Brace yourself. You’re not gonna believe this, but there is yet another statistical analysis that says your Houston Texans are bound for heartache in 2017. We’ve seen it before, and now ESPN’s Sports Analytics Team is here to harsh your buzz anew with their initial Football Power Index rankings for next season.
How are these rankings determined, you ask? Like so:
In short, a team's FPI rating combines its efficiency ratings on offense, defense and special teams -- based on each unit's expected points added per play -- with the sum of all three squad ratings yielding the overall FPI rating.