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 | Los Angeles Rams: | 9.2 |
| 2 | Indianapolis Colts: | 8.0 |
| 3 | Atlanta Falcons: | 7.4 |
| 4 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 6.7 |
| 5 | Seattle Seahawks: | 5.6 |
| 6 | Green Bay Packers: | 5.5 |
| 7 | Detroit Lions: | 4.7 |
| 8 | Houston Texans: | 3.5 |
| 9 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 3.3 |
| 10 | Denver Broncos: | 3.3 |
| 11 | New England Patriots: | 2.8 |
| 12 | Buffalo Bills: | 2.3 |
| 13 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 1.6 |
| 14 | Carolina Panthers: | 1.5 |
| 15 | Dallas Cowboys: | 1.2 |
| 16 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | -0.8 |
| 17 | Minnesota Vikings: | -0.8 |
| 18 | Cleveland Browns: | -0.8 |
| 19 | San Francisco 49ers: | -1.0 |
| 20 | Arizona Cardinals: | -1.0 |
| 21 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | -1.1 |
| 22 | Washington Commanders: | -1.3 |
| 23 | Chicago Bears: | -1.7 |
| 24 | New Orleans Saints: | -3.2 |
| 25 | Philadelphia Eagles: | -4.2 |
| 26 | New York Giants: | -4.3 |
| 27 | Baltimore Ravens: | -4.9 |
| 28 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -5.7 |
| 29 | New York Jets: | -6.1 |
| 30 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -7.0 |
| 31 | Miami Dolphins: | -9.2 |
| 32 | Tennessee Titans: | -12.3 |