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 | Buffalo Bills: | 12.0 |
| 2 | New Orleans Saints: | 10.9 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings: | 10.2 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | 9.5 |
| 5 | Green Bay Packers: | 7.2 |
| 6 | Seattle Seahawks: | 6.3 |
| 7 | Baltimore Ravens: | 4.2 |
| 8 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 4.2 |
| 9 | San Francisco 49ers: | 3.6 |
| 10 | Arizona Cardinals: | 3.5 |
| 11 | Detroit Lions: | 2.2 |
| 12 | Atlanta Falcons: | 2.1 |
| 13 | New York Jets: | 1.6 |
| 14 | Cincinnati Bengals: | 1.1 |
| 15 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -0.1 |
| 16 | Kansas City Chiefs: | -0.6 |
| 17 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | -0.9 |
| 18 | Indianapolis Colts: | -1.4 |
| 19 | Philadelphia Eagles: | -1.7 |
| 20 | Chicago Bears: | -1.8 |
| 21 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | -2.3 |
| 22 | Tennessee Titans: | -2.8 |
| 23 | New England Patriots: | -3.1 |
| 24 | Houston Texans: | -3.2 |
| 25 | New York Giants: | -3.3 |
| 26 | Washington Commanders: | -3.5 |
| 27 | Miami Dolphins: | -6.3 |
| 28 | Denver Broncos: | -6.7 |
| 29 | Cleveland Browns: | -7.2 |
| 30 | Los Angeles Rams: | -7.5 |
| 31 | Dallas Cowboys: | -9.7 |
| 32 | Carolina Panthers: | -16.6 |