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: | 14.4 |
2 | Miami Dolphins: | 9.6 |
3 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | 6.6 |
4 | Detroit Lions: | 5.3 |
5 | Philadelphia Eagles: | 5.2 |
6 | Baltimore Ravens: | 4.0 |
7 | Dallas Cowboys: | 3.7 |
8 | Buffalo Bills: | 3.7 |
9 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 3.5 |
10 | Cleveland Browns: | 2.9 |
11 | Houston Texans: | 2.6 |
12 | Seattle Seahawks: | 1.7 |
13 | Los Angeles Rams: | 1.6 |
14 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 0.9 |
15 | Atlanta Falcons: | 0.4 |
16 | Minnesota Vikings: | 0.2 |
17 | New Orleans Saints: | 0.0 |
18 | Indianapolis Colts: | -1.0 |
19 | Green Bay Packers: | -1.2 |
20 | Los Angeles Chargers: | -1.6 |
21 | Washington Commanders: | -1.8 |
22 | New York Jets: | -2.0 |
23 | Tennessee Titans: | -2.3 |
24 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | -2.6 |
25 | Arizona Cardinals: | -4.0 |
26 | Chicago Bears: | -4.5 |
27 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -5.4 |
28 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -6.1 |
29 | New England Patriots: | -6.4 |
30 | Denver Broncos: | -7.4 |
31 | Carolina Panthers: | -7.8 |
32 | New York Giants: | -12.2 |