Nobody knows what power rankings are supposed to mean. And frankly, nobody cares. They just want to see lists. Are power rankings supposed to simply reflect records, in which case, what is the point of doing them? For example, I have cracked the code to ESPN’s power rankings:

Step 1 – Rank teams in descending order of wins.

Step 2 – Move San Francisco ahead of Kansas City (Chiefs are trending down!), San Diego ahead of Miami (even though Miami has won two straight, we had them really low two weeks ago, so we can’t move them that high), and move Tampa Bay ahead of Cleveland (Bucs are trending up, Browns are trending down!).

Step 3 – For team with same number of wins, rank randomly, or based on the the best way to generate discussion.

I don’t see the point in doing power rankings that read just like the NFL standings page. Are power rankings supposed to reflect which teams we think are the best going forward? Perhaps you would like Advanced NFL Stats’ ratings, but that leads to situations where a team like the Ravens is ranked 25th despite being in line for a playoff perth. Which, of course, is either totally acceptable or makes no sense at all, with no middle ground.

Are power rankings supposed to reflect which teams have the best odds of winning the Super Bowl? You might as well use Football Outsiders’ playoff report and call it a day.

Instead, I’m going to make power rankings based on this method of measuring how each team played in each game relative to the performance by the team’s opponents in the rest of its games. The lower the rating, the better. You can view the historical ratings using this formula here.

Rk Team Pts Record 1 Denver Broncos 2.9 10-2-0 2 Carolina Panthers 3.5 9-3-0 3 Seattle Seahawks 3.9 11-1-0 4 San Francisco 49ers 4.1 8-4-0 5 New Orleans Saints 4.6 9-3-0 6 New England Patriots 4.7 9-3-0 7 Kansas City Chiefs 4.7 9-3-0 8 Cincinnati Bengals 4.8 8-4-0 9 Dallas Cowboys 5.5 7-5-0 10 Arizona Cardinals 5.9 7-5-0 11 Indianapolis Colts 6 8-4-0 12 Detroit Lions 6 7-5-0 13 Green Bay Packers 6.4 5-6-1 14 St. Louis Rams 6.5 5-7-0 15 Tennessee Titans 6.5 5-7-0 16 Chicago Bears 6.8 6-6-0 17 Baltimore Ravens 6.8 6-6-0 18 Philadelphia Eagles 6.8 7-5-0 19 Miami Dolphins 7 6-6-0 20 San Diego Chargers 7.1 5-7-0 21 Pittsburgh Steelers 7.2 5-7-0 22 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 7.2 3-9-0 23 New York Giants 7.8 5-7-0 24 Cleveland Browns 7.9 4-8-0 25 Oakland Raiders 7.9 4-8-0 26 Buffalo Bills 8 4-8-0 27 Minnesota Vikings 8.2 3-8-1 28 Washington Redskins 8.3 3-9-0 29 Houston Texans 8.3 2-10-0 30 Atlanta Falcons 8.7 3-9-0 31 New York Jets 8.8 5-7-0 32 Jacksonville Jaguars 9.3 3-9-0

Let’s look at some of the ratings that might seem odd.

Carolina is number two! But Cam Newton has a fake smile! And the team has three losses! Seattle has two more wins so it must be ranked higher! Well, the SRS ratings have the Seahawks at #2 and the Panthers at #3, so Carolina is presumably deserving of a top-three rating, disingenuous smiles aside. But why are the Panthers ahead of the Seahawks?

Tthe Panthers have a rating of 3 or lower in all nine wins. Six of the team’s wins were by double digits, two were against New England and San Francisco, and well, the Miami game actually rates very highly in this system, too. Seattle may have only one loss, but the Seahawks beat the Rams, Titans, Texans, and Bucs by a combined 18 points. Those four games drag down Seattle’s rating enough to put them behind the Panthers.

Much is made of Seattle’s home field advantage, and for good reason. But the Seahawks have an average rating of 3.8 in their home games and 3.9 in their road games, so I’m not sure how much the narrative is holding up this year. Seattle is just a great team, and great teams often look completely dominant at home. On the other hand, the narrative about the Saints is true, at least in 2013 : New Orleans has a 2.7 rating in home games and a 6.5 rating in road games; that 3.8 point differential is the largest in the NFL. The other teams with the biggest improvements at home? Cincinnati (+3.0), New England (+2.6), Arizona (+2.5), Buffalo (+2.3), and Baltimore (+2.0). The worst teams at home? Jacksonville (-4.3), Philadelphia (-3.7), Kansas City (-3.3), Minnesota (-2.8), and San Francisco (-2.2). As always, take ratings based on sample sizes of 4-7 games with a handful of salt, especially when they involve backup quarterbacks.



