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2017 NFL season

Played from 7 September 2017 to 4 February 2018. Every figure below is an aggregate over rows this API serves, so it is a sample of the data rather than a description of it.

The season

Games
267
11 in the postseason
Points
11,649
43.6 per game
Plays recorded
47,245
each carrying EPA and win probability
Teams
32
clubs in the league that year

Who led it

Best record
NE
13-3
Best point differential
PHI
+162 points
Most efficient offence
NE
+0.123 EPA per play

Efficiency is EPA per regular-season pass or run play, taken from the play rows rather than a model of ours. Read what EPA measures or how a play counts as a success.

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