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 | Indianapolis Colts: | 14.9 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams: | 10.2 |
| 3 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 8.8 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills: | 8.7 |
| 5 | Atlanta Falcons: | 8.2 |
| 6 | Seattle Seahawks: | 7.6 |
| 7 | Green Bay Packers: | 7.2 |
| 8 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | 5.4 |
| 9 | Detroit Lions: | 5.2 |
| 10 | Minnesota Vikings: | 3.9 |
| 11 | Arizona Cardinals: | 2.3 |
| 12 | San Francisco 49ers: | 2.2 |
| 13 | Washington Commanders: | 2.0 |
| 14 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 1.9 |
| 15 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 1.8 |
| 16 | Baltimore Ravens: | 1.0 |
| 17 | Dallas Cowboys: | 0.8 |
| 18 | Denver Broncos: | 0.2 |
| 19 | New England Patriots: | -1.3 |
| 20 | Cleveland Browns: | -1.7 |
| 21 | Houston Texans: | -5.2 |
| 22 | Carolina Panthers: | -5.3 |
| 23 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -5.4 |
| 24 | New York Jets: | -5.4 |
| 25 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | -5.6 |
| 26 | Philadelphia Eagles: | -5.7 |
| 27 | New Orleans Saints: | -5.9 |
| 28 | Chicago Bears: | -6.9 |
| 29 | New York Giants: | -7.3 |
| 30 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -7.7 |
| 31 | Miami Dolphins: | -10.7 |
| 32 | Tennessee Titans: | -18.2 |