Well here is my final post on the difference in yards between offense and defense. I will post more thoughts about this after the spread sheet goes up.
Team | Off Plays | Off Yards | Def Plays | Def Yards | Off Yards/Play | Def Yards/Play | Difference |
Pittsburgh | 1015 | 5957 | 964 | 4348 | 5.87 | 4.51 | 1.36 |
Houston | 1046 | 5954 | 960 | 4571 | 5.69 | 4.76 | 0.93 |
Philadelphia | 1036 | 6386 | 982 | 5198 | 6.16 | 5.29 | 0.87 |
New Orleans | 1117 | 7474 | 1010 | 5895 | 6.69 | 5.84 | 0.85 |
Baltimore | 1036 | 5419 | 1002 | 4622 | 5.23 | 4.61 | 0.62 |
Detroit | 1058 | 6337 | 1055 | 5881 | 5.99 | 5.57 | 0.42 |
NY Giants | 1028 | 6161 | 1072 | 6022 | 5.99 | 5.62 | 0.38 |
Green Bay | 988 | 6482 | 1049 | 6585 | 6.56 | 6.28 | 0.28 |
Dallas | 1017 | 6008 | 972 | 5491 | 5.91 | 5.65 | 0.26 |
San Diego | 1048 | 6290 | 958 | 5546 | 6.00 | 5.79 | 0.21 |
Tennessee | 984 | 5361 | 1080 | 5682 | 5.45 | 5.26 | 0.19 |
Oakland | 1015 | 6072 | 1070 | 6201 | 5.98 | 5.80 | 0.19 |
New England | 1082 | 6848 | 1064 | 6577 | 6.33 | 6.18 | 0.15 |
Atlanta | 1073 | 6026 | 965 | 5338 | 5.62 | 5.53 | 0.08 |
Arizona | 993 | 5192 | 1095 | 5682 | 5.23 | 5.19 | 0.04 |
Cincinnati | 1015 | 5118 | 1009 | 5060 | 5.04 | 5.01 | 0.03 |
Carolina | 999 | 6237 | 972 | 6042 | 6.24 | 6.22 | 0.03 |
San Francisco | 993 | 4974 | 974 | 4930 | 5.01 | 5.06 | -0.05 |
Miami | 990 | 5078 | 1043 | 5522 | 5.13 | 5.29 | -0.17 |
NY Jets | 1030 | 4989 | 993 | 4993 | 4.84 | 5.03 | -0.18 |
Chicago | 978 | 5026 | 1048 | 5607 | 5.14 | 5.35 | -0.21 |
Seattle | 1003 | 4860 | 1049 | 5315 | 4.85 | 5.07 | -0.22 |
Buffalo | 992 | 5624 | 1003 | 5938 | 5.67 | 5.92 | -0.25 |
Washington | 1032 | 5387 | 988 | 5437 | 5.22 | 5.50 | -0.28 |
Minnesota | 1007 | 5275 | 1027 | 5731 | 5.24 | 5.58 | -0.34 |
Denver | 1017 | 5066 | 1063 | 5725 | 4.98 | 5.39 | -0.40 |
Kansas City | 1021 | 4973 | 991 | 5333 | 4.87 | 5.38 | -0.51 |
Cleveland | 1024 | 4621 | 1035 | 5318 | 4.51 | 5.14 | -0.63 |
Indianapolis | 951 | 4589 | 1062 | 5935 | 4.83 | 5.59 | -0.76 |
Jacksonville | 1002 | 4149 | 979 | 5008 | 4.14 | 5.12 | -0.97 |
Tampa Bay | 966 | 5108 | 1002 | 6311 | 5.29 | 6.30 | -1.01 |
St. Louis | 1013 | 4537 | 1033 | 5734 | 4.48 | 5.55 | -1.07 |
Now here is the super bowl teams from one of my earlier posts to show how I came up with my picks for the Superbowl.
