Today I wanted to dive deeper into explosive plays (20 yards or longer), of course, an important facet of team success. This article will look at the impact of explosive plays on scoring drives, including the rate of explosive plays that resulted in touchdown drives, and the rate of explosive plays that were touchdowns.
Here are the results through Week 17 on offense:
On the top right of the chart, we see teams that had a high percentage of explosive plays that resulted in touchdown drives, along with a high rate of explosive touchdowns. Several teams that have already made the playoffs, or are fighting for that privilege in the season finale land above or close to the mean in each.