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: | 8.6 |
| 2 | San Francisco 49ers: | 8.3 |
| 3 | Minnesota Vikings: | 7.8 |
| 4 | Detroit Lions: | 7.4 |
| 5 | Green Bay Packers: | 6.9 |
| 6 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers: | 6.2 |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers: | 5.2 |
| 8 | Buffalo Bills: | 4.6 |
| 9 | Chicago Bears: | 3.8 |
| 10 | Kansas City Chiefs: | 3.5 |
| 11 | Los Angeles Chargers: | 2.5 |
| 12 | Atlanta Falcons: | 2.5 |
| 13 | Washington Commanders: | 0.8 |
| 14 | Indianapolis Colts: | 0.7 |
| 15 | Houston Texans: | 0.5 |
| 16 | New Orleans Saints: | -0.3 |
| 17 | New York Jets: | -0.6 |
| 18 | Cincinnati Bengals: | -0.8 |
| 19 | Seattle Seahawks: | -0.9 |
| 20 | New York Giants: | -1.5 |
| 21 | Tennessee Titans: | -1.8 |
| 22 | Philadelphia Eagles: | -2.3 |
| 23 | Denver Broncos: | -2.5 |
| 24 | Jacksonville Jaguars: | -2.9 |
| 25 | Las Vegas Raiders: | -3.0 |
| 26 | Arizona Cardinals: | -3.4 |
| 27 | Los Angeles Rams: | -4.4 |
| 28 | Miami Dolphins: | -5.1 |
| 29 | New England Patriots: | -7.7 |
| 30 | Cleveland Browns: | -8.4 |
| 31 | Dallas Cowboys: | -9.3 |
| 32 | Carolina Panthers: | -13.1 |