Do the Eagles seem low to you? If you only count the games Nick Foles has started and finished, Philadelphia would be 5-0 and have a rating of 4.0, good enough for 4th place. The Eagles beat some bad teams, but they get a 1 for the Oakland dismantling, a 2 for cruising against the Aaron Rodgers-less Packers by 14, a 4 for winning by 11 in Tampa Bay, a 5 for beating the Cardinals at home by three, and an 8 for only beating Washington at home by eight points (even though the Game Script was much higher). Not counting the Packers game would still leave the Eagles with a 4.5 rating, so you could conceivably rank the Eagles much higher if you think a Nick Foles adjustment is appropriate.

The Jets come in at #31, which is where New York ranks in points differential, too. Don’t be fooled by the close wins against Buffalo, Tampa Bay, or Atlanta, each of which produced a rating of 7 or more points. The Jets have four 12-point games (Cincinnati, Tennessee, Buffalo, Miami), and two 11-point games (Baltimore, Pittsburgh). That means that in half of the Jets games (and each of the team’s last three), their opponent produced its best or second best game of the year.

Finally, let me close with a table showing the results from every game: I’ve modified the search function so that it only searches the “Team” column.

Week Team H/R Opp Boxscore PF PA W/L/T aMOV Rank 8 Cincinnati Bengals New York Jets Boxscore 49 9 Win 37 1 4 Indianapolis Colts @ Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 37 3 Win 37 1 3 Carolina Panthers New York Giants Boxscore 38 0 Win 35 1 10 St. Louis Rams @ Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 38 8 Win 33 1 9 Philadelphia Eagles @ Oakland Raiders Boxscore 49 20 Win 32 1 4 Denver Broncos Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 52 20 Win 29 1 10 New Orleans Saints Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 49 17 Win 29 1 6 Carolina Panthers @ Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 35 10 Win 28 1 4 San Francisco 49ers @ St. Louis Rams Boxscore 35 11 Win 27 1 13 Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Boxscore 40 10 Win 27 1 10 Seattle Seahawks @ Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 33 10 Win 26 1 12 San Francisco 49ers @ Washington Redskins Boxscore 27 6 Win 24 1 13 Seattle Seahawks New Orleans Saints Boxscore 34 7 Win 24 1 8 Carolina Panthers @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 31 13 Win 21 1 9 New England Patriots Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 55 31 Win 21 1 3 New Orleans Saints Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 31 7 Win 21 1 12 Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cleveland Browns Boxscore 27 11 Win 19 1 1 Denver Broncos Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 49 27 Win 19 1 4 New Orleans Saints Miami Dolphins Boxscore 38 17 Win 18 1 12 St. Louis Rams Chicago Bears Boxscore 42 21 Win 18 1 7 San Francisco 49ers @ Tennessee Titans Boxscore 31 17 Win 17 1 8 New Orleans Saints Buffalo Bills Boxscore 35 17 Win 15 1 5 Arizona Cardinals Carolina Panthers Boxscore 22 6 Win 13 1 10 Denver Broncos @ San Diego Chargers Boxscore 28 20 Win 11 1 13 Denver Broncos @ Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 35 28 Win 10 1 5 Green Bay Packers Detroit Lions Boxscore 22 9 Win 10 1 4 Cleveland Browns Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 17 6 Win 8 1 5 Cincinnati Bengals New England Patriots Boxscore 13 6 Win 4 1 5 Indianapolis Colts Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 34 28 Win 3 1 7 Indianapolis Colts Denver Broncos Boxscore 39 33 Win 3 1 5 San Francisco 49ers Houston Texans Boxscore 34 3 Win 28 1.5 6 St. Louis Rams @ Houston Texans Boxscore 38 13 Win 28 1.5 2 Seattle Seahawks San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 29 3 Win 23 1.5 3 Indianapolis Colts @ San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 27 7 Win 23 1.5 8 San Francisco 49ers N Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 42 10 Win 32 2 12 Arizona Cardinals Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 40 11 Win 26 2 13 Miami Dolphins @ New York Jets Boxscore 23 3 Win 23 2 8 Denver Broncos Washington Redskins Boxscore 45 21 Win 21 2 3 Dallas Cowboys St. Louis Rams Boxscore 31 7 Win 21 2 9 Carolina Panthers Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 