PossessionPoints Week 13 NFL Performance Rankings

The top five Performance Rankings for Week 13 according to PossessionPoints.com are the Patriots, Steelers, Cowboys, Colts and Giants. The Jaguars edged out the Packers for the number six spot, and they are just percentage points behind the Giants ready to pounce to take over the number five position.

Performance Rankings are based on in-game statistics that measure a team's offensive performance. These statistics take into account such elements as the scoring drive, the points scored and time of possession. In the included chart, you will see each team, their win-loss record and the PossessionPoints measure of relative performance which is colored green, yellow or red. A green chart indicates a positive and strong team performance. A yellow chart indicates a mediocre to fair performance and a red chart tells the tale of trouble ahead.



These Performance Ratings are unique because they are based on in-game stats that are present in each game every week. Not present in these performance ratings are any opinion and or subjective measure of any type.

At the bottom of the pack this week are the Dolphins, 49ers, Jets, Bills and Rams. The Jets moved out of the cellar and up three places while the Dolphins took their rightful place at the bottom of the league with their 0-12 record. It is interesting to see that as a purely stat-based measure, with no subjective criteria, PossessionPoints successfully sorts out the number one team and the number 32 team. Numerically, this gives even more credence to how the stat sorts out the teams in the middle as well as its role as a tool for projections and predictions.

Now that we have 12 weeks of the season completed, the playoff picture is starting to sort itself out. Our projected division winners are no surprise to anyone: the Cowboys, Packers, Bucs and Seahawks in the NFC, and the Patriots, Colts, Steelers and Chargers in the AFC. The tiebreakers are wear our projected standings get interesting. Currently, we project the Giants will finish with a 11-5 record and take one wildcard slot and the Cardinals will emerge from the pack of 6-6 and 5-7 teams to grab the other wildcard spot. The Cardinals can’t breathe too easily because we see the Vikings as right on their heels, and one slip up by the Cardinals could cost them the playoff spot.

In the AFC, it looks like the Jaguars have a pretty good chance at one wildcard while the other wildcard spot appears to be a tossup between the Browns and Titans which would result in a tiebreaker game if our projections hold true.