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Statistical oddity from 2015 season

You would think that good teams would have the ball more. You have the ball more, you score more points. You score more points and you win more games. But it didn’t play out that way last year.

As I’m flipping through these charts that 7 of the top 11 teams in time of possession didn’t make the playoffs. Atlanta finished in the top spot in that one, and it wasn’t even close.

In “plays run”, which is sort of like time of possession, six of the top seven teams didn’t make the postseason. Houston ended up No. 1 in that category, and it had to slip into the playoffs when Indianapolis imploded late in the year.

Of the bottom 11 teams, meanwhile, five made the playoffs.

Weird.

Not sure there’s any major fantasy takeaway to apply, but weird.

OFFENSES RUNNING THE MOST PLAYS
RkTeamPlays
1.Houston1,127
2.Philadelphia1,102
3.San Diego1,100
4.New Orleans1,096
5.Baltimore1,083
6.NY Jets1,074
7.Atlanta1,073
8.Carolina1,060
9.Denver1,056
10.Green Bay1,056
11.NY Giants1,053
12.Indianapolis1,052
13.New England1,050
14.Cleveland1,042
15.Arizona1,041
16.Seattle1,035
17.Detroit1,030
18.Chicago1,025
19.Tampa Bay1,017
20.Buffalo1,016
21.Jacksonville1,012
22.Pittsburgh1,011
23.Washington1,011
24.Oakland1,008
25.Cincinnati1,004
26.Miami977
27.Tennessee976
28.Minnesota973
29.Dallas969
30.San Francisco969
31.Kansas City955
32.St. Louis920

—Ian Allan

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