Our NFL Team Rankings are based solely 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.

We are also including the Bill Parcells/Michael Lombardi stat that we modified called Total Rushes/Completions, which is listed as the second set of rankings below.

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.

The Seahawks remain atop our rankings this week, but they have dropped from 18.1 to 12.6 following their overtime win against the Texans in which they had a negative Trench Counter.

The Colts jumped from sixth to second with a blowout win against the Jaguars.

Trench Counter (TC) Rankings

1. Seattle Seahawks: 12.6
2. Indianapolis Colts: 10.2
3. New Orleans Saints: 8.5
4. Denver Broncos: 7.8
5. Kansas City Chiefs: 6.9
6. Green Bay Packers: 4.6
7. Houston Texans: 4.5
8. New England Patriots: 4.5
9. Carolina Panthers: 4.0
10. Dallas Cowboys: 3.0
11. Tennessee Titans: 3.0
12. Chicago Bears: 2.4
13. Cleveland Browns: 1.4
14. Arizona Cardinals: 1.1
15. Buffalo Bills: -0.6
16. Philadelphia Eagles: -0.9
17. Minnesota Vikings: -1.2
18. Detroit Lions: -1.4
19. Atlanta Falcons: -1.4
20. New York Jets: -1.5
21. San Diego Chargers: -1.6
22. Cincinnati Bengals: -1.7
23. Miami Dolphins: -1.9
24. Baltimore Ravens: -2.7
25. Oakland Raiders: -3.0
26. San Francisco 49ers: -3.7
27. Washington Redskins: -4.0
28. Pittsburgh Steelers: -5.8
29. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: -6.8
30. New York Giants: -7.9
31. St. Louis Rams: -8.2
32. Jacksonville Jaguars: -18.2

Total Rushes/Completions (TRC) Rankings

1. Houston Texans: 14.3
2. New Orleans Saints: 13.0
3. Denver Broncos: 11.8
4. Kansas City Chiefs: 10.0
5. Indianapolis Colts: 8.0
6. New England Patriots: 6.8
7. New York Jets: 6.0
8. Tennessee Titans: 6.0
9. Seattle Seahawks: 5.5
10. Detroit Lions: 5.3
11. Carolina Panthers: 5.0
12. Buffalo Bills: 3.3
13. San Diego Chargers: 2.5
14. Dallas Cowboys: 2.3
15. Green Bay Packers: 2.0
16. Chicago Bears: 0.5
17. Atlanta Falcons: -1.0
18. San Francisco 49ers: -1.3
19. Cincinnati Bengals: -1.8
20. Baltimore Ravens: -2.8
21. Oakland Raiders: -4.8
22. Cleveland Browns: -5.0
23. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: -5.0
24. Miami Dolphins: -5.3
25. Washington Redskins: -5.5
26. Pittsburgh Steelers: -6.3
27. St. Louis Rams: -6.8
28. Arizona Cardinals: -7.0
29. Minnesota Vikings: -8.5
30. Philadelphia Eagles: -9.8
31. Jacksonville Jaguars: -11.3
32. New York Giants: -18.5