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or so it seems if one cares enough to tally up the number of offensive starters pff has deemed elite, pro bowl, above average, average, below average, backup, and below backup caliber for week 10....

in fact the far majority of (base) offensive starters that will take the field this week rate below backup caliber according to pff... sub backup starters will outnumber elite caliber starters almost 6 to 1, will outnumber pro bowl caliber starters 4 to 1, and will outnumber above average starters 2 to 1 - all told, sub backup starters will make up close to a third of all offensive starters that take field in week 10 according to the gang at pff.

moreover below average starters and worse (i.e. those that pff deems below average caliber, backup caliber, and below backup caliber) will represent a whopping 56% of the offensive starters that take field, while above average starters will represent about half that number, just 29%.

pff basically puts starters (all players actually) into one of seven categories as mentioned above: elite, pro bowl, above average, average, below average, backup, and below backup (below replacement). assuming we give elite caliber players a grade of 7, and below backup caliber players a grade of 1, the best possible score a team could expect would be 77 for their 11 starters, or 100%, which would equate to 11 elite players. using this scale, the average team score for offensive starters is just 45.7%, below the mendoza line, with a high of 63.6% and a low of 29.9%... hard to believe we spend so much time, energy and cash watching this garbage, eh?

anyway here's a team-by-team breakdown that shows the number of elite, pro bowl, above average, average, below average, backup, and below backup caliber starters that will take the field in week 10 according to pff - i've also included bye teams based on their current starting rosters: