Bendability

Through Week 7 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 ∼	11	New England	2632	163	16.15
6 ↑ 2	6	Miami	2178	117	18.62
10 ↑ 2	10	Minnesota	2238	131	17.08
19 ↓ 3	19	Jacksonville	2471	164	15.07
32 ∼	32	Kansas City	2097	183	11.46
15 ↓ 1	15	Houston	1981	128	15.48
24 ↑ 5	24	Indianapolis	2114	158	13.38
28 ↑ 3	28	Detroit	1916	150	12.77
16 ↑ 2	16	Green Bay	2396	155	15.46
4 ↑ 2	4	N.Y. Giants	2658	137	19.40
17 ↑ 4	17	New Orleans	2793	182	15.35
20 ↓ 3	20	N.Y. Jets	2540	170	14.94
30 ↓ 5	30	Oakland	2141	171	12.52
14 ↓ 1	14	Philadelphia	1985	125	15.88
29 ↓ 3	29	Pittsburgh	1664	132	12.61
21 ↓ 1	21	San Diego	2035	137	14.85
5 ↑ 4	5	San Francisco	1906	100	19.06
2 ↑ 5	2	Seattle	2081	106	19.63
12 ↓ 2	12	St. Louis	2271	141	16.11
9 ↓ 6	9	Baltimore	2800	161	17.39
3 ↑ 1	3	Atlanta	2203	113	19.50
23 ∼	23	Denver	1983	138	14.37
7 ↓ 5	7	Arizona	2185	118	18.52
8 ↓ 3	8	Tampa Bay	2394	136	17.60
25 ↑ 2	25	Cincinnati	2500	187	13.37
1 ∼	1	Chicago	1796	78	23.03
22 ∼	22	Washington	2896	200	14.48
18 ↑ 1	18	Carolina	2197	144	15.26
31 ↓ 3	31	Tennessee	2913	238	12.24
27 ↓ 3	27	Buffalo	2969	227	13.08
26 ↑ 4	26	Dallas	1754	133	13.19
13 ↑ 2	13	Cleveland	2874	180	15.97

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