Final 2010 Scoreability Index

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(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.)

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.

Click here for final 2009 Scoreability Index.

SCOREABILITY INDEX UPDATE

Highly efficient offenses in 2010 made for great regular seasons ... but not so much luck in the playoffs.

In fact, Scoreability-Bendability had the highest Correlation to Victory of any of our Quality Stats: teams that won the efficiency battle in 2010 went an incredible 216-40 (84.4%). You'll learn more about Correlation to Victory in our new CHFF Insider during the 2011 season.

New England finished No. 1 in Scoreability, with an incredible 11.24 Yards Per Point Scored. They topped the AFC, with a 14-2 record. Atlanta finished No. 2 in Scoreability, with 13.18 Yards Per Point Scored. They topped the NFC, with a 13-3 record.

Of course, this efficiency didn't help either team in the playoffs: both were bounced, at home, in the divisional round, failing to win even a single postseason game.

The 2010 Patriots, by the way, fell just shy of the Scoreability record (since we started keeping track in 2004) record set by the famous 16-0 Patriots of 2007. The 2010 team needed 11.24 Yards Per Point Scored; the 2007 Patriots set the standard with 11.17 Yards Per Point Scored.

Finally, to understand the importance of scoring efficiency, look at the top and bottom teams in the league in terms of yards needed to produce seven points.

The top-ranked 2010 Patriots (11.24 YPPS) needed a breezy 78.7 yards to score the equivalent of a touchdown and extra point. There was little wasted effort in that offense.

The 32nd-ranked 2010 Panthers (21.1 YPPS) needed a daunting 147.7 yards simply to score the equivalent of a touchdown and extra point. The team ranked last in scoring offense, largely because they had a lot of wasted, empty yards that turned up nothing.

It's no coincidence that the most efficient offense in 2010 belonged to the team with the best record in football, and that the least efficient offense in 2010 belonged to the team with the worst record in football.

Final 2010 Scoreability Index

	Team	Yards	Points	YPPS
1	New England	5820	518	11.24
2	Atlanta	5458	414	13.18
3	Tennessee	4834	356	13.58
4	Oakland	5674	410	13.84
5	Chicago	4631	334	13.87
6	Indianapolis	6092	435	14.00
7	Philadelphia	6230	439	14.19
8	San Diego	6329	441	14.35
9	Baltimore	5166	357	14.47
10	Pittsburgh	5525	375	14.73
11	Green Bay	5730	388	14.77
12	Dallas	5828	394	14.79
13	Arizona	4299	289	14.88
14	Detroit	5423	362	14.98
15	Kansas City	5595	366	15.29
16	N.Y. Jets	5616	367	15.30
17	Seattle	4763	310	15.36
18	N.Y. Giants	6085	394	15.44
19	Jacksonville	5453	353	15.45
20	New Orleans	5960	384	15.52
21	Tampa Bay	5362	341	15.72
22	Houston	6185	390	15.86
23	Denver	5582	344	16.23
24	Cincinnati	5289	322	16.43
25	San Francisco	5013	305	16.44
26	St. Louis	4846	289	16.77
27	Cleveland	4636	271	17.11
28	Buffalo	4872	283	17.22
29	Washington	5374	302	17.79
30	Minnesota	5039	281	17.93
31	Miami	5170	273	18.94
32	Carolina	4135	196	21.10

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