Noticed an interesting trend in this year's divisional title games: good defenses matter a lot more than good offenses, in the category of points per game. Of the four teams, this is where they stack up:
PPG on defense (regular season)
1. Pittsburgh (14.5 ppg)
2. Green Bay (15)
4. Chicago (17.9)
6. NY Jets (19)
PPG on offense (regular season)
10. Green Bay (24.2 ppg)
12. Pittsburgh (23.4)
13. NY Jets (22.9)
21. Chicago (20.9)
2008 did mirror this year's final four teams, but 2009 was a polar opposite, where the best scoring offenses were in the final four. I'm not going to do a KC Joyner and analyze the history of the NFL, to see how this trends over the past 40+ years, but I'm sure someone else will. All in fun, as an armchair quarterback.
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