Aikman efficiency rankings week 10

[WeownU]

Most of us respect Troy Aikman around here, I've always found his rankings much better than the standard formulas the NFL uses.

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Aikman Efficiency Ratings: Week 10

NOTE: In 2004, Pro Football Hall of Famer Troy Aikman devised a formula for measuring the efficiency of NFL offensive and defensive units. While the league ranks these units based on total yards per game, Aikman wanted to create a more comprehensive ranking similar to the QB passer rating. Each week during the season, Aikman will post his updated ratings on NFL.com. (See below for an overview of the factors that contribute to the Aikman Efficiency Rating.)

(Nov. 14, 2006) -- We have new leaders in the Offensive and Defensive Aikman Efficiency Ratings this week.

San Diego's big game against Cincinnati moves the Chargers past the Colts in the Offensive AERs -- although both offenses remain well ahead of the cluster of teams from third to ninth. San Diego was ahead of the Colts most recently in the Offensive AERs after Week 6.

On defense, Chicago edges ahead of Baltimore to displace a Ravens team that had ranked first since Week 4.

The Bears also have supplanted the Ravens in the closely-contested AER Combined as Baltimore falls to sixth. San Diego is the new No. 2.

They may be 9-0, but the Colts' still-shaky defense keeps them eighth in the AER Combined.

Over the last four weeks the Raiders have had the best AER Defensive Hot rating at 93.8. The Offense is only 31st in that span at 58.3.

