Does offense or defense win Super Bowls? How the best teams perform in the NFL playoffs plus picks
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Does offense or defense win Super Bowls? How the best teams perform in the NFL playoffs plus picks

New York Times  

Follow live coverage of Super Bowl LVIII between San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs An earlier version of this article misstated the Rams won the 2021 Super Bowl. Rk Season Team W P Record DY/P P DY/P 1 2020 Rams 10 4-0 4.56 4.78 2 2023 Browns 11 0-1 4.57 8.09 3 2021 Bills 11 1-1 4.57 6.4 4 2023 Ravens 13 TBD 4.62 TBD 5 2019 49ers 13 2-1 4.66 5.07 6 2019 Patriots 12 0-1 4.66 4.77 7 2023 Chiefs 11 1-0 4.71 TBD 8 2022 Eagles 14 2-1 4.78 4.87 9 2019 Bills 10 0-1 4.84 5.54 10 2020 Steelers 12 0-1 4.91 6 11 2022 49ers 13 2-1 4.98 4.58 12 2023 49ers 12 TBD 4.98? Rank Season Team Wins P Record Y/P PS Y/P 1 2023 49ers 12 TBD 6.61 TBD 2 2023 Dolphins 11 0-1 6.48 4.47 3 2022 Chiefs 14 3-0 6.43 5.69 4 2020 Chiefs 14 2-1 6.29 6.26 5 2020 Packers 13 1-1 6.29 6.13 6 2019 Chiefs 12 3-0 6.22 6.3 7 2020 Titans 11 0-1 6.15 4.27 8 2022 Dolphins 9 0-1 6.14 3.35 9 2019 Ravens 14 0-1 6.13 5.76 10 2020 Bills 13 2-1 6.13 5.36 11 2022 Bills 13 1-1 6.13 5.58 12 2019 Titans 9 2-1 6.12 5.25 13 2021 49ers 10 2-1 6.11 5.06 14 2021 Buccaneers 13 1-1 6.06 4.95 15 2020 Buccaneers 11 4-0 6.04 5.71 16 2019 49ers 13 2-1 6.02 5.86 17 2021 Cowboys 12 0-1 6 4.39 18 2021 Rams 12 4-0 5.98 5.62 19 2021 Chiefs 12 2-1 5.95 6.85 Team highlighted orange won Super Bowl. Add it all up and the teams averaged 6.2 yards per play in the regular season and 5.4 in the postseason, a decline of 13%. The most interesting game is the Lions and Bucs, which I have yards per play toss-up given how bad the Lions’ defense has been.

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