Seahawks at Falcons
The Seahawks had no trouble dispatching the Lions in Seattle last week. Now they travel to Atlanta to take on
the streaking Falcons. Seahawks reverted to their past successful formula for the win: rushing and defense. It works.
The Falcons may be one of the surprises this season. While our stat profiles point to Patriots and Cowboys as the two strongest
teams, Falcons are right there. In fact, on the most important stat in the game, they are league leaders. That's our
Killer Stat,
Yards per Pass Attempt Difference (what a team earns on offense minus what they allow on defense).
Breaking it down, we can see it
is the offensive side where they stand out. Stand out, indeed. Earning 8.23 yards per pass, a solid number by historical standards, they separated
themselves from the pack. See the blue graph in the middle section of our Killer Stat, Offense chart. Earning
a percentile rank of 100 as the leader, Washington finished a distant second at 79. Falcons were also the league's most improved by a wide margin, adding 6.36 points to their winning margin on this stat alone (right side chart in red).
Here is a chart of weekly performance on Yards per Pass Attempt for the Falcons. Much stronger than league average.
Yards per Pass Att
Atlanta Falcons
2016 through Week 17
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