Teams with the highest passing touchdowns per game were Kansas City (2.5), Tampa Bay, LA Rams, Buffalo, Dallas, LA Chargers, Green Bay, Cincinnati, and Minnesota, with at least 2.2 per game. We are starting to get a little redundant here, but bear with me for one or two more sentences. Tampa Bay (32 nd), Buffalo (18 th), and Arizona (12 th) showed high efficiency in scoring on the ground while ranking much lower in rushing percentage. Not surprisingly, six of them ranked in the Top 7 in rushing play percentage (45.7 percent (Patriots) – 49.9 percent (Eagles). Teams with at least 1.2 rushing TDs per game in 2021 included Tennessee, Arizona, New England, Indianapolis, Buffalo, San Francisco, Cleveland, and Tampa Bay. Among the worst teams in 2021, only Minnesota and New Orleans had been significantly better in 2020. The worst team, NY Giants, just 0.5 rushing TDs per game. The best team in rushing touchdowns per game last season, the Philadelphia Eagles, averaged 1.4 per game. Kansas City, LA Chargers, Dallas, LA Rams, Green Bay, Indianapolis, Arizona, and Seattle were all Top 10 in offensive TDs scored last season.īefore we get to the individuals, let’s just check in on how the offensive touchdowns break out by rushing or receiving. Tampa Bay and Buffalo led the league with 3.6 offensive touchdowns per game last season and both were Top 3 in 2020 as well. Offensive touchdowns scored per game is a pretty consistent statistic, year over year, with outliers (like New Orleans with and without Drew Brees) easily explained. The Chargers, Rams, Chiefs, Packers, Bucs, Colts, Cowboys, Cardinals, Raiders and Patriots round out the Top 10 in RZ plays per game, while you won’t be surprised to find Houston, NY Giants, Jacksonville, Detroit, Carolina, Seattle, Chicago, Miami, Cleveland and Washington at the bottom in this metric. The best team in the league had 4.5 red zone scoring attempts per game in 2021, up from their league-leading 4.1 RZ attempts in 2020. Since not all scoring is treated equally in our TD-only format, let’s zero in on red zone (RZ) opportunities and offensive TD scoring. ![]() On the flip side, teams that scored the fewest points ( Jacksonville, NY Giants, Houston, Carolina, NY Jets, Chicago, Atlanta, Detroit, Denver and Washington) tended to run fewer plays, with the notable exception of Carolina. New England and Cincinnati are notable outliers, falling in the bottom third of the league in offensive plays per game but being efficient enough to score with the best of the league. Teams with the most points per game in 2021 were: Dallas, Tampa Bay, Buffalo, Kansas City, LA Chargers, LA Rams, New England, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Arizona and Green Bay (T-10th). Now, let’s overlay that with the simple points per game to confirm the correlation. Of the Top 10, the Chargers, Dallas, Arizona, Pittsburgh, and Kansas City were also Top 10 in plays per game in the 2020 season. In 2021, those were, in order: Baltimore, Dallas, Tampa Bay, Kansas City, LA Chargers, Buffalo, Tennessee, Arizona, Pittsburgh (!!), and Carolina (!!!). Teams that run a lot of plays have the most opportunities to score. Let’s start simple with offensive plays per game. The following stats were obtained from Team Rankings: Everyone should be looking at team offensive stats when preparing to draft, in my opinion, but it is especially weighty information for this format. ![]() So how, if at all, should you adjust your draft strategy for a TD-only scoring league? It’s why they play the game, as they say - our best predictions are often wrong. A defender falls down, yielding a touchdown on what would have otherwise been a small gain or incomplete pass. ![]() Trick plays are designed to confuse defenses and usually result in an unorthodox player catching (or throwing) the TD. A fantastic RB1 who led the drive to the red zone can be spelled for rest while his backup rushes in for an easy score on fresh legs. As important as touchdowns are, everything I said in the first sentence is true.
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