The San Francisco 49ers were undefeated until a wild overtime thriller against their division rival Seahawks. The New England Patriots look better than the version of this team that won the Super Bowl last year. And the Baltimore Ravens are, so far, the only team that’s managed to beat them. Accordingly, per Ben Baldwin’s NFL team tiers that measure offensive and defensive EPA (expected points added), these three teams are the NFL’s only truly elite teams:
So what do these three teams have in common? Besides being really good at winning games, there doesn’t appear to be much on the surface.