Week 7 provided us with the second and third +30 games of the season, with Arian Foster and the Texans running all over the Titans and Drew Brees putting on a clinic for Curtis Painter and the Colts. Houston has ascended to the top-three in our rankings and could begin to run away with the AFC South if they run the table in their next four (very winnable) games. The Saints are now in the top-10, a position we expect them to remain for the balance of the season. The Trench Counter formula, which the below rankings are solely based upon, creates a completely objective examination. The formula accounts for yards per carry, yards per pass, first downs, turnovers and penalties. It attempts to identify which team controls the line of scrimmage, controls the trenches. The true intention of this type of ranking system is to identify teams that may be over or underrated. Average Trench Counter Per Game 1. Green Bay Packers: 8.5 2. Baltimore Ravens: 8.2 3. Houston Texans: 7.7 4. Detroit Lions: 6.1 5. New England Patriots: 5.5 6. San Francisco 49ers: 5.3 7. Pittsburgh Steelers: 5.0 8. San Diego Chargers: 4.6 9. New Orleans Saints: 4.0 10. Dallas Cowboys: 3.8 11. New York Giants: 3.7 12. Cincinnati Bengals: 3.1 13. Philadelphia Eagles: 1.9 14. Buffalo Bills: 1.7 15. Carolina Panthers: 0.2 16. Atlanta Falcons: -0.4 17. Chicago Bears: -0.4 18. Washington Redskins: -0.6 19. New York Jets: -1.4 20. Jacksonville Jaguars: -1.7 21. Cleveland Browns: -2.0 22. Minnesota Vikings: -2.4 23. Denver Broncos: -3.0 24. Miami Dolphins: -3.5 25. Kansas City Chiefs: -3.8 26. Oakland Raiders: -4.5 27. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: -6.6 28. Arizona Cardinals: -6.9 29. Tennessee Titans: -7.2 30. Seattle Seahawks: -7.6 31. Indianapolis Colts: -8.4 32. St. Louis Rams: -11.1 Median 1. Baltimore Ravens: 9.3 2. Green Bay Packers: 8.8 3. San Diego Chargers: 7.5 4. Detroit Lions: 7.4 5. New England Patriots: 7.3 6. Pittsburgh Steelers: 7.3 7. New York Giants: 5.4 8. Philadelphia Eagles: 3.3 9. San Francisco 49ers: 3.0 10. Cincinnati Bengals: 2.1 11. Carolina Panthers: 1.6 12. Dallas Cowboys: 1.3 13. New Orleans Saints: 1.1 14. New York Jets: 1.1 15. Washington Redskins: 0.9 16. Buffalo Bills: 0.8 17. Houston Texans: 0.5 18. Jacksonville Jaguars: -0.1 19. Atlanta Falcons: -1.4 20. Tampa Bay Buccaneers: -1.4 21. Denver Broncos: -1.5 22. Kansas City Chiefs: -1.8 23. Miami Dolphins: -1.9 24. Minnesota Vikings: -2.1 25. Tennessee Titans: -3.3 26. Cleveland Browns: -3.6 27. Indianapolis Colts: -3.7 28. Chicago Bears: -3.8 29. Oakland Raiders: -3.8 30. Seattle Seahawks: -5.0 31. Arizona Cardinals: -6.2 32. St. Louis Rams: -7.2