34 10 Win 21 2 3 Chicago Bears @ Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 40 23 Win 20 2 13 Carolina Panthers Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 27 6 Win 18 2 11 Seattle Seahawks Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 41 20 Win 18 2 11 Cincinnati Bengals Cleveland Browns Boxscore 41 20 Win 18 2 7 Dallas Cowboys @ Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 17 3 Win 17 2 10 Philadelphia Eagles @ Green Bay Packers Boxscore 27 13 Win 17 2 7 Seattle Seahawks @ Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 34 22 Win 15 2 6 Kansas City Chiefs Oakland Raiders Boxscore 24 7 Win 14 2 9 Kansas City Chiefs @ Buffalo Bills Boxscore 23 13 Win 13 2 5 Kansas City Chiefs @ Tennessee Titans Boxscore 26 17 Win 12 2 5 New Orleans Saints @ Chicago Bears Boxscore 26 18 Win 11 2 13 Cincinnati Bengals @ San Diego Chargers Boxscore 17 10 Win 10 2 1 Seattle Seahawks @ Carolina Panthers Boxscore 12 7 Win 8 2 11 Denver Broncos Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 27 17 Win 7 2 11 Pittsburgh Steelers Detroit Lions Boxscore 37 27 Win 7 2 6 Green Bay Packers @ Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 19 17 Win 5 2 9 New York Jets New Orleans Saints Boxscore 26 20 Win 3 2 11 Carolina Panthers New England Patriots Boxscore 24 20 Win 1 2 9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 24 27 Loss 0 2 12 New England Patriots Denver Broncos Boxscore 34 31 Win 0 2 2 Denver Broncos @ New York Giants Boxscore 41 23 Win 21 2.5 4 Kansas City Chiefs New York Giants Boxscore 31 7 Win 21 2.5 8 New England Patriots Miami Dolphins Boxscore 27 17 Win 7 2.5 12 Carolina Panthers @ Miami Dolphins Boxscore 20 16 Win 7 2.5 4 San Diego Chargers Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 30 21 Win 6 2.5 5 Denver Broncos @ Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 51 48 Win 6 2.5 1 Chicago Bears Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 24 21 Win 0 2.5 10 Baltimore Ravens Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 20 17 Win 0 2.5 1 Kansas City Chiefs @ Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 28 2 Win 29 3 4 Tennessee Titans New York Jets Boxscore 38 13 Win 22 3 3 Baltimore Ravens Houston Texans Boxscore 30 9 Win 18 3 3 New England Patriots Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 23 3 Win 17 3 6 Detroit Lions @ Cleveland Browns Boxscore 31 17 Win 17 3 8 Green Bay Packers @ Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 44 31 Win 16 3 2 Green Bay Packers Washington Redskins Boxscore 38 20 Win 15 3 3 Kansas City Chiefs @ Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 26 16 Win 13 3 7 Carolina Panthers St. Louis Rams Boxscore 30 15 Win 12 3 11 New York Giants Green Bay Packers Boxscore 27 13 Win 11 3 8 Arizona Cardinals Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 27 13 Win 11 3 1 Tennessee Titans @ Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 16 9 Win 10 3 6 San Francisco 49ers Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 32 20 Win 9 3 5 Oakland Raiders San Diego Chargers Boxscore 27 17 Win 7 3 11 Indianapolis Colts @ Tennessee Titans Boxscore 30 27 Win 6 3 12 San Diego Chargers @ Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 41 38 Win 6 3 10 Carolina Panthers @ San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 10 9 Win 4 3 9 Cleveland Browns Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 24 18 Win 3 3 11 New England Patriots @ Carolina Panthers Boxscore 20 24 Loss -1 3 6 Tennessee Titans @ Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 13 20 Loss -4 3 5 Dallas Cowboys Denver Broncos Boxscore 48 51 Loss -6 3 3 Denver Broncos Oakland Raiders Boxscore 37 21 Win 13 3.5 4 Washington Redskins @ Oakland Raiders Boxscore 24 14 Win 13 3.5 5 Cleveland Browns Buffalo Bills Boxscore 37 24 Win 10 3.5 10 Pittsburgh Steelers Buffalo Bills Boxscore 23 10 Win 10 3.5 2 Miami Dolphins @ Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 24 20 Win 7 3.5 6 San Diego Chargers Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 19 9 Win 7 3.5 7 Cincinnati Bengals @ Detroit Lions Boxscore 27 24 Win 6 3.5 12 Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Detroit Lions Boxscore 24 21 Win 6 3.5 4 Detroit Lions Chicago Bears Boxscore 40 32 Win 5 3.5 10 Detroit Lions @ Chicago Bears Boxscore 21 19 Win 5 3.5 6 New England Patriots New Orleans Saints Boxscore 30 27 Win 0 3.5 11 San Francisco 49ers @ New Orleans Saints Boxscore 20 23 Loss 0 3.5 3 Seattle Seahawks Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 45 17 Win 25 4 11 Buffalo Bills New York Jets Boxscore 37 14 Win 20 4 5 Philadelphia Eagles @ New York Giants Boxscore 36 21 Win 18 4 1 Miami Dolphins @ Cleveland Browns Boxscore 23 10 Win 16 4 6 Philadelphia Eagles @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 31 20 Win 14 4 7 New York Giants Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 23 7 Win 13 4 6 Dallas Cowboys Washington Redskins Boxscore 31 16 Win 12 4 8 New York Giants @ Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 15 7 Win 11 4 9 Tennessee Titans @ St. Louis Rams Boxscore 28 21 Win 10 4 12 Jacksonville Jaguars @ Houston Texans Boxscore 13 6 Win 10 4 9 Chicago Bears @ Green Bay Packers Boxscore 27 20 Win 10 4 1 Houston Texans @ San Diego Chargers Boxscore 31 28 Win 6 4 5 Baltimore Ravens @ Miami Dolphins Boxscore 26 23 Win 6 4 13 Pittsburgh Steelers @ Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 20 22 Loss 1 4 11 New Orleans Saints San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 23 20 Win 0 4 9 Minnesota Vikings @ Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 23 27 Loss -1 4 2 Buffalo Bills Carolina Panthers Boxscore 24 23 Win -2 4 4 Houston Texans Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 20 23 Loss -6 4 11 Kansas City Chiefs @ Denver Broncos Boxscore 17 27 Loss -7 4 4 New England Patriots @ Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 30 23 Win 10 4.5 11 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 41 28 Win 10 4.5 2 Cincinnati Bengals Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 20 10 Win 7 4.5 4 Minnesota Vikings N Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 34 27 Win 7 4.5 10 Jacksonville Jaguars @ Tennessee Titans Boxscore 29 27 Win 5 4.5 13 Indianapolis Colts Tennessee Titans Boxscore 22 14 Win 5 4.5 2 Dallas Cowboys @ Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 16 17 Loss 2 4.5 7 Houston Texans @ Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 16 17 Loss 2 4.5 2 New York Jets @ New England Patriots Boxscore 10 13 Loss 0 4.5 6 New Orleans Saints @ New England Patriots Boxscore 27 30 Loss 0 4.5 7 New York Jets New England Patriots Boxscore 30 27 Win 0 4.5 12 Denver Broncos @ New England Patriots Boxscore 31 34 Loss 0 4.5 3 Green Bay Packers @ Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 30 34 Loss -1 4.5 9 Miami Dolphins Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 22 20 Win -1 4.5 7 San Diego Chargers @ Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 24 6 Win 21 5 6 Pittsburgh Steelers @ New York Jets Boxscore 19 6 Win 16 5 7 Green Bay Packers Cleveland Browns Boxscore 31 13 Win 15 5 8 Seattle Seahawks @ St. Louis Rams Boxscore 14 9 Win 8 5 11 Oakland Raiders @ Houston Texans Boxscore 28 23 Win 8 5 12 Tennessee Titans @ Oakland Raiders Boxscore 23 19 Win 7 5 4 Arizona Cardinals @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 13 10 Win 6 5 2 San Diego Chargers @ Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 33 30 Win 6 5 12 Dallas Cowboys @ New York Giants Boxscore 24 21 Win 6 5 7 Buffalo Bills @ Miami Dolphins Boxscore 23 21 Win 5 5 9 Washington Redskins San Diego Chargers Boxscore 30 24 Win 3 5 8 Dallas Cowboys @ Detroit Lions Boxscore 30 31 Loss 2 5 2 Minnesota Vikings @ Chicago Bears Boxscore 30 31 Loss 2 5 1 St. Louis Rams Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 27 24 Win 0 5 10 Houston Texans @ Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 24 27 Loss 0 5 13 Philadelphia Eagles Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 24 21 Win 0 5 1 Oakland Raiders @ Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 17 21 Loss -1 5 1 Green Bay Packers @ San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 28 34 Loss -3 5 1 Atlanta Falcons @ New Orleans Saints Boxscore 17 23 Loss -3 5 10 San Francisco 49ers Carolina Panthers Boxscore 9 10 Loss -4 5 13 Kansas City Chiefs Denver Broncos Boxscore 28 35 Loss -10 5 3 Detroit Lions @ Washington Redskins Boxscore 27 20 Win 10 5.5 13 New York Giants @ Washington Redskins Boxscore 24 17 Win 10 5.5 1 Detroit