Team | Off Plays | Off Yards | Def Plays | Def Yards | Off Yards/Play | Def Yards/Play | Difference |
Green Bay 2010 | 1000 | 5730 | 969 | 4945 | 5.73 | 5.10 | 0.63 |
Pittsburgh 2010 | 993 | 5525 | 974 | 4429 | 5.56 | 4.55 | 1.02 |
New Orleans 2009 | 1032 | 6461 | 1044 | 5724 | 6.26 | 5.48 | 0.78 |
Indianapolis 2009 | 980 | 5809 | 1084 | 5427 | 5.93 | 5.01 | 0.92 |
Pittsburgh 2008 | 1015 | 4991 | 974 | 3795 | 4.92 | 3.90 | 1.02 |
Arizona 2008 | 998 | 5852 | 993 | 5304 | 5.86 | 5.34 | 0.52 |
NY Giants 2007 | 1041 | 5302 | 984 | 4880 | 5.09 | 4.96 | 0.13 |
New England 2007 | 1058 | 6580 | 933 | 4613 | 6.22 | 4.94 | 1.28 |
Indianapolis 2006 | 1011 | 6070 | 959 | 5316 | 6.00 | 5.54 | 0.46 |
Chicago 2006 | 1042 | 5199 | 1023 | 4706 | 4.99 | 4.60 | 0.39 |
Pittsburgh 2005 | 960 | 5149 | 998 | 4544 | 5.36 | 4.55 | 0.81 |
Seattle 2005 | 1020 | 5915 | 1041 | 5069 | 5.80 | 4.87 | 0.93 |
New England 2004 | 1035 | 5722 | 988 | 4972 | 5.53 | 5.03 | 0.50 |
Philadelphia 2004 | 960 | 5618 | 1039 | 5115 | 5.85 | 4.92 | 0.93 |
New England 2003 | 1042 | 5039 | 1060 | 4666 | 4.84 | 4.40 | 0.43 |
Carolina 2003 | 1008 | 5141 | 996 | 4725 | 5.10 | 4.74 | 0.36 |
Tampa Bay 2002 | 1022 | 5002 | 963 | 4044 | 4.89 | 4.20 | 0.69 |
Oakland 2002 | 1069 | 6237 | 997 | 4979 | 5.83 | 4.99 | 0.84 |
New England 2001 | 1001 | 4882 | 1016 | 5352 | 4.88 | 5.27 | -0.39 |
St. Louis 2001 | 1007 | 6690 | 952 | 4471 | 6.64 | 4.70 | 1.95 |
Baltimore 2000 | 1058 | 5014 | 924 | 3967 | 4.74 | 4.29 | 0.45 |
NY Giants 2000 | 1064 | 5376 | 988 | 4546 | 5.05 | 4.60 | 0.45 |
In the first sheet the bold teams are the divisional winners and the italic are the wild card teams. In the second sheet I have the SB winners in Bold and the italic are ones that fall outside of the norms.
For the NFC I am going with the winner of the New Orleans vs Detroit game to get to the Superbowl. I think either team is strong enough defensively and offensively to run the table. SF is not strong enough in the offense to do anything. Atlanta is in a similar boat however I do see them beating NY. NY is the better team and should win this weekend. As for Divisional playoff weekend. If Detroit wins then SF will get handled by NY. In NO wins then they will destroy SF with NY losing a close one to GB. The conference game will then be either NO vs GB or NY vs Detroit.
For the AFC I think Baltimore has the best shot to take go to the Superbowl. Pittsburgh will destroy Denver along with Cincy losing a close one to Houston. In the divisional round I could for see a close game between Pittsburgh and New England with Pitt closing out the game. As for the other game I see Houston getting crushed by Baltimore. The conference game will see Baltimore beating Pittsburgh for the 3rd straight time this year.
As for the Superbowl it will be New Orleans vs Baltimore with a Baltimore close pull out victory or a Detroit victory in a nail bitter.