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 | San Francisco 49ers: | 17.4 |
2 | Miami Dolphins: | 10.4 |
3 | Philadelphia Eagles: | 6.6 |
4 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | 6.2 |
5 | Detroit Lions: | 5.0 |
6 | Baltimore Ravens: | 4.9 |
7 | Buffalo Bills: | 4.4 |
8 | Cleveland Browns: | 3.5 |
9 | Dallas Cowboys: | 3.4 |
10 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 2.8 |
11 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 2.6 |
12 | Houston Texans: | 2.1 |
13 | New Orleans Saints: | 1.1 |
14 | Minnesota Vikings: | 0.9 |
15 | Seattle Seahawks: | 0.9 |
16 | Indianapolis Colts: | 0.4 |
17 | Los Angeles Rams: | 0.3 |
18 | Atlanta Falcons: | -0.3 |
19 | Los Angeles Chargers: | -0.6 |
20 | Green Bay Packers: | -1.2 |
21 | Washington Commanders: | -1.4 |
22 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | -2.6 |
23 | New York Jets: | -2.9 |
24 | Tennessee Titans: | -2.9 |
25 | Arizona Cardinals: | -3.3 |
26 | New England Patriots: | -6.1 |
27 | Chicago Bears: | -6.1 |
28 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -6.3 |
29 | Denver Broncos: | -7.2 |
30 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -8.0 |
31 | Carolina Panthers: | -8.1 |
32 | New York Giants: | -14.6 |