Our NFL Team Rankings are based entirely on the The Trench Counter, which is an objective formula measuring average yards per pass and run on both offense and defense, along with first downs registered and given up, turnovers for and against, and total penalty yards.
Over time, The Trench Counter rankings begin to closely resemble the standings but goes even further to determine which teams are truly the best when on the line of scrimmage.
The chief aim of the Trench Counter is to take the subjective out of the equation and even the somewhat fluky nature of teams actually scoring points, which is of course the whole point on a game-by-game basis.
| 1 | San Francisco 49ers: | 10.4 |
| 2 | Baltimore Ravens: | 8.1 |
| 3 | Miami Dolphins: | 6.4 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys: | 5.6 |
| 5 | Minnesota Vikings: | 4.7 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Eagles: | 4.4 |
| 7 | Detroit Lions: | 3.9 |
| 8 | Cleveland Browns: | 3.6 |
| 9 | Houston Texans: | 2.6 |
| 10 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | 2.0 |
| 11 | Buffalo Bills: | 1.9 |
| 12 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 1.6 |
| 13 | New Orleans Saints: | 0.6 |
| 14 | Atlanta Falcons: | 0.4 |
| 15 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | -0.1 |
| 16 | Indianapolis Colts: | -0.4 |
| 17 | Seattle Seahawks: | -0.6 |
| 18 | Los Angeles Chargers: | -1.1 |
| 19 | Los Angeles Rams: | -1.1 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | -1.4 |
| 21 | Green Bay Packers: | -1.5 |
| 22 | New York Jets: | -1.9 |
| 23 | Washington Commanders: | -2.5 |
| 24 | Tennessee Titans: | -3.0 |
| 25 | New England Patriots: | -3.8 |
| 26 | Chicago Bears: | -3.9 |
| 27 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -3.9 |
| 28 | Denver Broncos: | -4.0 |
| 29 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -4.0 |
| 30 | Arizona Cardinals: | -6.0 |
| 31 | Carolina Panthers: | -6.3 |
| 32 | New York Giants: | -9.1 |