Final 2009 Scoreability Index

 

Remember, the Scoreability Index is not merely an offensive indicator! It is a team-wide measurement of ability to turn yards into points. It takes into account a variety of factors (including proficiency of defense and special teams, red zone offense, and turnover differential) and then spits it all out in an easy-to-understand number. Other measures of offense, and offensive efficiency, look at the offensive unit in a vacuum. We do not care how a unit plays in a fantasy-football vacuum because in real football games teams do not play in a vacuum. Instead, our Quality Stats give you insight into the many complex, interacting factors that go into team-wide success.

 

Scoreability is obtained this way: Offensive Yards/Total Points Scored = Yards Per Point Scored (YPPS). The lower the number, the more efficiently a team scores points.

 

One team leaped screaming off the Scoreability Index by the end of 2009: the Cowboys. Nearly 6,400 yards of offense, but just 361 points to show for it, before being bounced from the playoffs by the Vikings in a 34-3 beatdown.

 

What went wrong with the 2009 Cowboys? We broke it all down before the start of the 2010 season.

 

	Team	Yards	Points	YPPS
1	New Orleans	6461	510	12.67
2	San Diego	5761	454	12.69
3	Minnesota	6074	470	12.92
4	Green Bay	6065	461	13.16
5	Philadelphia	5726	429	13.35
6	Indianapolis	5809	416	13.96
7	San Francisco	4652	330	14.10
8	Baltimore	5619	391	14.37
9	N.Y. Giants	5856	402	14.57
10	Arizona	5510	375	14.69
11	N.Y. Jets	5136	348	14.76
12	New England	6357	427	14.89
13	Miami	5401	360	15.00
14	Atlanta	5447	363	15.01
15	Chicago	4965	327	15.18
16	Houston	6125	388	15.79
17	Tennessee	5623	354	15.88
18	Pittsburgh	5938	368	16.14
19	Cincinnati	4946	305	16.22
20	Kansas City	4832	294	16.44
21	Denver	5463	326	16.76
22	Carolina	5297	315	16.82
23	Buffalo	4382	258	16.98
24	Cleveland	4163	245	16.99
25	Dallas	6390	361	17.70
26	Seattle	5069	280	18.10
27	Detroit	4784	262	18.26
28	Jacksonville	5389	290	18.58
29	Washington	5008	266	18.83
30	Tampa Bay	4601	244	18.86
31	Oakland	4258	197	21.61
32	St. Louis	4470	175	25.54