Patriots DVOA Chart UPDATED

Well this has to be the headline so I’m just going to let Football Outsiders say it for me:

The 2010 New England Patriots have now passed their 2007 brethren for the top offensive DVOA of all-time, and their win over Green Bay launched them into consideration as the greatest team of the DVOA Era. 

Pretty crazy huh? It just goes to show you that whether it’s a vertical or horizontal attack, offensive efficiency is about one thing, moving the ball and scoring. Doesn’t matter how you get there, or how fast.

The thing about the 2010 offense is that they’ve had to be more efficient because they’ve had less time of possession on average per game. The formula for success has become pretty clear for the New England Patriots. If the defense can just get off the field the offense should be able to win the game for them.

Speaking of defense, despite what seemed like another poor showing the Pats defensive DVOA continues to improve. So for the first time this year we can actually the say “the Pats defense has just been getting better and better” and it’s actually true, at least since Thanksgiving.