Bendability

Through Week 5 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
13 ↑ 1	13	New England	1861	113	16.47
12 ↑ 3	12	Miami	1716	103	16.66
5 ↑ 5	5	Minnesota	1521	79	19.25
17 ↓ 5	17	Jacksonville	2120	138	15.36
31 ↑ 1	31	Kansas City	1634	145	11.27
6 ↓ 4	6	Houston	1378	73	18.88
26 ↓ 1	26	Indianapolis	1444	110	13.13
32 ↓ 1	32	Detroit	1263	114	11.08
16 ∼	16	Green Bay	1721	111	15.50
11 ↓ 2	11	N.Y. Giants	1864	111	16.79
20 ↑ 1	20	New Orleans	2280	154	14.81
23 ↓ 1	23	N.Y. Jets	1861	132	14.10
25 ↓ 1	25	Oakland	1646	125	13.17
15 ↑ 5	15	Philadelphia	1536	99	15.52
29 ∼	29	Pittsburgh	1120	89	12.58
14 ↓ 6	14	San Diego	1670	102	16.37
4 ↑ 7	4	San Francisco	1313	68	19.31
8 ↓ 5	8	Seattle	1293	70	18.47
10 ↑ 7	10	St. Louis	1677	94	17.84
2 ↑ 2	2	Baltimore	1899	89	21.34
7 ↓ 1	7	Atlanta	1729	93	18.59
21 ↓ 3	21	Denver	1676	114	14.70
1 ∼	1	Arizona	1670	78	21.41
9 ↓ 2	9	Tampa Bay	1676	91	18.42
24 ↑ 2	24	Cincinnati	1741	129	13.50
3 ↑ 2	3	Chicago	1456	71	20.51
22 ↑ 1	22	Washington	2082	147	14.16
19 ∼	19	Carolina	1885	125	15.08
30 ∼	30	Tennessee	2119	181	11.71
27 ↑ 1	27	Buffalo	2247	176	12.77
28 ↓ 1	28	Dallas	1110	88	12.61
18 ↓ 5	18	Cleveland	2115	139	15.22

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