Not that I necessarily think we’re unfairly ranked here since this is just one of many possible metrics to use in team evaluation, but I will point out that the west coast offense is sort of at an inherent disadvantage when it comes to EPA/play.

The whole concept of the offense emphasizes short, quick-hitting passing plays that slowly move the offense down the field, so it’s rarely going to make a big impact on expected points on a play-by-play basis.

I’d be interested to instead see something like percent of plays with a positive EPA and how we grade out in that metric.

Am I out of touch? No. The objective data is wrong.