Bendability

Through Week 4 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
14 ↓ 2	14	New England	1467	92	15.95
15 ↓ 6	15	Miami	1418	90	15.76
10 ↑ 4	10	Minnesota	1254	72	17.42
12 ↓ 4	12	Jacksonville	1619	97	16.69
32 ∼	32	Kansas City	1336	136	9.82
2 ↑ 2	2	Houston	1092	56	19.50
25 ↓ 2	25	Indianapolis	1088	83	13.11
31 ∼	31	Detroit	1263	114	11.08
16 ↑ 2	16	Green Bay	1257	81	15.52
9 ↑ 2	9	N.Y. Giants	1489	84	17.73
21 ↓ 2	21	New Orleans	1853	130	14.25
22 ↓ 6	22	N.Y. Jets	1483	109	13.61
24 ∼	24	Oakland	1646	125	13.17
20 ↑ 7	20	Philadelphia	1193	83	14.37
29 ↑ 1	29	Pittsburgh	874	75	11.65
8 ↓ 3	8	San Diego	1266	71	17.83
11 ↑ 4	11	San Francisco	1109	65	17.06
3 ∼	3	Seattle	1103	58	19.02
17 ↑ 4	17	St. Louis	1395	91	15.33
4 ↑ 2	4	Baltimore	1561	83	18.81
6 ↓ 4	6	Atlanta	1413	76	18.59
18 ↑ 7	18	Denver	1232	83	14.84
1 ∼	1	Arizona	1428	61	23.41
7 ∼	7	Tampa Bay	1676	91	18.42
26 ↑ 3	26	Cincinnati	1462	112	13.05
5 ↑ 5	5	Chicago	1267	68	18.63
23 ↑ 3	23	Washington	1661	123	13.50
19 ↓ 2	19	Carolina	1575	109	14.45
30 ↓ 2	30	Tennessee	1686	151	11.17
28 ↓ 6	28	Buffalo	1626	131	12.41
27 ↓ 7	27	Dallas	1110	88	12.61
13 ∼	13	Cleveland	1613	98	16.46

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