Bendability

Through Week 13 of the 2012 Regular Season

About The Bendability Index. The Bendability Index quantifies the concept of the "bend but don't break defense."The Bendability Index is not merely a defensive indicator! It is a team-wide measurement of ability to keep opponents off the scoreboard. It takes into account a variety of factors, including proficiency of offense and special teams, field position, red zone defense, and turnover differential, and then spits it all out in an easy-to-understand number. Other measures of defense, and defensive efficiency, look at the defensive unit in a vacuum and do not tell you how all units work together to keep opponents off the scoreboard. 

Bendability = Yards allowed/Points Allowed = Yards Per Point Allowed (YPPA). The higher the number, the more “bendable” the defense.

 

RankTeamYdsPtsBEND
7  ↓ 1New England456926017.57
9  ↓ 1Miami426424917.12
19   ∼ Minnesota413827215.21
23  ↓ 2Jacksonville484634214.17
30  ↑ 1Kansas City419132213.02
8  ↑ 2Houston387122117.52
22  ↑ 1Indianapolis435630614.24
27  ↓ 2Detroit424131513.46
13  ↑ 1Green Bay418825916.17
6  ↓ 1N.Y. Giants440324318.12
14  ↓ 3New Orleans528632716.17
25  ↑ 3N.Y. Jets403229613.62
32   ∼ Oakland464637612.36
28  ↓ 2Philadelphia421832013.18
26  ↑ 1Pittsburgh311723013.55
15   ∼ San Diego402125715.65
1   ∼ San Francisco335517119.62
3  ↑ 1Seattle376120218.62
17  ↑ 3St. Louis408826715.31
5  ↓ 2Baltimore446924218.47
4  ↑ 3Atlanta423022918.47
20  ↓ 4Denver369824415.16
10  ↑ 3Arizona389623416.65
12  ↓ 3Tampa Bay470128516.49
18   ∼ Cincinnati397626015.29
2   ∼ Chicago383819819.38
16  ↑ 1Washington468630115.57
21  ↑ 1Carolina417329214.29
31  ↓ 1Tennessee464335912.93
29   ∼ Buffalo442233713.12
24   ∼ Dallas404029513.69
11  ↑ 1Cleveland441226516.65





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