These ratings count every game of the season equally and are based on minimizing the sum of the squared errors in predicting each team’s score in each game.
|
Rank
|
Teams
|
Off
|
Def
|
Rating
|
|
1
|
Arizona Cardinals
|
7.72
|
-2.81
|
10.53
|
|
2
|
Seattle Seahawks
|
4.45
|
-5.13
|
9.58
|
|
3
|
Cincinnati Bengals
|
3.97
|
-5.08
|
9.06
|
|
4
|
Carolina Panthers
|
5.81
|
-2.20
|
8.01
|
|
5
|
Kansas City Chiefs
|
2.98
|
-4.56
|
7.54
|
|
6
|
Pittsburgh Steelers
|
4.22
|
-3.07
|
7.29
|
|
7
|
New England Patriots
|
4.96
|
-1.85
|
6.81
|
|
8
|
Denver Broncos
|
-0.03
|
-4.66
|
4.63
|
|
9
|
Minnesota Vikings
|
0.66
|
-3.94
|
4.60
|
|
10
|
Green Bay Packers
|
1.36
|
-2.71
|
4.07
|
|
11
|
New York Jets
|
-0.03
|
-2.10
|
2.07
|
|
12
|
Buffalo Bills
|
0.45
|
0.05
|
0.39
|
|
13
|
Houston Texans
|
-2.66
|
-2.58
|
-0.09
|
|
14
|
Oakland Raiders
|
0.84
|
1.66
|
-0.81
|
|
15
|
St. Louis Rams
|
-3.75
|
-2.94
|
-0.82
|
|
16
|
Detroit Lions
|
0.58
|
1.47
|
-0.89
|
|
17
|
Washington Redskins
|
0.10
|
1.31
|
-1.20
|
|
18
|
Baltimore Ravens
|
0.00
|
1.45
|
-1.45
|
|
19
|
Chicago Bears
|
-0.44
|
1.39
|
-1.83
|
|
20
|
New York Giants
|
2.48
|
5.18
|
-2.70
|
|
21
|
Atlanta Falcons
|
-3.27
|
-0.51
|
-2.76
|
|
22
|
San Diego Chargers
|
-1.70
|
1.28
|
-2.98
|
|
23
|
Philadelphia Eagles
|
-0.27
|
3.44
|
-3.71
|
|
24
|
New Orleans Saints
|
1.25
|
6.60
|
-5.35
|
|
25
|
Indianapolis Colts
|
-2.49
|
2.94
|
-5.42
|
|
26
|
Miami Dolphins
|
-3.95
|
1.64
|
-5.59
|
|
27
|
San Francisco 49ers
|
-5.79
|
-0.10
|
-5.69
|
|
28
|
Dallas Cowboys
|
-6.06
|
-0.22
|
-5.84
|
|
29
|
Jacksonville Jaguars
|
-0.34
|
5.76
|
-6.10
|
|
30
|
Cleveland Browns
|
-3.30
|
2.86
|
-6.16
|
|
31
|
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
|
-2.79
|
3.53
|
-6.32
|
|
32
|
Tennessee Titans
|
-4.98
|
3.88
|
-8.86
|