Bendability

Through Week 3 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
12 ↓ 1	12	New England	1029	64	16.08
9 ↓ 1	9	Miami	1121	66	16.98
14 ↑ 2	14	Minnesota	913	59	15.47
8 ↑ 6	8	Jacksonville	1237	70	17.67
32 ∼	32	Kansas City	1043	99	10.54
4 ↓ 3	4	Houston	767	42	18.26
23 ↑ 3	23	Indianapolis	1088	83	13.11
31 ↓ 1	31	Detroit	1036	94	11.02
18 ∼	18	Green Bay	783	54	14.50
11 ↑ 12	11	N.Y. Giants	1067	65	16.42
19 ↑ 8	19	New Orleans	1432	102	14.04
16 ↑ 5	16	N.Y. Jets	1102	75	14.69
24 ∼	24	Oakland	1143	88	12.99
27 ↓ 10	27	Philadelphia	827	66	12.53
30 ↓ 11	30	Pittsburgh	874	75	11.65
5 ↓ 3	5	San Diego	917	51	17.98
15 ↓ 2	15	San Francisco	964	65	14.83
3 ↑ 1	3	Seattle	817	39	20.95
21 ↓ 6	21	St. Louis	1076	78	13.79
6 ↓ 3	6	Baltimore	1204	67	17.97
2 ↑ 8	2	Atlanta	1009	48	21.02
25 ↑ 4	25	Denver	995	77	12.92
1 ↑ 4	1	Arizona	948	40	23.70
7 ↓ 1	7	Tampa Bay	1202	67	17.94
29 ↓ 1	29	Cincinnati	1250	102	12.25
10 ↑ 2	10	Chicago	837	50	16.74
26 ↓ 4	26	Washington	1288	101	12.75
17 ↓ 10	17	Carolina	1149	79	14.54
28 ↑ 3	28	Tennessee	1389	113	12.29
22 ↑ 3	22	Buffalo	1046	79	13.24
20 ∼	20	Dallas	750	54	13.89
13 ↓ 4	13	Cleveland	1175	75	15.67

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