Bendability

Through Week 8 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
9 ↑ 2	9	New England	2958	170	17.40
3 ↑ 3	3	Miami	2541	126	20.17
13 ↓ 3	13	Minnesota	2654	167	15.89
21 ↓ 2	21	Jacksonville	2709	188	14.41
32 ∼	32	Kansas City	2441	209	11.68
15 ∼	15	Houston	1981	128	15.48
22 ↑ 2	22	Indianapolis	2453	171	14.35
27 ↑ 1	27	Detroit	2285	174	13.13
12 ↑ 4	12	Green Bay	2737	170	16.10
4 ∼	4	N.Y. Giants	3092	161	19.20
16 ↑ 1	16	New Orleans	3323	216	15.38
24 ↓ 4	24	N.Y. Jets	2776	200	13.88
30 ∼	30	Oakland	2440	187	13.05
17 ↓ 3	17	Philadelphia	2377	155	15.34
26 ↑ 3	26	Pittsburgh	1919	144	13.33
14 ↑ 7	14	San Diego	2285	144	15.87
2 ↑ 3	2	San Francisco	2171	103	21.08
6 ↓ 4	6	Seattle	2496	134	18.63
18 ↓ 6	18	St. Louis	2744	186	14.75
10 ↓ 1	10	Baltimore	2800	161	17.39
5 ↓ 2	5	Atlanta	2473	130	19.02
19 ↑ 4	19	Denver	2235	152	14.70
8 ↓ 1	8	Arizona	2502	142	17.62
7 ↑ 1	7	Tampa Bay	2763	153	18.06
25 ∼	25	Cincinnati	2500	187	13.37
1 ∼	1	Chicago	2212	100	22.12
23 ↓ 1	23	Washington	3251	227	14.32
20 ↓ 2	20	Carolina	2407	167	14.41
28 ↑ 3	28	Tennessee	3370	257	13.11
29 ↓ 2	29	Buffalo	2969	227	13.08
31 ↓ 5	31	Dallas	2047	162	12.64
11 ↑ 2	11	Cleveland	3139	186	16.88

Quality Stats

Premium Articles