Why The Passing Offense Is King in the Modern Era of the NFL!

June 27, 2010   ·   Omar Brown   ·   Jump to comments

Last season, only two teams managed to finish with a top 10 scoring offense, while not having a top ten passing offense.
The Giants ranked No. 8 in scoring
17th in Rushing 
11th in Passing 
The Ravens ranked No. 9 in scoring
5th in Rushing 
18th in Passing
Only one of those teams managed to have a winning record, it was the Ravens, which actually had a top 10 rushing offense.
Here is how the rest of the top 10 rushing offenses, who were not ranked as top ten in passing ranked as a scoring offense.
No.1 NY Jets   No.17 scoring No.31 passing
No.2 Titans     No.16 scoring No.23 passing
No.3 Panthers  No.21 scoring No.27 passing
No.4 Dolphins  No.15 scoring No.20 passing
No.8 Browns   No.29 scoring No.32 passing
No.9 Bengals   No.22 scoring No.26 passing
The Jets and Bengals where the only two teams with winning records.
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