NET: Start avg (Off − Def)

Average drive start minus the start allowed. The field-position battle in one number.

NET · NET (Off − Def)P + N
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League snapshot — 2024

  • League leaderBAL 91.54
  • League average0.00
  • Best to worst196.67

All 32 teams, higher is better.

At a glance — 2024

Where the 32 teams sit on this stat this season.

League leader
BAL · 91.54
League laggard
NO · -105.13
League average
0.00
Spread (max − min)
196.67

Year-over-year — 2024 vs 2023

Biggest movers from last season.

Biggest riser
TB · +105.41
Biggest faller
CLE · −115.68
Most consistent
ARI · −6.04
League trend 2024 vs 2023
▼ 0.00

Multi-year context

7-year window (2019–2025)

Multi-year leader
BUF · 49.20
Multi-year laggard
NYJ · -41.20
Biggest improver
DET · +21.56/yr
Biggest decliner
DAL · −12.07/yr

Multi-year heatmap

32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.

Team2019202020212022202320242025
BAL88.0725.3548.6822.9444.5991.543.86
TB56.7733.9149.3424.19-15.8189.60-18.95
DET-71.49-80.55-99.89-17.84-22.4477.79-1.68
PHI7.67-30.2923.07103.9413.4071.7438.95
MIA-80.7722.13-18.3327.1334.0253.64-33.78
LAC31.5550.4726.72-50.5545.2252.4334.44
MIN38.0140.49-4.55-43.9032.8750.5928.08
GB6.1072.7727.40-36.77-19.9834.5843.30
SF63.559.8579.0922.2320.3532.4656.36
WAS-59.31-2.95-19.2025.96-29.1028.25-94.81
ARI-7.4334.8869.92-1.9333.1627.12-88.75
KC79.4229.9433.8326.6165.8525.4118.40
IND2.410.62-9.29-25.17-23.6919.9355.21
ATL-6.2030.28-81.00-36.49-14.4414.20-6.04
SEA-47.15-44.16-49.252.52-49.106.10112.10
LV-69.10-6.12-32.7526.01-77.813.68-15.40
BUF44.9856.9377.0970.6532.531.0561.20
PIT10.798.3915.242.7111.83-4.68-45.82
NYJ3.92-56.31-67.063.99-54.27-13.41-105.29
CIN-62.73-35.0937.0616.02-32.07-15.18-22.02
DEN6.79-12.08-14.37-4.78-59.69-15.9628.96
DAL99.1432.932.0460.9561.88-16.60-0.43
TEN-14.97-12.3414.79-27.88-62.36-26.63-74.49
LAR20.4163.3470.8717.6842.72-41.7769.40
NE-19.46-81.0551.39-26.7213.49-43.7740.78
CLE-26.0919.53-24.66-30.2470.55-45.130.61
CHI-14.71-23.30-35.74-60.6427.87-62.70-22.31
JAX19.47-64.19-78.29-35.66-22.18-62.70-2.78
HOU-15.22-34.93-103.74-41.5035.15-63.3525.57
NYG-17.70-44.28-2.55-6.58-79.25-68.12-43.73
CAR-61.90-5.8737.1013.50-3.99-94.98-40.04
NO-4.821.70-22.96-20.38-19.30-105.13-0.90

Distribution

How the 32 teams cluster for 2024.

About this stat
Stat ID
net_start_avg
Side
net
Family
NET (Off − Def)
Data source
P + N
Polarity
higher is better (or neutral)
Display grain
rate
Algorithm eligibility
Algorithm-eligible: this stat can be picked in the Algorithm Builder.