NFL Defensive Drive Efficiency: Going into Week 5, 2026

Going into Week 5

Defensive drive efficiency measures how quickly each defense ends opponents' drives, adjusted for the offenses it has faced and the game situation. Values are relative to a league-average defense (0); higher is better. How the model works.

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Defensive Drive Efficiency for all 32 NFL teams going into Week 5, 2026, ranked high to low. Median and 50% interval of the model estimate (model effect, 0 = league average, higher is better).
TeamRankMedian50% interval
Los Angeles Rams logoLAR
14up 4 positions0.084[0.121, -0.024]
Seattle Seahawks logoSEA
2no change0.076[0.117, -0.021]
Minnesota Vikings logoMIN
31up 1 positions0.070[0.115, -0.021]
New England Patriots logoNWE
43down 3 positions0.070[0.113, -0.025]
Tampa Bay Buccaneers logoTAM
52down 2 positions0.040[0.089, -0.031]
Houston Texans logoHOU
61up 1 positions0.030[0.082, -0.040]
San Francisco 49ers logoSFO
74up 4 positions0.027[0.075, -0.044]
Pittsburgh Steelers logoPIT
82down 2 positions0.024[0.073, -0.043]
Atlanta Falcons logoATL
93up 3 positions0.022[0.081, -0.037]
Los Angeles Chargers logoLAC
107up 7 positions0.019[0.074, -0.044]
Tennessee Titans logoTEN
112down 2 positions0.015[0.074, -0.043]
Chicago Bears logoCHI
1211up 11 positions0.015[0.072, -0.044]
Denver Broncos logoDEN
13no change0.013[0.064, -0.052]
Washington Commanders logoWAS
142up 2 positions0.009[0.063, -0.050]
Philadelphia Eagles logoPHI
151down 1 positions0.008[0.062, -0.054]
New York Jets logoNYJ
168down 8 positions0.004[0.062, -0.054]
Baltimore Ravens logoBAL
172down 2 positions-0.004[0.053, -0.060]
Indianapolis Colts logoIND
183up 3 positions-0.004[0.051, -0.062]
Las Vegas Raiders logoLVR
191down 1 positions-0.005[0.054, -0.059]
New Orleans Saints logoNOR
2010down 10 positions-0.007[0.049, -0.066]
Carolina Panthers logoCAR
214up 4 positions-0.011[0.051, -0.064]
Cleveland Browns logoCLE
222down 2 positions-0.012[0.047, -0.066]
Miami Dolphins logoMIA
234up 4 positions-0.013[0.042, -0.072]
Jacksonville Jaguars logoJAX
245down 5 positions-0.023[0.038, -0.081]
Buffalo Bills logoBUF
251down 1 positions-0.026[0.044, -0.076]
Kansas City Chiefs logoKAN
264down 4 positions-0.032[0.037, -0.081]
Cincinnati Bengals logoCIN
273up 3 positions-0.035[0.035, -0.089]
New York Giants logoNYG
28no change-0.043[0.030, -0.096]
Detroit Lions logoDET
293down 3 positions-0.065[0.030, -0.102]
Green Bay Packers logoGNB
301down 1 positions-0.065[0.024, -0.108]
Arizona Cardinals logoARI
31no change-0.088[0.021, -0.128]
Dallas Cowboys logoDAL
32no change-0.089[0.017, -0.130]