There are times when an NFL offense is gauged by one thing — the scoreboard.
Those who believe this simple statistic tells the whole tale of the tape certainly have reason to believe so. After all, you have to score points to win the game, but what if there was more to it than just points scored?
A perfect example of this would be the Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense in Week 15 in their 17-10 win over the New England Patriots.
The Steelers offense, which averaged just shy of 30 points a game heading into Week 15, mustered just 17 points, but what they accomplished was keeping Tom Brady and company off the field, and converting when it mattered the most.