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 | New Orleans Saints: | 21.2 |
| 2 | Minnesota Vikings: | 15.3 |
| 3 | Seattle Seahawks: | 14.0 |
| 4 | San Francisco 49ers: | 9.8 |
| 5 | Green Bay Packers: | 7.4 |
| 6 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 7.3 |
| 7 | Buffalo Bills: | 6.3 |
| 8 | Dallas Cowboys: | 5.3 |
| 9 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | 4.8 |
| 10 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 4.3 |
| 11 | New England Patriots: | 4.0 |
| 12 | Tennessee Titans: | 3.0 |
| 13 | Detroit Lions: | 1.7 |
| 14 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 1.5 |
| 15 | Houston Texans: | 1.1 |
| 16 | Miami Dolphins: | 0.8 |
| 17 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | -0.8 |
| 18 | Indianapolis Colts: | -1.1 |
| 19 | Baltimore Ravens: | -1.5 |
| 20 | Los Angeles Rams: | -1.7 |
| 21 | Chicago Bears: | -3.0 |
| 22 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -4.0 |
| 23 | Washington Commanders: | -4.3 |
| 24 | Atlanta Falcons: | -4.8 |
| 25 | Cleveland Browns: | -5.3 |
| 26 | Arizona Cardinals: | -6.3 |
| 27 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -7.3 |
| 28 | Philadelphia Eagles: | -7.4 |
| 29 | New York Jets: | -9.8 |
| 30 | Denver Broncos: | -14.0 |
| 31 | New York Giants: | -15.3 |
| 32 | Carolina Panthers: | -21.2 |