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, without fail, 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.

Each team’s Trench Counter ranking from Week 6 is listed next to the per game average.

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 schedule and weekly results from each team are available by clicking below.

Trench Counter (TC) Rankings

1.

Houston Texans

10.3

2

2.

San Francisco 49ers

9.0

1

3.

New England Patriots

8.1

3

4.

Chicago Bears

7.6

4

5.

New York Giants

5.2

5

6.

Atlanta Falcons

4.6

7

7.

Washington Redskins

4.2

6

8.

Green Bay Packers

4.1

8

9.

Minnesota Vikings

3.4

9

10.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

2.5

12

11.

Denver Broncos

2.3

11

12.

San Diego Chargers

1.7

15

13.

Seattle Seahawks

1.6

10

14.

Miami Dolphins

1.6

16

15.

Philadelphia Eagles

0.6

17

16.

Detroit Lions

0.5

14

17.

Pittsburgh Steelers

-0.4

21

18.

Oakland Raiders

-0.5

20

19.

St. Louis Rams

-0.7

18

20.

Baltimore Ravens

-1.2

13

21.

Arizona Cardinals

-1.6

19

22.

Dallas Cowboys

-2.4

23

23.

Indianapolis Colts

-3.2

25

24.

Carolina Panthers

-3.3

24

25.

Cincinnati Bengals

-4.0

22

26.

Cleveland Browns

-4.7

26

27.

New York Jets

-5.4

27

28.

Tennessee Titans

-8.5

32

29.

New Orleans Saints

-8.5

30

30.

Buffalo Bills

-8.6

28

31.

Kansas City Chiefs

-9.0

29

32.

Jacksonville Jaguars

-9.5

31

Total Rushes/Completions (TRC) Rankings

1.

Houston Texans

15.7

1

2.

Kansas City Chiefs

12.2

2

3.

Pittsburgh Steelers

10.3

3

4.

Dallas Cowboys

8.8

4

5.

Philadelphia Eagles

7.2

6

6.

Chicago Bears

5.3

8

7.

San Francisco 49ers

5.0

11

8.

Detroit Lions

5.0

7

9.

New York Giants

4.9

5

10.

New England Patriots

4.0

9

11.

Washington Redskins

3.3

14

12.

San Diego Chargers

3.2

12

13.

Seattle Seahawks

3.1

10

14.

Green Bay Packers

2.9

16

15.

Miami Dolphins

2.7

13

16.

Arizona Cardinals

2.3

19

17.

Atlanta Falcons

1.7

15

18.

Indianapolis Colts

0.2

21

19.

Denver Broncos

-1.0

20

20.

Minnesota Vikings

-1.6

17

21.

Cincinnati Bengals

-2.6

18

22.

Buffalo Bills

-3.4

23

23.

St. Louis Rams

-4.3

22

24.

New York Jets

-4.3

24

25.

Oakland Raiders

-5.7

27

26.

Cleveland Browns

-6.7

25

27.

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

-7.8

26

28.

New Orleans Saints

-8.5

29

29.

Carolina Panthers

-11.2

28

30.

Tennessee Titans

-13.6

31

31.

Baltimore Ravens

-14.3

30

32.

Jacksonville Jaguars

-16.0

32