The NFL’s versions
of Total Offense and Total Defense are the Yards Gained and Yards Allowed
statistics. While these are nice and useful statistics they certainly don’t
tell anything about the outcome of the games played. You have never heard of a
game outcome being reported as Green Bay 457
yards to Minnesota
362 yards. Points scored and points allowed determine who wins each and every
game. I am of course talking about Team Points Scored and allowed, which
include; Kickoffs returned for Touchdowns, Punts returned for Touchdown,
Fumbles and Interceptions returned for touchdowns. These are nice and always
exciting but what do they tell you about how your offense or defense are
playing? The answer to this question is they don’t tell you much!
Pro FootballRanking.com does some things you won’t find anywhere else on the internet that I
can find. In this post I am going to talk about Offensive (only) points scored
and Defensive (only) points allowed.
Offensive points scored are exactly what it
sounds like, points that the offense scores. Defensive points allowed are
points the defense allows. This is not the Team Points statistic you find everywhere else.
Special Teams touchdowns, Fumbles and Interceptions returned
for scores are not included. Since I consider PAT’s to be special teams they
are not included, at least for now, but with the rule changes this year PAT’s
might be included in the future.
The only scoring we use are offensive TD’s and
Field Goals, points actually scored by the offense. On defense we only include TD’s
and Field Goals actually scored by the opposing offense. This is different then
what you find anywhere else because this website is about Total Offense and Total Defense
Ranking.
This brings us to a
total of four ranking methods updated weekly on our website; PFR.com’s True
Total Offense and Defense, The NFL’s traditional Yards only method, Offensive
Points scored and Defensive points allowed method, and the PFR.com Total Score
Method.
Three of these
ranking methods are presented to you on one web page in a side by side comparison
on our Points vs Yards Ranking page. Where else can you go to find each NFL
team rankings, side by side, for three different ranking methods? If you already clicked on the link to the
Points vs Yards page you will have noticed that we have added a fourth ranking
method, the Average’s Method. This method is the average ranking of the other
three methods.
This makes a total
of four ways to see how your offense and defense are doing on one page. It
doesn’t matter which method you prefer, a quick look gives you a lot of
information in an easy to understand format all in one place. You won’t find
this anywhere else. Remember there is a fifth ranking method, on the TotalScore NFL Team Rankings Page, for those of you that want to see an overall
ranking of your team’s offense and defense.
Five different ranking methods for offense and defense on one website
If you want to know
how your team stacks up against the rest of the NFL. The answers are at Pro
Football Ranking.com.
Up next is our one of a kind NFL Weekly Schedule.
I hope you have taken a good look and like what you see,
remember to check out the past years archived. Please leave your comments.
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