Football Outsiders Week 14 DVOA Rankings

The Patriots ascension continues, but they haven’t caught the Broncos yet. But put in historical context as I’ve done above and it confirms what I’ve been writing this week – that this is the best Patriots defense since 2007. In fact, this defense is even better than the 2007 defense and closer to the three best years 2003, 2004 and 2006.

Offensively the dip in the running attack is notable, but it’s also notable that the running attack was even worse in 2003 and we know how that season finished.