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: | 9.3 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers: | 7.0 |
| 3 | Detroit Lions: | 6.4 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | 6.3 |
| 5 | Minnesota Vikings: | 6.3 |
| 6 | Buffalo Bills: | 6.1 |
| 7 | Green Bay Packers: | 5.9 |
| 8 | Washington Commanders: | 4.1 |
| 9 | Chicago Bears: | 3.8 |
| 10 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 3.4 |
| 11 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 3.1 |
| 12 | Indianapolis Colts: | 1.1 |
| 13 | Seattle Seahawks: | 1.0 |
| 14 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 0.5 |
| 15 | Houston Texans: | 0.4 |
| 16 | Atlanta Falcons: | 0.3 |
| 17 | Philadelphia Eagles: | 0.3 |
| 18 | Cincinnati Bengals: | 0.3 |
| 19 | Denver Broncos: | -0.3 |
| 20 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | -0.5 |
| 21 | Los Angeles Rams: | -1.4 |
| 22 | Arizona Cardinals: | -1.5 |
| 23 | New Orleans Saints: | -2.1 |
| 24 | New York Jets: | -2.4 |
| 25 | New York Giants: | -3.2 |
| 26 | Tennessee Titans: | -4.1 |
| 27 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -4.5 |
| 28 | Miami Dolphins: | -4.8 |
| 29 | Cleveland Browns: | -8.1 |
| 30 | New England Patriots: | -8.6 |
| 31 | Dallas Cowboys: | -9.3 |
| 32 | Carolina Panthers: | -14.7 |