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 | Detroit Lions: | 8.1 |
| 2 | Baltimore Ravens: | 8.0 |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers: | 7.7 |
| 4 | Philadelphia Eagles: | 7.2 |
| 5 | Minnesota Vikings: | 7.2 |
| 6 | Buffalo Bills: | 6.2 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | 5.5 |
| 8 | San Francisco 49ers: | 4.6 |
| 9 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 2.5 |
| 10 | Washington Commanders: | 2.5 |
| 11 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 1.9 |
| 12 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 1.9 |
| 13 | Arizona Cardinals: | 1.4 |
| 14 | Miami Dolphins: | 0.1 |
| 15 | Denver Broncos: | 0.0 |
| 16 | Los Angeles Rams: | -0.1 |
| 17 | Houston Texans: | -0.5 |
| 18 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -0.5 |
| 19 | Atlanta Falcons: | -0.5 |
| 20 | Indianapolis Colts: | -0.9 |
| 21 | Seattle Seahawks: | -1.1 |
| 22 | New Orleans Saints: | -1.4 |
| 23 | New York Jets: | -2.5 |
| 24 | Tennessee Titans: | -2.7 |
| 25 | Chicago Bears: | -3.2 |
| 26 | New York Giants: | -4.4 |
| 27 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -5.5 |
| 28 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | -6.9 |
| 29 | Cleveland Browns: | -7.5 |
| 30 | New England Patriots: | -7.9 |
| 31 | Dallas Cowboys: | -8.4 |
| 32 | Carolina Panthers: | -11.1 |