We at Acme Packing Company put a lot of stock in Football Outsiders’ numbers. The folks at FO take a fully results-based look at the NFL, looking simply at final numbers in creative ways rather than attempting to grade players and plays subjectively.
That’s why, when we see something jump off the page in one of FO’s statistical measures, we feel it’s worth pointing out. And boy, did I find one today.
In looking through FO’s stats for NFL running backs in 2017, I noticed something interesting: Aaron Jones, the Packers’ rookie runner, finished the season with the third-highest DVOA rating of any running back with more than 20 carries on the season and the second-highest DVOA of anyone with more than 30 rushing attempts.