PossessionPoints Season Final Performance Rankings

The top five Performance Rankings for the Season according to PossessionPoints.com are the Patriots, Steelers, Jaguars, Colts and Packers. All these teams made the playoffs. In fact, we have highlighted in blue the teams that made the playoffs. We have been telling you all season that this Relative Performance Measure (RPM) is an objective measure of a team’s ability to win football games. The proof is in the fact that 11 of our top 14 teams made the playoffs. The only playoff team not in the top half of the chart was the Bucs who, like the Titans at 12 and Redskins at 14, were eliminated in the first round of the playoffs.

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 for the season are the Rams, Dolphins, Jets and 49ers. The Dolphins will be holding the number one draft pick this year and they get Bill Parcells at the helm. These factors cannot hurt them next season.

Despite not making the playoffs, the near-miss playoff teams -- The Eagles, Saints and Cardinals, who were also in our top 14 – shouldn’t despair too much about their season. They were right in the mix of high-performance teams, but circumstances just kept them out of reach from postseason activity.