JJDChE
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I was just doing some stat hounding and found something interesting. Out of the top 10 scoring defenses, the Patriots have faced the toughest offensive opponents by a good margin.
Patriots opponents are, on average, scoring 22.6 ppg (#1) and we've managed to hold them to 6.7 points per game below their season average, also the best among the top 10 defenses.
I think this is pretty clear evidence of how good our defense has actually been playing.
Also, we've played the #2, #4, #6 and #8 scoring offenses so far, tomorrow we're playing the #3 scoring offense, week 14 we're playing the #5 scoring offense (PIT) and week 17 we're playing the #7 scoring offense (NYG). We'll play every one of the top 8 scoring offenses this year (except ourselves, of course)
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TM D RNK PAPG OPP O OPP O Point
RNK PTS/G Diff
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1 NE 5 15.9 [B]13.8[/B] [B]22.6[/B] [B]-6.7[/B]
2 KC 6 16.1 14.7 21.0 -4.9
3 TB 9 16.8 16.8 20.4 -3.6
4 PHI 7 16.7 16.9 20.4 -3.7
5 TEN 7 16.7 17.1 20.5 -3.8
6 PIT 1 13.0 17.9 19.6 -6.6
7 SEA 3 15.4 18.1 19.3 -3.9
8 IND 2 14.6 18.9 19.2 -4.6
9 JAX 4 15.7 19.3 19.8 -4.1
10 BAL 10 17.0 20.0 18.6 -1.6
Patriots opponents are, on average, scoring 22.6 ppg (#1) and we've managed to hold them to 6.7 points per game below their season average, also the best among the top 10 defenses.
I think this is pretty clear evidence of how good our defense has actually been playing.
Also, we've played the #2, #4, #6 and #8 scoring offenses so far, tomorrow we're playing the #3 scoring offense, week 14 we're playing the #5 scoring offense (PIT) and week 17 we're playing the #7 scoring offense (NYG). We'll play every one of the top 8 scoring offenses this year (except ourselves, of course)
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