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: | 12.1 |
| 2 | Miami Dolphins: | 9.4 |
| 3 | Baltimore Ravens: | 7.5 |
| 4 | Dallas Cowboys: | 5.3 |
| 5 | Minnesota Vikings: | 4.1 |
| 6 | Buffalo Bills: | 3.9 |
| 7 | Detroit Lions: | 2.4 |
| 8 | Los Angeles Rams: | 2.2 |
| 9 | Houston Texans: | 1.9 |
| 10 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 1.5 |
| 11 | Atlanta Falcons: | 1.3 |
| 12 | Cleveland Browns: | 1.2 |
| 13 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | 1.0 |
| 14 | Philadelphia Eagles: | 0.8 |
| 15 | Indianapolis Colts: | 0.7 |
| 16 | New Orleans Saints: | 0.4 |
| 17 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | -0.7 |
| 18 | Green Bay Packers: | -1.5 |
| 19 | Chicago Bears: | -1.6 |
| 20 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | -2.1 |
| 21 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -2.1 |
| 22 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -2.8 |
| 23 | Denver Broncos: | -2.8 |
| 24 | New England Patriots: | -3.2 |
| 25 | Seattle Seahawks: | -3.3 |
| 26 | Tennessee Titans: | -3.4 |
| 27 | Los Angeles Chargers: | -3.8 |
| 28 | Washington Commanders: | -4.8 |
| 29 | New York Jets: | -5.3 |
| 30 | Carolina Panthers: | -5.8 |
| 31 | Arizona Cardinals: | -6.1 |
| 32 | New York Giants: | -6.3 |