The Carolina Panthers and Arizona Cardinals were the two most successful teams during the NFL’s 2015 regular season. Carolina posted the league’s best-record, at 15-1, and led the league in scoring margin (+192). Arizona had the second-best record in the NFL (13-3) and finished with the second-best margin (+176). Carolina’s quarterback, Cam Newton, was selected […]
The Cowboys offense is back in a big way, and you can thank Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott for that. In 2014, buoyed by a dominant offensive line and AP Offensive Player of the Year DeMarco Murray, the Dallas running game finished in the top five in nearly every major statistic: attempts, yards, touchdowns, yards […]
After handing the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos their first loss of the season on Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons are 4-1 and rising quickly in our NFL Elo power ratings. They began the season ranked 17th in the league but are now ninth. They have the fifth-highest probability of making the playoffs and a […]
After handing the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos their first loss of the season on Sunday, the Atlanta Falcons are 4-1 and rising quickly in our NFL Elo power ratings. They began the season ranked 17th in the league but are now ninth. They have the fifth-highest probability of making the playoffs and a […]
One of the surprise stories of the first quarter of the NFL season is that the Oakland Raiders have raced out to a 3-1 start. In the preseason, FiveThirtyEight’s NFL forecast projected that Oakland would win 6.9 games, but our Elo ratings now think the Raiders will end the season with 8.2 wins. At the […]