Lions Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 34 24 Win 7 5.5 3 Cleveland Browns @ Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 31 27 Win 7 5.5 6 Cincinnati Bengals @ Buffalo Bills Boxscore 27 24 Win 6 5.5 13 Atlanta Falcons @ Buffalo Bills Boxscore 34 31 Win 6 5.5 1 San Francisco 49ers Green Bay Packers Boxscore 34 28 Win 3 5.5 12 Minnesota Vikings @ Green Bay Packers Boxscore 26 26 Tie 3 5.5 1 Carolina Panthers Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 7 12 Loss -8 5.5 8 St. Louis Rams Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 9 14 Loss -8 5.5 11 Arizona Cardinals @ Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 27 14 Win 16 6 12 Baltimore Ravens New York Jets Boxscore 19 3 Win 13 6 13 San Francisco 49ers St. Louis Rams Boxscore 23 13 Win 7 6 13 Jacksonville Jaguars @ Cleveland Browns Boxscore 32 28 Win 7 6 12 New Orleans Saints @ Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 17 13 Win 7 6 6 Seattle Seahawks Tennessee Titans Boxscore 20 13 Win 4 6 13 Dallas Cowboys Oakland Raiders Boxscore 31 24 Win 4 6 6 Chicago Bears New York Giants Boxscore 27 21 Win 3 6 11 Miami Dolphins San Diego Chargers Boxscore 20 16 Win 1 6 9 Cincinnati Bengals @ Miami Dolphins Boxscore 20 22 Loss 1 6 2 Arizona Cardinals Detroit Lions Boxscore 25 21 Win 1 6 7 Washington Redskins Chicago Bears Boxscore 45 41 Win 1 6 13 Arizona Cardinals @ Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 21 24 Loss 0 6 1 New York Giants @ Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 31 36 Loss -2 6 2 Kansas City Chiefs Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 17 16 Win -2 6 8 Detroit Lions Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 31 30 Win -2 6 8 Cleveland Browns @ Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 17 23 Loss -3 6 5 New England Patriots @ Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 6 13 Loss -4 6 2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers New Orleans Saints Boxscore 14 16 Loss -5 6 13 St. Louis Rams @ San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 13 23 Loss -7 6 12 Miami Dolphins Carolina Panthers Boxscore 16 20 Loss -7 6 10 San Diego Chargers Denver Broncos Boxscore 20 28 Loss -11 6 2 New Orleans Saints @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 16 14 Win 5 6.5 7 Atlanta Falcons Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 31 23 Win 5 6.5 7 Baltimore Ravens @ Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 16 19 Loss 0 6.5 8 Oakland Raiders Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 21 18 Win 0 6.5 4 Buffalo Bills Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 23 20 Win 0 6.5 7 Pittsburgh Steelers Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 19 16 Win 0 6.5 10 Cincinnati Bengals @ Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 17 20 Loss 0 6.5 11 Chicago Bears Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 23 20 Win 0 6.5 5 Seattle Seahawks @ Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 28 34 Loss -3 6.5 7 Denver Broncos @ Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 33 39 Loss -3 6.5 6 Denver Broncos Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 35 19 Win 13 7 1 Philadelphia Eagles @ Washington Redskins Boxscore 33 27 Win 9 7 4 Seattle Seahawks @ Houston Texans Boxscore 23 20 Win 6 7 9 Indianapolis Colts @ Houston Texans Boxscore 27 24 Win 6 7 13 New England Patriots @ Houston Texans Boxscore 34 31 Win 6 7 2 Baltimore Ravens Cleveland Browns Boxscore 14 6 Win 5 7 1 New England Patriots @ Buffalo Bills Boxscore 23 21 Win 5 7 5 New York Jets @ Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 30 28 Win 5 7 2 Atlanta Falcons St. Louis Rams Boxscore 31 24 Win 4 7 2 Houston Texans Tennessee Titans Boxscore 30 24 Win 3 7 1 Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New York Jets Boxscore 17 18 Loss 2 7 1 Dallas Cowboys New York Giants Boxscore 36 31 Win 2 7 9 Dallas Cowboys Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 27 23 Win 1 7 3 Cincinnati Bengals Green Bay Packers Boxscore 34 30 Win 1 7 3 Tennessee Titans San Diego Chargers Boxscore 20 17 Win 0 7 10 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Miami Dolphins Boxscore 22 19 Win 0 7 2 Detroit Lions @ Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 21 25 Loss -1 7 11 Washington Redskins @ Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 16 24 Loss -5 7 1 Buffalo Bills New England Patriots Boxscore 21 23 Loss -5 7 12 Atlanta Falcons New Orleans Saints Boxscore 13 17 Loss -7 7 6 Arizona Cardinals @ San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 20 32 Loss -9 7 5 Tennessee Titans Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 17 26 Loss -12 7 7 St. Louis Rams @ Carolina Panthers Boxscore 15 30 Loss -12 7 7 Arizona Cardinals Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 22 34 Loss -15 7 1 Indianapolis Colts Oakland Raiders Boxscore 21 17 Win 1 7.5 10 New York Giants Oakland Raiders Boxscore 24 20 Win 1 7.5 4 Chicago Bears @ Detroit Lions Boxscore 32 40 Loss -5 7.5 10 Chicago Bears Detroit Lions Boxscore 19 21 Loss -5 7.5 6 Buffalo Bills Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 24 27 Loss -6 7.5 7 Detroit Lions Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 24 27 Loss -6 7.5 3 Oakland Raiders @ Denver Broncos Boxscore 21 37 Loss -13 7.5 6 Jacksonville Jaguars @ Denver Broncos Boxscore 19 35 Loss -13 7.5 5 St. Louis Rams Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 34 20 Win 11 8 11 Philadelphia Eagles Washington Redskins Boxscore 24 16 Win 5 8 3 New York Jets Buffalo Bills Boxscore 27 20 Win 4 8 8 Kansas City Chiefs Cleveland Browns Boxscore 23 17 Win 3 8 1 New Orleans Saints Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 23 17 Win 3 8 3 San Diego Chargers @ Tennessee Titans Boxscore 17 20 Loss 0 8 1 Arizona Cardinals @ St. Louis Rams Boxscore 24 27 Loss 0 8 13 Chicago Bears @ Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 20 23 Loss 0 8 1 Cincinnati Bengals @ Chicago Bears Boxscore 21 24 Loss 0 8 11 Baltimore Ravens @ Chicago Bears Boxscore 20 23 Loss 0 8 13 Minnesota Vikings Chicago Bears Boxscore 23 20 Win 0 8 13 Baltimore Ravens Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 22 20 Win -1 8 10 Oakland Raiders @ New York Giants Boxscore 20 24 Loss -1 8 13 Oakland Raiders @ Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 24 31 Loss -4 8 13 Tennessee Titans @ Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 14 22 Loss -5 8 6 Baltimore Ravens Green Bay Packers Boxscore 17 19 Loss -5 8 13 Houston Texans New England Patriots Boxscore 31 34 Loss -6 8 4 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 10 13 Loss -6 8 1 Washington Redskins Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 27 33 Loss -9 8 5 Chicago Bears New Orleans Saints Boxscore 18 26 Loss -11 8 7 Tennessee Titans San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 17 31 Loss -17 8 11 Minnesota Vikings @ Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 20 41 Loss -18 8 13 Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Carolina Panthers Boxscore 6 27 Loss -18 8 9 Seattle Seahawks Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 27 24 Win 0 8.5 10 Miami Dolphins @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 19 22 Loss 0 8.5 2 New England Patriots New York Jets Boxscore 13 10 Win 0 8.5 7 New England Patriots @ New York Jets Boxscore 27 30 Loss 0 8.5 3 Atlanta Falcons @ Miami Dolphins Boxscore 23 27 Loss -1 8.5 11 San Diego Chargers @ Miami Dolphins Boxscore 16 20 Loss -1 8.5 3 Philadelphia Eagles Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 16 26 Loss -13 8.5 9 Buffalo Bills Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 13 23 Loss -13 8.5 2 Oakland Raiders Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 19 9 Win 7 9 10 Minnesota Vikings Washington Redskins Boxscore 34 27 Win 4 9 2 Carolina Panthers @ Buffalo Bills Boxscore 23 24 Loss 2 9 3 Miami Dolphins Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 27 23 Win 1 9 8 Pittsburgh Steelers @ Oakland Raiders Boxscore 18 21 Loss 0 9 10 Arizona Cardinals Houston Texans Boxscore 27 24 Win 0 9 2 Chicago Bears Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 31 30 Win -2 9 9 Baltimore Ravens @ Cleveland Browns Boxscore 18 24 Loss -3 9 2 Cleveland Browns @ Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 6 14 Loss -5 9 2 Philadelphia Eagles San Diego Chargers Boxscore 30 33 Loss -6 9 4 Dallas Cowboys @ San Diego Chargers Boxscore 21 30 Loss -6 9 12 Kansas City Chiefs San Diego Chargers Boxscore 38 41 Loss -6 9 12 New York Giants Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 21 24 