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Season overview/3rd down offense

EPA per play · regular season 2021

3rd down offense

Historical · 2021Back to 2026

Rank
12th
EPA / play

+0.04

Success rate

48%

Weekly trend

3rd down offense trend−0.31+0.29+0.89W1W3W5W7W9W11W13W15W17
New EnglandLeague median

Weeks 1–18

League distribution

3rd down offense — league distributionARI · rank 2 · +0.25ATL · rank 24 · −0.15BAL · rank 29 · −0.21BUF · rank 4 · +0.21CAR · rank 32 · −0.33CHI · rank 31 · −0.27CIN · rank 14 · +0.03CLE · rank 23 · −0.15DAL · rank 7 · +0.10DEN · rank 13 · +0.04DET · rank 26 · −0.18GB · rank 6 · +0.12HOU · rank 19 · −0.08IND · rank 11 · +0.07JAX · rank 28 · −0.19KC · rank 1 · +0.31LAC · rank 5 · +0.16LAR · rank 8 · +0.10LV · rank 20 · −0.12MIA · rank 21 · −0.14MIN · rank 16 · −0.02NO · rank 18 · −0.07

Top contributors

Mac Jones headshot

Mac Jones

QB

EPA/dropback

+0.05

Brian Hoyer headshot

Brian Hoyer

QB

EPA/dropback

+1.90

Jakobi Meyers headshot

Jakobi Meyers

WR

EPA/dropback

+0.89

All phases

jump
  • Pass offense11th
  • Rush offense6th
  • Pass defense5th
  • Run defense14th
  • Red zone offense8th
  • Red zone defense1st
NYG · rank 25 · −0.16NYJ · rank 22 · −0.14PHI · rank 10 · +0.07PIT · rank 17 · −0.02SEA · rank 27 · −0.18SF · rank 9 · +0.08TB · rank 3 · +0.21TEN · rank 15 · +0.02WAS · rank 30 · −0.26NE · rank 12 · +0.04NE−0.39+0.36EPA per play
3rd down offense
12th
  • 3rd down defense4th
  • Explosive (O)1st
  • Explosive (D)6th
  • Special teams25th
  • Data

    Last refresh
    Tue, 3:59 PM EDT
    Source
    nflverse
    Models
    nflfastR · nfl4th
    Status
    ETL heartbeat
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