I guess here is what I would change about the time of possession stat.

Take the total time of possession for each team and divide by the number of plays that they had.

So, in the Lions vs. Vikings game for example,

The Lions took up 32 seconds per play.

The Vikings took up 34 seconds per play.


They killed us in total time of possession, but it wasn't because they were running the ball and milking the clock, it was because they were getting first downs and not turning the ball over.