Over the past few weeks, I've looked at the Chiefs offensive and defensive efficiencies and compared them to the rest of the league. A comment in one of them (or maybe a different post altogether - it's hard to keep them straight lol) brought up something about offense being down across the league and wondering how the team stacked up to teams in years past. So I got curious. Like I said, this was initially done for the Chiefs subreddit, so the years are obviously built around Pat's time as a starter, but I thought y'all might be interested to see it, too:
As for the top 50 over the past 6 seasons:
| Team (Season) | Offense Rank (EPA/Play) | Defense Rank (EPA/Play) |
|---|---|---|
| Baltimore Ravens (2019) | 3rd (0.203) | 18th (-0.089) |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2020) | 11th (0.149) | 49th (-0.037) |
| Buffalo Bills (2023) | 12th (0.148) | 48th (-0.038) |
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2021) | 13th (0.143) | 32nd (-0.063) |
| San Francisco 49ers (2023) | 15th (0.139) | 37th (-0.060) |
| Buffalo Bills (2022) | 20th (0.111) | 39th (-0.045) |
| Philadelphia Eagles (2022) | 24th (0.100) | 31st (-0.063) |
| New Orleans Saints (2020) | 25th (0.096) | 41st (-0.043) |
| Buffalo Bills (2021) | 29th (0.091) | 10th (-0.111) |
| New England Patriots (2018) | 32nd (0.090) | 45th (-0.039) |
| Dallas Cowboys (2021) | 35th (0.084) | 17th (-0.089) |
| San Francisco 49ers (2022) | 37th (0.084) | 9th (-0.112) |
| New Orleans Saints (2019) | 40th (0.084) | 50th (-0.036) |
| Cincinnati Bengals (2022) | 41st (0.081) | 42nd (-0.043) |
| Arizona Cardinals (2021) | 42nd (0.079) | 34th (-0.062) |
| San Francisco 49ers (2019) | 44th (0.077) | 6th (-0.138) |
| Kansas City Chiefs (2023) | 45th (0.071) | 16th (-0.090) |
| New England Patriots (2021) | 46th (0.070) | 30th (-0.063) |
If y'all have any questions, comments, concerns, etc., feel free to hit me up. Happy to answer whatever I can!