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: | 21.8 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 13.4 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills: | 9.6 |
| 4 | Minnesota Vikings: | 8.3 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | 7.3 |
| 6 | Seattle Seahawks: | 6.1 |
| 7 | Arizona Cardinals: | 6.1 |
| 8 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | 5.0 |
| 9 | Green Bay Packers: | 4.8 |
| 10 | San Francisco 49ers: | 4.3 |
| 11 | New England Patriots: | 3.0 |
| 12 | Detroit Lions: | 2.6 |
| 13 | Houston Texans: | 2.3 |
| 14 | Atlanta Falcons: | 1.9 |
| 15 | Tennessee Titans: | 1.9 |
| 16 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 0.4 |
| 17 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 0.4 |
| 18 | Baltimore Ravens: | 0.3 |
| 19 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -1.6 |
| 20 | Indianapolis Colts: | -1.7 |
| 21 | Washington Commanders: | -2.0 |
| 22 | Chicago Bears: | -3.2 |
| 23 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -4.7 |
| 24 | New York Jets: | -5.3 |
| 25 | Miami Dolphins: | -6.1 |
| 26 | New York Giants: | -7.9 |
| 27 | Cleveland Browns: | -8.0 |
| 28 | Philadelphia Eagles: | -8.0 |
| 29 | Dallas Cowboys: | -8.5 |
| 30 | Los Angeles Rams: | -10.1 |
| 31 | Denver Broncos: | -11.9 |
| 32 | Carolina Panthers: | -20.3 |