Ravens’ 2000 Defense Just Third-Best of the Past 30 Years?!?
The Ravens’ Super Bowl-winning 2000 defense was one of the best of all-time, right?
Not according to ESPN’s Football Outsiders, which compiled a list of the 30 best NFL defenses of the past 30 years. This uses some high-level statistics to make the case.
“Football Outsiders' DVOA (defense-adjusted value over average) metric accounts for every aspect of defense: how well teams prevent yardage, how often they get turnovers, and how well they keep points off the board. DVOA measures success on each play, defined using down and distance, then compares it to an NFL average baseline adjusted for situation and opponent,” wrote Aaron Schatz.