Cold, Hard Football Facts.com: 2006 Scoreability Index

(The Scoreability Index is a "Quality Stat" because it has a direct correlation to winning football games. Read more about this team-wide measure of scoring efficiency here.)

Pity poor Oakland. The Raiders will not only go down as one of the most inept offenses in modern NFL history, scoring just 10.5 PPG and averaging a dreadful 4.4 yards everytime they dropped back to pass, they also wasted a lot of effort this season moving the ball up and down the field for no reason.

Oakland needed to generate 23.45 yards to score a single point this season. That's more than twice the effort expended by division rival San Diego, which needed just 11.87 yards to score a single point.

To put it in more concrete football terms, the Chargers scored one touchdown for every 71 yards of offense they generated. The Raiders scored one touchdown for every 140 yards of offense they generated.

As a result, one team has the best record in football. The other team has the worst record in football.

Efficiency is everything in the NFL, and Oakland this year scored with the same efficiency as the tuba player in your high school band.

Remember, the Scoreability Index is a team-wide measurement, not just a measurement of offensive efficiency. It takes into account a variety of factors, such as the proficiency of defense and special teams, red zone defense and turnover differential.

2006 SCOREABILITY INDEX

	Team	Yards	Points	Yards Per Point Scored
1	San Diego	5,840	492	11.87
2	Chicago	5,199	427	12.18
3	Dallas	5,772	425	13.58
4	New England	5,369	385	13.95
5	Indianapolis	6,070	427	14.22
6	Buffalo	4,271	300	14.24
7	Baltimore	5,072	353	14.37
8	Jacksonville	5,423	371	14.62
9	Cincinnati	5,457	373	14.63
10	N.Y. Giants	5,214	355	14.69
11	Tennessee	4,810	324	14.85
12	Seattle	4,977	335	14.86
13	New Orleans	6,264	413	15.17
14	Philadelphia	6,103	398	15.33
15	N.Y. Jets	4,891	316	15.44
16	Denver	4,951	319	15.52
17	Kansas City	5,143	331	15.54
18	St. Louis	5,767	367	15.71
19	Arizona	5,000	314	15.92
20	Pittsburgh	5,725	353	16.22
21	Detroit	4,949	305	16.23
22	San Francisco	4,857	298	16.30
23	Houston	4,463	267	16.72
24	Washington	5,243	307	17.08
25	Minnesota	4,943	282	17.53
26	Cleveland	4,233	238	17.79
27	Green Bay	5,458	301	18.13
28	Atlanta	5,310	292	18.18
29	Carolina	4,923	270	18.23
30	Miami	4,960	260	19.08
31	Tampa Bay	4,321	211	20.48
32	Oakland	3,939	168	23.45