Bendability

Through Week 2 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.

Rank	Bendability_R	Team	Yds	Pts	BEND
11 ↓ 5	11	New England	526	33	15.94
8 ↑ 17	8	Miami	733	43	17.05
16 ↓ 2	16	Minnesota	633	46	13.76
14 ↑ 1	14	Jacksonville	800	53	15.09
32 ↓ 1	32	Kansas City	755	75	10.07
1 ↑ 1	1	Houston	392	17	23.06
26 ↑ 3	26	Indianapolis	755	61	12.38
30 ↓ 3	30	Detroit	599	50	11.98
18 ↑ 3	18	Green Bay	545	40	13.62
23 ↓ 16	23	N.Y. Giants	740	58	12.76
27 ↓ 4	27	New Orleans	922	75	12.29
21 ↓ 3	21	N.Y. Jets	721	55	13.11
24 ↓ 2	24	Oakland	710	57	12.46
17 ↑ 2	17	Philadelphia	535	39	13.72
19 ↑ 9	19	Pittsburgh	553	41	13.49
2 ↑ 3	2	San Diego	533	24	22.21
13 ↑ 4	13	San Francisco	620	41	15.12
4 ↑ 16	4	Seattle	549	27	20.33
15 ↓ 4	15	St. Louis	802	55	14.58
3 ↑ 1	3	Baltimore	808	37	21.84
10 ↓ 1	10	Atlanta	729	45	16.20
29 ↓ 13	29	Denver	559	46	12.15
5 ↑ 7	5	Arizona	641	34	18.85
6 ↓ 5	6	Tampa Bay	905	51	17.75
28 ↑ 2	28	Cincinnati	869	71	12.24
12 ↓ 4	12	Chicago	677	44	15.39
22 ↑ 4	22	Washington	810	63	12.86
7 ↑ 3	7	Carolina	744	43	17.30
31 ↓ 7	31	Tennessee	806	72	11.19
25 ↑ 7	25	Buffalo	806	65	12.40
20 ↓ 7	20	Dallas	584	44	13.27
9 ↓ 6	9	Cleveland	831	51	16.29

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