The Scoreability Index is not purely an offensive yardstick. It is, instead, a great barometer of team success, of overall team strength and efficiency. It is a function of many team-wide factors, including general offensive strength, special teams proficiency, turnover differential and Red Zone offense.

 

The Scoreability Index compiles all these factors into a simple and easy-to-understand number. NFC title contender Carolina, for example, needed to churn out just 12.66 yards of offense for every point it scored in 2005. Highly inefficient New Orleans, meanwhile, needed  21.41 yards of offense for every point it scored in 2005. Clearly, Carolina was far more efficient on offense.