NFL1000: Ranking the Top 1,000 Players from Week 7

October 27, 2016   ·   Doug Farrar   ·   Jump to comments

The balance of power is shifting in the NFL.
Over the last decade, we've all heard about how it's a quarterback-driven league and offense rules the day. That's been predominantly true. But you may have noticed that more defenses are playing at a dominant level this season, while offenses are lagging behind. There's no better example of that than the Sunday night game between the Arizona Cardinals and Seattle Seahawks, which ended in a 6-6 tie as two great defenses shut down two formerly great offenses.
Through seven weeks, the metrics are bearing this out. Football Outsiders has five teams below minus-20 percent in defensive DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average). Click here for a full explanation of that stat—defensive DVOA is a positive when it's negative. Last year, only the Denver Broncos finished the season under minus-20 percent. In 2014, no teams hit that mark. In 2013, only the Seahawks did it, and in 2012, only the Chicago Bears pulled it off. You...

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