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 | Baltimore Ravens: | 8.1 |
| 2 | Green Bay Packers: | 7.7 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings: | 7.7 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions: | 7.1 |
| 5 | Buffalo Bills: | 6.9 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Eagles: | 5.8 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | 5.7 |
| 8 | San Francisco 49ers: | 4.5 |
| 9 | Washington Commanders: | 3.9 |
| 10 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 2.9 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 2.3 |
| 12 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 1.1 |
| 13 | Arizona Cardinals: | 0.4 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Rams: | 0.1 |
| 15 | Denver Broncos: | 0.0 |
| 16 | Seattle Seahawks: | -0.1 |
| 17 | Houston Texans: | -0.1 |
| 18 | Miami Dolphins: | -0.9 |
| 19 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -1.0 |
| 20 | New Orleans Saints: | -1.1 |
| 21 | Indianapolis Colts: | -1.2 |
| 22 | Atlanta Falcons: | -1.5 |
| 23 | New York Jets: | -2.5 |
| 24 | Tennessee Titans: | -3.5 |
| 25 | Chicago Bears: | -4.8 |
| 26 | New York Giants: | -5.3 |
| 27 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -5.4 |
| 28 | Dallas Cowboys: | -6.3 |
| 29 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | -6.6 |
| 30 | Cleveland Browns: | -6.7 |
| 31 | New England Patriots: | -6.9 |
| 32 | Carolina Panthers: | -10.2 |