FOOTBALL OUTSIDERS: Week 12 DVOA Ratings

Let’s kick of everybody’s favorite half-day Wednesday of the year with the updated DVOA rankings. 

Overall: 5th

Offense: 9th

• Run 9th
• Pass 12th

Defense: 13th

• vs. Run 28th
• vs. Pass 8th
• vs #1 WR: 4th
• vs. #2 WR: 32nd
• vs. other WR: 14th
• vs. TE: 9th
• vs. RB: 9th

Special Teams: 2nd

It’s not hard to see that this is the best Patriots team we’ve seen on DVOA in a while. Or better yet, it’s the most complete team. Yes they have problems against the run, that’s kind of to be expected without Wilfork and Kelly in there.

And yes they seem to have problems with #2 wide receivers, although that is a bit subjective.

Otherwise they are in the top half, and very likely in the top 10, in every other ranking. And given how the NFL is, I’ll take those rankings every season, especially over the recent years of struggles against the pass while the run defense was stellar.

Simply put, these rankings matchup with the kind of team you need to win the Super Bowl.