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 | Indianapolis Colts: | 13.1 |
| 2 | Los Angeles Rams: | 12.1 |
| 3 | Green Bay Packers: | 11.1 |
| 4 | Atlanta Falcons: | 10.7 |
| 5 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 9.5 |
| 6 | Detroit Lions: | 6.9 |
| 7 | Buffalo Bills: | 6.6 |
| 8 | Dallas Cowboys: | 6.0 |
| 9 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | 5.5 |
| 10 | Seattle Seahawks: | 4.8 |
| 11 | Denver Broncos: | 4.0 |
| 12 | San Francisco 49ers: | 3.5 |
| 13 | Arizona Cardinals: | 3.3 |
| 14 | Baltimore Ravens: | 2.6 |
| 15 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 0.3 |
| 16 | Cincinnati Bengals: | 0.2 |
| 17 | Kansas City Chiefs: | -0.1 |
| 18 | Washington Commanders: | -0.1 |
| 19 | New England Patriots: | -1.1 |
| 20 | New Orleans Saints: | -2.3 |
| 21 | Cleveland Browns: | -2.8 |
| 22 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -5.0 |
| 23 | Houston Texans: | -5.2 |
| 24 | Philadelphia Eagles: | -5.3 |
| 25 | New York Jets: | -5.6 |
| 26 | Minnesota Vikings: | -5.9 |
| 27 | Carolina Panthers: | -6.3 |
| 28 | New York Giants: | -8.0 |
| 29 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | -9.3 |
| 30 | Miami Dolphins: | -9.7 |
| 31 | Chicago Bears: | -15.2 |
| 32 | Tennessee Titans: | -18.0 |