FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Patriots Move to 2nd Overall in DVOA

The Patriots certainly got a lot of help this week in these efficiency rankings considering wins by teams they’ve beaten: Eagles, Chiefs, Dolphins, Colts, Redskins and Chargers. And losses by all the teams they’ve lost to: Bills, Steelers, and Giants.

Defensively they’re still 30th, but their Special Teams have risen all the way to 5th.

As for how the defense fares against types of receivers:

• #1 WR: 32nd
• #2 WR: 21st
• Other WR: 25th
• TE: 29th
• RB: 8th

So there it is, they can stop your running back from catching passes but outside of that… not so much…