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Anyone notice what the unbeaten teams have in common?

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If you look at the top offensive teams in the league- 5 out of the top 6 are leading their divisions. The notable exceptions are San Diego at (13), Arizona (14) and Cincinnatti (20). Several of these teams have a top rushing attack- New Orleans (5th), Cincinnatti (6th), Dallas (8th), Minnesota (11th) So to assume it is all passing is naive. It is offense no matter how it is generated.

On the defensive side several of them show up as well. I used points surrendered because in the end, that is the only stat that matters. Cincinnatti is number 2 (16.7), Indy is 4th (17.7), Dallas is 5th(17.9), New England is 7th (18), Minnesota is is 9th (18.7). New Orleans is the most notable outlier at 18 (21.1) but I suspect it is because they score so often and so fast it gives the other team plenty of possessions to score.

If you look at the unbeaten teams and the divsion leaders you notice they have good offenses regardless of whether they run or pass and they have pretty good defenses as well.

To say you will have instant success by generating a passing attack alone is simplistic logic at best. It surely helps but so does defense and other elements as well.

Passing alone is what New Orleans had last year when they went 8-8. What has changed this year for them is the defense not the offense.

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The rule changes have certainly helped the offense, specifically QB's.

I don't think the NFL would have been so quick to make a lot of those rules if defensive players weren't so stupid about it all.

Instead of form tackling and playing with good technique they try to knock the guys head off or go for the "big blow".

This arm tackling, dive powerfully at the guy and hope he goes down poo is lame anyway.

The QB rules are really lame even if the QB is the most important player on the field, he should still play with the same rules as everyone else.

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