Loss -6 9 12 Oakland Raiders Tennessee Titans Boxscore 19 23 Loss -7 9 11 Detroit Lions @ Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 27 37 Loss -7 9 8 Miami Dolphins @ New England Patriots Boxscore 17 27 Loss -7 9 1 Minnesota Vikings @ Detroit Lions Boxscore 24 34 Loss -7 9 2 Pittsburgh Steelers @ Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 10 20 Loss -7 9 13 Washington Redskins New York Giants Boxscore 17 24 Loss -10 9 5 Detroit Lions @ Green Bay Packers Boxscore 9 22 Loss -10 9 5 Jacksonville Jaguars @ St. Louis Rams Boxscore 20 34 Loss -11 9 8 Atlanta Falcons @ Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 13 27 Loss -11 9 6 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 20 31 Loss -14 9 8 Buffalo Bills @ New Orleans Saints Boxscore 17 35 Loss -15 9 1 Baltimore Ravens @ Denver Broncos Boxscore 27 49 Loss -19 9 2 San Francisco 49ers @ Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 3 29 Loss -23 9 12 Washington Redskins San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 6 27 Loss -24 9 9 Houston Texans Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 24 27 Loss -6 9.5 11 Tennessee Titans Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 27 30 Loss -6 9.5 8 Tampa Bay Buccaneers Carolina Panthers Boxscore 13 31 Loss -21 9.5 9 Atlanta Falcons @ Carolina Panthers Boxscore 10 34 Loss -21 9.5 4 Baltimore Ravens @ Buffalo Bills Boxscore 20 23 Loss 0 10 7 Chicago Bears @ Washington Redskins Boxscore 41 45 Loss -1 10 1 New York Jets Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 18 17 Win -2 10 7 Kansas City Chiefs Houston Texans Boxscore 17 16 Win -2 10 9 New Orleans Saints @ New York Jets Boxscore 20 26 Loss -3 10 12 Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 26 26 Tie -3 10 6 New York Giants @ Chicago Bears Boxscore 21 27 Loss -3 10 2 St. Louis Rams @ Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 24 31 Loss -4 10 10 Tennessee Titans Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 27 29 Loss -5 10 5 Miami Dolphins Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 23 26 Loss -6 10 2 Indianapolis Colts Miami Dolphins Boxscore 20 24 Loss -7 10 3 Minnesota Vikings Cleveland Browns Boxscore 27 31 Loss -7 10 10 Buffalo Bills @ Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 10 23 Loss -10 10 4 Atlanta Falcons New England Patriots Boxscore 23 30 Loss -10 10 3 Washington Redskins Detroit Lions Boxscore 20 27 Loss -10 10 13 San Diego Chargers Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 10 17 Loss -10 10 6 Washington Redskins @ Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 16 31 Loss -12 10 5 Carolina Panthers @ Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 6 22 Loss -13 10 6 Oakland Raiders @ Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 7 24 Loss -14 10 10 Green Bay Packers Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 13 27 Loss -17 10 12 Chicago Bears @ St. Louis Rams Boxscore 21 42 Loss -18 10 4 Miami Dolphins @ New Orleans Saints Boxscore 17 38 Loss -18 10 13 New Orleans Saints @ Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 7 34 Loss -24 10 4 St. Louis Rams San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 11 35 Loss -27 10 2 Jacksonville Jaguars @ Oakland Raiders Boxscore 9 19 Loss -7 10.5 5 San Diego Chargers @ Oakland Raiders Boxscore 17 27 Loss -7 10.5 1 Pittsburgh Steelers Tennessee Titans Boxscore 9 16 Loss -10 10.5 9 St. Louis Rams Tennessee Titans Boxscore 21 28 Loss -10 10.5 8 Philadelphia Eagles New York Giants Boxscore 7 15 Loss -11 10.5 11 Green Bay Packers @ New York Giants Boxscore 13 27 Loss -11 10.5 2 Washington Redskins @ Green Bay Packers Boxscore 20 38 Loss -15 10.5 7 Cleveland Browns @ Green Bay Packers Boxscore 13 31 Loss -15 10.5 2 New York Giants Denver Broncos Boxscore 23 41 Loss -21 10.5 8 Washington Redskins @ Denver Broncos Boxscore 21 45 Loss -21 10.5 9 San Diego Chargers @ Washington Redskins Boxscore 24 30 Loss -3 11 2 Tennessee Titans @ Houston Texans Boxscore 24 30 Loss -3 11 3 Buffalo Bills @ New York Jets Boxscore 20 27 Loss -4 11 10 Washington Redskins @ Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 27 34 Loss -4 11 7 Miami Dolphins Buffalo Bills Boxscore 21 23 Loss -5 11 7 Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 23 31 Loss -5 11 12 Detroit