Now that we’re through a full week’s slate of games, S&P+ data is now based (partly) on actual events in actual games. Here’s my article on the preseason expectations, which includes a quick breakdown on how to read the chart. Once again, all credit for the real work to Bill Connelly and the Football Outsiders, whence this chart is derived.
A word of caution going forward week to week: the “Hypothetical Best Team” on which the vector magnitudes are measured is a volatile data point. Case in point, its new position this week compared to last.