUF 11- 6-0 483-289 div -58.41 13 ( 1) 0
2. CHI 6-11-0 311-407 -51.32 12 ( 3) 1
3. CAR 5-12-0 304-404 -39.44 13 ( 4) 1
4. NEP 10- 7-0 462-303 wc -39.27 13 ( 2) -2
5. CLE 8- 9-0 349-371 -38.12 10 ( 5) 0
6. DEN 7-10-0 335-322 -26.14 11 ( 8) 2
7. PIT 9- 7-1 343-398 wc -20.07 11 ( 9) 2
8. SAF 10- 7-0 427-365 wc CC -19.96 13 ( 6) -2
9. LOC 9- 8-0 474-459 -13.49 10 (12) 3
10. PHI 9- 8-0 444-385 wc -12.87 9 (11) 1
11. ARZ 11- 6-0 449-366 wc -10.52 10 ( 7) -4
12. NYG 4-13-0 258-416 -9.72 9 (15) 3
13. LAV 10- 7-0 374-439 wc -9.11 11 (13) 0
14. GRB 13- 4-0 450-371 div -8.19 9 (10) -4
15. NOS 9- 8-0 364-335 -2.74 11 (14) -1
16. IND 9- 8-0 451-365 6.18 10 (19) 3
17. MIA 9- 8-0 341-373 6.74 8 (16) -1
18. JAX 3-14-0 253-457 7.70 9 (17) -1
19. ATL 7-10-0 313-459 9.00 8 (18) -1
20. DAL 12- 5-0 530-358 div 11.99 8 (20) 0
21. KAN 12- 5-0 480-364 div CC 16.18 10 (27) 6
22. DET 3-13-1 325-467 16.39 7 (24) 2
23. LOR 12- 5-0 460-372 div CC 17.39 7 (22) -1
24. CIN 10- 7-0 460-376 div CC 19.67 7 (26) 2
25. WAS 7-10-0 335-434 21.00 7 (29) 4
26. MIN 8- 9-0 425-426 22.01 7 (28) 2
27. HOU 4-13-0 280-452 23.15 7 (23) -4
28. TEN 12- 5-0 419-354 div 25.77 7 (25) -3
29. TAM 13- 4-0 511-353 div 27.18 4 (21) -8
30. NYJ 4-13-0 310-504 40.74 4 (30) 0
31. SEA 7-10-0 395-366 41.03 2 (31) 0
32. BAL 8- 9-0 387-392 47.24 6 (32) 0
DEFENSE RUSHING YARDS:
RK TM W- L-T PF-PA PLAYOFFS AVG/YDS BELOW (RK) DIFF
1. BAL 8- 9-0 387-392 -29.91 15 ( 2) 1
2. TEN 12- 5-0 419-354 div -29.82 15 ( 1) -1
3. TAM 13- 4-0 511-353 div -22.96 11 ( 3) 0
4. NOS 9- 8-0 364-335 -20.12 13 ( 4) 0
5. LOR 12- 5-0 460-372 div CC -16.57 11 ( 6) 1
6. CIN 10- 7-0 460-376 div CC -15.46 10 ( 5) -1
7. SAF 10- 7-0 427-365 wc CC -12.90 12 ( 7) 0
8. WAS 7-10-0 335-434 -12.64 13 ( 8) 0
9. GRB 13- 4-0 450-371 div -8.88 11 (11) 2
10. LAV 10- 7-0 374-439 wc -5.81 10 (18) 8
11. MIA 9- 8-0 341-373 -4.32 10 (14) 3
12. IND 9- 8-0 451-365 -3.70 9 (10) -2
13. ARZ 11- 6-0 449-366 wc -3.49 9 (20) 7
14. DAL 12- 5-0 530-358 div -3.18 9 (16) 2
15. CLE 8- 9-0 349-371 -3.14 9 (12) -3
16. DEN 7-10-0 335-322 -2.99 10 (15) -1
17. PHI 9- 8-0 444-385 wc -2.44 10 ( 9) -8
18. SEA 7-10-0 395-366 -1.82 10 (19) 1
19. KAN 12- 5-0 480-364 div CC -1.25 10 (21) 2
20. BUF 11- 6-0 483-289 div 1.01 9 (13) -7
21. CAR 5-12-0 304-404 3.90 9 (17) -4
22. JAX 3-14-0 253-457 9.61 10 (23) 1
23. NEP 10- 7-0 462-303 wc 12.36 10 (22) -1
24. CHI 6-11-0 311-407 12.78 7 (23) -1
25. NYG 4-13-0 258-416 14.10 8 (25) 0
26. MIN 8- 9-0 425-426 15.06 9 (26) 0
27. DET 3-13-1 325-467 17.91 7 (28) 1
28. ATL 7-10-0 313-459 18.82 6 (27) -1
29. HOU 4-13-0 280-452 21.94 6 (31) 2
30. NYJ 4-13-0 310-504 24.09 3 (29) -1
31. LOC 9- 8-0 474-459 24.20 6 (30) -1
32. PIT 9- 7-1 343-398 wc 25.64 7 (32) 0
Defensive playoff teams look a little spread out don't they? Huh, wonder if we can draw any conclusions from that ... that could increase our odds of finally capturing one of those shiny trophies.
So yeah, I did this with all 1773 teams since 1960, so who do we think owned the best offense or defense in NFL history? Because this foolproof system obviously has everything figured out. Do the '69 Vikings own the best defense ever? The '85 Bears? The 2000 Ravens (who had a pretty easy schedule)? Where does the '98 Vikings offense rank? Place your bets. Who had the best team of all time? How bout the worst? It wasn't Steckel, he came in at 1709th xD.
Maybe we can even figure out when the whole "defense wins championships" myth stopped being a reality
? I mean rushing leads to winning after all am-I-right? I better order another box of crayons because I smell more charts coming.
