The Lass Word: Stats That Make No Sense

The Tampa Bay Bucs rank 20th in the NFL in points per game at 21.1. The Minnesota Vikings rank 21st in points scored averaging 20.7. The Atlanta Falcons rank 26th and are scoring just 18.4 per game. The Pittsburgh Steelers rank 28th and score just 15.9 per contest. The New York Giants rank 31st and they are putting a paltry 13.5 points on the board each game.

These teams have several things in common and I’ll bet you can guess what they are. First of all, they all rank below the Green Bay Packers, who stand 18th in points per game scoring at a clip of 21.4. Yet all five of these teams defeated the Packers this season. And in the process of doing so, all five exceeded their points per game…