Bottom-Line Stats (Complete 2014 Season)

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Dallas
Points per drive differential 5th (off 2nd, def 16th)
Pass rating differential 2nd (off 1st, def 13th)
Drive Success Rate differential 7th (off 4th, def 24th)

Top 10 in all 3 categories
Green Bay 1st, 1st, 6th
Dallas 5th, 2nd, 7th
Denver 4th, 3rd, 1st
Seattle 3rd, 4th, 2nd
New England 2nd, 5th, 4th
Indianapolis 6th, 8th, 3rd

other playoff teams
Baltimore 7th, 18th, 8th
Pittsburgh 12th, 12th, 5th
Cincinnati 13th, 7th, 20th
Detroit 10th, 13th, 16th
Arizona 20th, 22nd, 17th
Carolina 21st, 21st, 13th

Leaders (by unit)
Points per drive
offense 1 GB 2 Dal 3 NE 4 Den 5 NO
defense 1 Buf 2 Sea 3 Det 4 Hou 5 Ari

Pass rating
offense 1 Dal 2 GB 3 Pit 4 Den 5 NE
defense 1 Cle 2 Buf 3 Cin 4 SF 5 Sea

Drive Success Rate
offense 1 NO 2 GB 3 Pit 4 Dal 5 NE
defense 1 Buf 2 Ari 3 Sea 4 Den 5 Ind

• The top 5 teams record-wise (all 12-4) were the top 5 teams in points per drive differential.
• The top 5 teams record-wise (all 12-4) were the top 5 teams in pass rating differential.
• 8 of the top 9 teams record-wise (12-4 or 11-5) were in the top 5 in DSR, either offensively or defensively. (Detroit was the exception -- off18th, def 8th).
• Green Bay, Dallas, and New England were the only teams whose offenses ranked in the top 5 in all three categories.
• Seattle and Buffalo were the only teams whose defenses ranked in the top 5 in all three categories.

Other top 5's for Dallas...
offense
TOP per drive: 2nd (Pit 1st)
Yards per drive: 4th (Pit 1st)
TD per drive: 2nd (GB 1st)
Fewest punts per drive: 2nd (GB 1st)
3-and-out's per drive: 3rd (Mia 1st)
TD per FG: 4th (Chi 1st)
Points per Red Zone Drive: 3rd (Oak 1st)
TD per Red Zone Drive: 2nd (Oak 1st)
Avg. lead: 5th (GB 1st)

defense
Takeaways per drive: 1st
Recovered Fumbles per drive: 3rd (Phi 1st)

Dallas also lead the league in net TOP per drive. The offense's average drive ranked 2nd, the defense's ranked 7th.

http://www.pro-football-reference.com/years/2014/
http://www.coldhardfootballfacts.com/stats/2014/Final/PRD/
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stats/drivestats2014