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 | Minnesota Vikings: | 7.8 |
| 2 | Baltimore Ravens: | 7.0 |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers: | 4.9 |
| 4 | Buffalo Bills: | 4.6 |
| 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | 4.3 |
| 6 | Washington Commanders: | 4.1 |
| 7 | Green Bay Packers: | 4.1 |
| 8 | Seattle Seahawks: | 4.0 |
| 9 | New Orleans Saints: | 3.6 |
| 10 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 3.5 |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 3.5 |
| 12 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 2.2 |
| 13 | Detroit Lions: | 1.5 |
| 14 | Chicago Bears: | 1.2 |
| 15 | Atlanta Falcons: | 0.7 |
| 16 | New York Jets: | 0.3 |
| 17 | Arizona Cardinals: | 0.1 |
| 18 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -0.1 |
| 19 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | -0.2 |
| 20 | Tennessee Titans: | -0.3 |
| 21 | Indianapolis Colts: | -0.7 |
| 22 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -1.6 |
| 23 | Denver Broncos: | -2.2 |
| 24 | New York Giants: | -2.6 |
| 25 | Houston Texans: | -2.8 |
| 26 | Los Angeles Rams: | -4.4 |
| 27 | Dallas Cowboys: | -4.9 |
| 28 | Miami Dolphins: | -5.1 |
| 29 | Philadelphia Eagles: | -5.8 |
| 30 | New England Patriots: | -5.9 |
| 31 | Cleveland Browns: | -7.7 |
| 32 | Carolina Panthers: | -13.4 |