One of the things Football Outsiders keeps track of is great offensive and defensive performances. Does the Eagles offense from Sunday stand out?
In this week’s Quick Reads, you saw that Nick Foles didn’t make our list of the best quarterback games ever despite throwing seven touchdown passes. The main reason was quantity, not quality; because our list was based on DYAR, it gives more value to games where players have more passes or runs.
Team DVOA, of course is a different story. It’s a per-play statistic, not a total value stat, and by measuring team DVOA we can also incorporate a strong running day where Eagles backs had 98 yards on 19 carries. Put it all together, and the Eagles end up with the fifth-highest single-game offensive DVOA in DVOA history.
Like, wow. 5th all time? I sure didn’t expect that. Go look at the list to see some of the other great offensive performances of all time.