Lions Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 21 24 Loss -6 11 6 Indianapolis Colts @ San Diego Chargers Boxscore 9 19 Loss -7 11 13 Cleveland Browns Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 28 32 Loss -7 11 4 Cincinnati Bengals @ Cleveland Browns Boxscore 6 17 Loss -8 11 9 Green Bay Packers Chicago Bears Boxscore 20 27 Loss -10 11 12 New York Jets @ Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 3 19 Loss -13 11 6 New York Jets Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 6 19 Loss -16 11 1 Cleveland Browns Miami Dolphins Boxscore 10 23 Loss -16 11 11 Jacksonville Jaguars Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 14 27 Loss -16 11 3 Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ New England Patriots Boxscore 3 23 Loss -17 11 6 Cleveland Browns Detroit Lions Boxscore 17 31 Loss -17 11 7 Philadelphia Eagles Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 3 17 Loss -17 11 5 New York Giants Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 21 36 Loss -18 11 11 Cleveland Browns @ Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 20 41 Loss -18 11 3 Arizona Cardinals @ New Orleans Saints Boxscore 7 31 Loss -21 11 4 New York Giants @ Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 7 31 Loss -21 11 3 San Francisco 49ers Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 7 27 Loss -23 11 3 Jacksonville Jaguars @ Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 17 45 Loss -25 11 6 Houston Texans St. Louis Rams Boxscore 13 38 Loss -28 11 5 Houston Texans @ San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 3 34 Loss -28 11 6 Minnesota Vikings Carolina Panthers Boxscore 10 35 Loss -28 11 5 Atlanta Falcons New York Jets Boxscore 28 30 Loss -5 12 1 San Diego Chargers Houston Texans Boxscore 28 31 Loss -6 12 13 Buffalo Bills Atlanta Falcons Boxscore 31 34 Loss -6 12 4 Pittsburgh Steelers N Minnesota Vikings Boxscore 27 34 Loss -7 12 11 Houston Texans Oakland Raiders Boxscore 23 28 Loss -8 12 11 Atlanta Falcons @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers Boxscore 28 41 Loss -10 12 12 Houston Texans Jacksonville Jaguars Boxscore 6 13 Loss -10 12 5 Buffalo Bills @ Cleveland Browns Boxscore 24 37 Loss -10 12 4 Oakland Raiders Washington Redskins Boxscore 14 24 Loss -13 12 7 Minnesota Vikings @ New York Giants Boxscore 7 23 Loss -13 12 8 Minnesota Vikings Green Bay Packers Boxscore 31 44 Loss -16 12 3 Houston Texans @ Baltimore Ravens Boxscore 9 30 Loss -18 12 12 Cleveland Browns Pittsburgh Steelers Boxscore 11 27 Loss -19 12 3 Pittsburgh Steelers Chicago Bears Boxscore 23 40 Loss -20 12 11 New York Jets @ Buffalo Bills Boxscore 14 37 Loss -20 12 7 Jacksonville Jaguars San Diego Chargers Boxscore 6 24 Loss -21 12 9 Pittsburgh Steelers @ New England Patriots Boxscore 31 55 Loss -21 12 3 St. Louis Rams @ Dallas Cowboys Boxscore 7 31 Loss -21 12 4 New York Jets @ Tennessee Titans Boxscore 13 38 Loss -22 12 13 New York Jets Miami Dolphins Boxscore 3 23 Loss -23 12 10 Atlanta Falcons Seattle Seahawks Boxscore 10 33 Loss -26 12 12 Indianapolis Colts @ Arizona Cardinals Boxscore 11 40 Loss -26 12 13 Green Bay Packers @ Detroit Lions Boxscore 10 40 Loss -27 12 10 Dallas Cowboys @ New Orleans Saints Boxscore 17 49 Loss -29 12 1 Jacksonville Jaguars Kansas City Chiefs Boxscore 2 28 Loss -29 12 4 Philadelphia Eagles @ Denver Broncos Boxscore 20 52 Loss -29 12 8 Jacksonville Jaguars N San Francisco 49ers Boxscore 10 42 Loss -32 12 9 Oakland Raiders Philadelphia Eagles Boxscore 20 49 Loss -32 12 10 Indianapolis Colts St. Louis Rams Boxscore 8 38 Loss -33 12 3 New York Giants @ Carolina Panthers Boxscore 0 38 Loss -35 12 4 Jacksonville Jaguars Indianapolis Colts Boxscore 3 37 Loss -37 12 8 New York Jets @ Cincinnati Bengals Boxscore 9 49 Loss -37 12

The Colts and Rams are the strange ones here. Indianapolis joins San Francisco, New Orleans, and Denver as the only teams where they had the best (or tied for best) performance against a team. The Colts crushed the Jaguars, beat the 49ers by 20, and beat Denver and Seattle. But the Colts also get 12s for games against the Cardinals and RAms, an 11 for the loss in San Diego, and a 10 for the home loss to Miami.

As for St. Louis, the Rams looked dominant against the Colts, Bears, and Texans, but otherwise have been one of the worst teams in the league.