Behind the paywall at ESPN Insider this week, FootballOutsiders’ Aaron Schatz is sharing the 30 best offenses, defenses, special teams, teams, and players in the DVOA era. On Monday, we found out that the 2005 Seattle Seahawks ranked as the 17th best offense in the era, which now goes back to 1987 and gives us a 30-year window.
30 years, 30 teams, you get it.
That’s a pretty good ranking considering that there are only 32 teams in the NFL right now, which means over a 30 year period you’re looking at about 900 total teams — give or take with the expansions to Carolina, Jacksonville, Cleveland, and Houston.