The SportsBoss: NFL 2013: FINAL Regular Season Performance Ratings

		OFFENSE		DEFENSE		TOTAL TEAM		Blended
Wins		Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	SOS	TOM
13	DEN	55.1	1	40.8	14	95.9	1	30	0
13	SEA	45.1	7	49.9	1	95.1	2	28	20
11	NO	47.6	5	44.4	6	92.0	3	22	0
11	CIN	44.0	10	47.9	2	91.9	4	21	1
12	CAR	44.9	8	45.7	3	90.6	5	29	11
7	DET	44.3	9	43.3	10	87.6	6	32	(12)
12	SF	41.9	15	44.7	5	86.6	7	13	12
9	SD	51.3	2	34.3	26	85.7	8	21	(4)
10	PHI	48.9	4	36.2	23	85.1	9	31	12
10	ARI	40.1	19	44.9	4	85.0	10	6	0
11	KC	43.6	11	41.1	12	84.7	11	26	18
12	NE	43.3	12	38.3	19	81.6	12	18	7
8	PIT	40.4	18	41.1	12	81.4	13	27	(4)
6	BUF	36.8	23	43.9	8	80.8	14	23	3
8	GB	47.3	6	33.2	27	80.6	15	24	(3)
11	IND	42.8	13	37.5	22	80.3	16	17	13
8	CHI	49.8	3	30.4	30	80.2	17	19	5
3	WAS	41.7	16	38.3	20	79.9	18	16	(9)
7	TEN	40.7	17	38.7	18	79.4	19	14	0
8	NYJ	34.2	27	43.8	9	78.0	20	25	(14)
2	HOU	35.5	24	41.5	11	77.0	21	10	(20)
7	STL	38.1	22	37.7	21	75.8	22	4	7
8	BAL	30.0	31	44.2	7	74.1	23	11	(5)
4	CLE	34.3	26	39.3	16	73.6	24	12	(8)
8	DAL	42.8	14	30.4	30	73.2	25	15	8
8	MIA	34.0	28	39.1	17	73.1	26	8	(2)
5	MIN	39.9	20	31.5	28	71.3	27	5	(12)
7	NYG	30.5	30	40.7	15	71.2	28	4	(15)
4	ATL	39.9	20	29.9	32	69.8	29	2	(5)
4	OAK	35.1	25	34.4	25	69.6	30	7	(8)
4	TB	31.6	29	35.8	24	67.4	31	1	10
4	JAC	28.0	32	31.1	29	59.1	32	9	(6)

That is where each team checked in after the final games were played Sunday. Kansas City was the only team to truly rest many of their starters, but their position did not move much especially considering the performance grade they were expected to earn with their starters versus what they did earn with their backups.

Check the correlation between wins and rating; along with TOM and rating/wins.

There were just two teams that missed the playoffs rated in the top 12!! Detroit ranked 6th but a (12) TOM was the difference in them making the playoffs versus narrowly missing out; Arizona ranked 10th and won 10 games but got the shaft in a tough NFC Wild Card hunt that went to the 12 win 7th ranked Niners & the 11 win 3rd ranked Saints - so both teams that reached the playoffs in the WC slots & winner of the Cardinals division rated above them. The lowest ranked team in the playoffs is the 11 win 16th ranked Colts, who were boosted by a terrible division along with a +13 TOM, good for 3rd best in the NFL. Ironically they will host the KC Chiefs on Saturday, who at +18 TOM were #2 in the NFL, only behind the Seattle Seahawks. The last team in the playoffs not mentioned yet are the Green Bay Packers, who were ranked #3 in the NFL according to my Performance Ratings heading into Wk9 when QB Aaron Rodgers went down with a collarbone injury. Now they have slid to #15 but remain a dangerous team with Rodgers back under center.

Check back later in the week for playoff analysis.

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