The Kansas City Chiefs won just 10 combined games in 2007, 2008 and 2009, but turned into a 10-6 team in 2010. Injuries and a general dislike of Todd Haley made the Chiefs a 7-9 team in 2011.

Scott Pioli has been general manager of the Chiefs since 2009, which has been enough time to get a feel for how he runs a team while not partnering with Bill Belichick.

RealGM has been using a statistic called the Trench Counter to rank NFL teams since the 2007 season.

The Trench Counter accounts for average yards per pass, yards per carry, penalty yards, first downs and turnovers to determine how well teams control the game in the most meaningful ways.

The Chiefs rank 29th in Trench Counter from the 2007 season through 2011.

Below are Kansas City’s season-by-season rankings, Trench Counter totals and actual record in parentheses.

2007: 28th, -6.7 (4-12)
2008: 26th, -4.7 (2-14)
2009: 27th, -4.3 (4-12)
2010: 9th, +4.2 (10-6)
2011: 28th, -3.6 (7-9)