NET: Time avg (Off − Def)
P + N
About this stat ↓What Time avg (Off − Def) is
Average time per offensive drive minus the average per opponent drive. Control of the clock rather than quality.
Higher is better. It is a rate, so a team's number does not grow with games played. Source: P + N.
League snapshot — 2026
No data available for this season.
Does Time avg (Off − Def) matter against the spread?
Run as a one-stat algorithm against the closing line, this stat went 827–751–37 ATS (52.4%) across 2020–2025, #155 of 296 ranked.
Its best season was 2020 (144–110, 56.7%); its worst 2023 (127–131, 49.2%).
For picks, this is a modest signal. One stat is not a recipe — the algorithms combine many.
| Season | Games | ATS record | ATS % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 256 | 144–110–2 | 56.7% |
| 2021 | 272 | 139–131–2 | 51.5% |
| 2022 | 271 | 144–120–7 | 54.5% |
| 2023 | 272 | 127–131–14 | 49.2% |
| 2024 | 272 | 137–126–9 | 52.1% |
| 2025 | 272 | 136–133–3 | 50.6% |
Multi-year heatmap
32 teams across 7 seasons. Cells colored by quintile within each season; click a column header to jump to that year.
| Team | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARI | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ATL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BAL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BUF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CAR | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CHI | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CIN | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| CLE | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DAL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DEN | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| DET | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| GB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| HOU | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| IND | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| JAX | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| KC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAC | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| LAR | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MIA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| MIN | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NE | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NO | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NYG | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| NYJ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PHI | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| PIT | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SF | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| SEA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TB | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TEN | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| WAS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
About this stat
- Stat ID
- net_time_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.