Aikman Offensive Efficiency Ratings

Aikman NFL Team AER

1 4 Chargers 97.1

2 2 Colts 94.2

3 6 Cowboys 85.9

4 12 Bengals 83.0

5 1 Eagles 82.7

6 11 Patriots 82.5

7 8 Rams 81.6

8 10 Giants 81.5

9 17 Chiefs 81.0

10 Broncos 79.1

11 3 Saints 78.4

12 13 Bears 78.1

13 20 Jaguars 77.7

14 16 Redskins 76.8

15 5 Steelers 76.0

16 9 Falcons 76.0

17 22 Seahawks 75.4

18 7 Packers 74.7

19 25 Jets 74.6

20 21 Ravens 73.1

21 15 Dolphins 72.5

22 23 Panthers 72.2

23 24 Texans 72.1

24 14 Lions 71.9

25 27 Titans 70.4

26 26 49ers 68.0

27 28 Cardinals 66.7

28 30 Buccaneers 66.0

29 29 Browns 65.1

30 31 Bills 64.6

31 18 Vikings 63.6

32 32 Raiders 55.2

NFL Average 75.8

Aikman Defensive Efficiency Ratings

Aikman NFL Team AER

1 1 Bears 93.1

2 5 Ravens 92.8

3 13 Broncos 87.3

4 4 Jaguars 86.5

5 9 Patriots 83.9

6 7 Raiders 81.5

7 3 Cowboys 81.1

8 2 Dolphins 80.3

9 12 Eagles 80.1

10 6 Vikings 79.3

11 20 Falcons 76.2

12 11 Steelers 74.7

13 14 Chiefs 74.1

14 29 Cardinals 73.9

15 8 Chargers 73.8

16 17 Panthers 73.0

17 19 Browns 72.7

18 22 Packers 71.7

19 24 Buccaneers 71.7

20 18 Seahawks 70.2

21 23 Rams 70.1

22 21 Bills 70.0

23 10 Giants 69.9

24 16 Colts 69.0

25 26 Lions 67.3

26 15 Saints 66.5

27 28 Bengals 65.6

28 31 Jets 65.2

29 30 Redskins 65.2

30 27 Texans 65.1

31 25 49ers 64.4

32 32 Titans 64.3

NFL Average 74.2

Aikman Combined Ratings Through Week 9

Aikman NFL

Rank Record Team Combined Off Def Off Def Combined

1 8-1 Chicago 171.2 78.1 93.1 13 1 14

2 7-2 San Diego 170.9 97.1 73.8 4 8 12

3 5-4 Dallas 167.0 85.9 81.1 6 3 9

4 7-2 Denver 166.4 79.1 87.3 19 13 32

5 6-3 New England 166.4 82.5 83.9 11 9 20

6 7-2 Baltimore 165.9 73.1 92.8 21 5 26

7 5-4 Jacksonville 164.2 77.7 86.5 20 4 24

8 9-0 Indianapolis 163.2 94.2 69.0 2 16 18

9 5-4 Philadelphia 162.8 82.7 80.1 1 12 13

10 5-4 Kansas City 155.1 81.0 74.1 17 14 31

11 3-6 Miami 152.8 72.5 80.3 15 2 17

12 5-4 Atlanta 152.2 76.0 76.2 9 20 29

13 4-5 St. Louis 151.7 81.6 70.1 8 23 31

14 6-3 N.Y. Giants 151.4 81.5 69.9 10 10 20

15 3-6 Pittsburgh 150.7 76.0 74.7 5 11 16

16 4-5 Cincinnati 148.6 83.0 65.6 12 28 40

17 4-5 Green Bay 146.4 74.7 71.7 7 22 29

18 6-3 Seattle 145.6 75.4 70.2 22 18 40

19 5-4 Carolina 145.2 72.2 73.0 23 17 40

20 6-3 New Orleans 144.9 78.4 66.5 3 15 18

21 4-5 Minnesota 142.9 63.6 79.3 18 6 24

22 3-6 Washington 142.0 76.8 65.2 16 30 46

23 1-8 Arizona 140.6 66.7 73.9 28 29 57

24 5-4 N.Y. Jets 139.8 74.6 65.2 25 31 56

25 2-7 Detroit 139.2 71.9 67.3 14 26 40

26 3-6 Cleveland 137.8 65.1 72.7 29 19 48

27 2-7 Tampa Bay 137.7 66.0 71.7 30 24 54

28 3-6 Houston 137.2 72.1 65.1 24 27 51

29 2-7 Oakland 136.7 55.2 81.5 32 7 39

30 2-7 Tennessee 134.7 70.4 64.3 27 32 59

31 3-6 Buffalo 134.6 64.6 70.0 31 21 52

32 4-5 San Fran 132.4 68.0 64.4 26 25 51

Aikman Efficiency Ratings Formula

The Aikman Efficiency Ratings measure offensive and defensive performance using a combination of seven key statistics identified by Troy, and then measured against league norms (and extremes) established over the last 10 years. An offense or defense performing exactly at league norms in all categories will achieve a score of 75. The better the offense or defense, the higher the score on either scale.

It will take a truly exceptional unit to score more than 90 during an entire season on either the offensive or defensive scale. Higher scores are possible in individual games.

In 2005, AER scores ranged on offense from 92.6 (Seattle) to 60.9 (San Francisco) and on defense from 89.3 (Chicago) to 61.1 (Houston). The seven categories measured are:

Adjusted Points (20%) -- Total Points Scored or Allowed minus Points on Returns and Safeties

Turnovers (20%)

Red-Zone Efficiency (20%) -- Measured by Percent of Possible Points (see below)

Yards Per Play -- divided into Yards Per Rush (10% of total) and Yards Per Pass Play (10% of total). Yards Per Pass Play includes yards on plays involving sacks.

First-Down Achievement -- divided into Total First Downs (10% of total) and Third-Down Conversion Percentage (10% of total)

Percentage of Possible Points in the Red Zone is figured by taking the number of Red-Zone Chances times 7, then dividing it by the number of Points Actually Scored (defined as TDs times 7 plus FGs times 3).

[skinfan2k]

interesting dallas is #3..

[WeownU]

Only 3 in the top 11 overall teams are in the NFC. OUCH

[Westbrook36]

Looks about right. Dallas is dangerous. I still want to see Romo sits to pee do it against good defenses who have a few weeks of tape on him to gameplan against him.