Bendability

Final Statistics for the 2012 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.

 

RankTeamYdsPtsBEND
4  ↑ 1New England597233118.04
5  ↓ 1Miami570831718.01
10  ↓ 1Minnesota560034816.09
26  ↓ 3Jacksonville607544413.68
27  ↓ 1Kansas City570442513.42
15  ↓ 3Houston517233115.63
18  ↑ 1Indianapolis598838715.47
31  ↑ 1Detroit545843712.49
11  ↓ 1Green Bay538833616.04
6   ∼ N.Y. Giants613434417.83
17  ↓ 4New Orleans704245415.51
25   ∼ N.Y. Jets517437513.80
29  ↓ 1Oakland567444312.81
32  ↓ 2Philadelphia549144412.37
24  ↑ 3Pittsburgh441331414.05
21   ∼ San Diego522335014.92
7   ∼ San Francisco471027317.25
1  ↑ 1Seattle489224519.97
14  ↑ 2St. Louis548234815.75
8   ∼ Baltimore561734416.33
2  ↓ 1Atlanta584929919.56
9  ↑ 5Denver465228916.10
20   ∼ Arizona540535715.14
19  ↓ 1Tampa Bay607839415.43
12  ↑ 3Cincinnati511732015.99
3   ∼ Chicago505227718.24
16  ↑ 1Washington604338815.57
22   ∼ Carolina532936314.68
30  ↑ 1Tennessee600047112.74
28  ↑ 1Buffalo580643513.35
23  ↑ 1Dallas568740014.22
13  ↓ 2Cleveland582136815.82





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