Football Outsiders: Patriots up two spots to 3rd Overall in DVOA

Here’s the breakdown for the Pats:

• Offense: 1st
• Defense: 27th
• Special Teams: 10th

And for this week’s opponent New York Jets:

• Offense: 29th
• Defense: 2nd
• Special Teams: 1st

For what it’s worth the offenses the Patriots have faced rank:

• Miami: 13th
• San Diego: 12th
• Buffalo: 3rd
• Oakland: 4th

For those who don’t know about Football Outsiders’ DVOA metric, here’s the gist of it:

DVOA breaks down every single play of the NFL season to see how much success offensive players achieved in each specific situation compared to the league average in that situation, adjusted for the strength of the opponent.

For a fully detailed explanation you go here.