NFL Defensive Drive Efficiency: Going into Conference, 2023

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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Median50% interval

Defensive Drive Efficiency for all 32 NFL teams going into Conference, 2023, ranked high to low. Median and 50% interval of the model estimate (model effect, 0 = league average, higher is better).
RankTeamMedian50% interval
1 (no change since last week)NYJ0.250.19 to 0.30
2 (no change since last week)CLE0.220.16 to 0.27
3 (no change since last week)NWE0.180.12 to 0.23
4 (no change since last week)CAR0.150.09 to 0.21
5 (no change since last week)BAL0.120.07 to 0.17
6 (up 1 place since last week)ATL0.090.04 to 0.15
7 (down 1 place since last week)KAN0.080.03 to 0.14
8 (no change since last week)MIN0.070.01 to 0.12
9 (no change since last week)NYG0.05-0.00 to 0.10
10 (no change since last week)TAM0.04-0.01 to 0.09
11 (no change since last week)TEN0.03-0.02 to 0.09
12 (no change since last week)PIT0.03-0.02 to 0.08
13 (no change since last week)NOR0.03-0.03 to 0.08
14 (no change since last week)LAR0.02-0.04 to 0.07
15 (no change since last week)LVR0.01-0.04 to 0.07
16 (no change since last week)CHI0.00-0.05 to 0.06
17 (up 1 place since last week)JAX-0.02-0.07 to 0.04
18 (up 1 place since last week)IND-0.02-0.08 to 0.02
19 (down 2 places since last week)SFO-0.02-0.08 to 0.03
20 (no change since last week)HOU-0.04-0.09 to 0.01
21 (up 1 place since last week)GNB-0.05-0.10 to 0.01
22 (down 1 place since last week)CIN-0.06-0.12 to -0.01
23 (no change since last week)DAL-0.07-0.12 to -0.01
24 (no change since last week)BUF-0.07-0.12 to -0.02
25 (up 1 place since last week)LAC-0.08-0.14 to -0.02
26 (up 2 places since last week)MIA-0.09-0.15 to -0.03
27 (no change since last week)ARI-0.09-0.14 to -0.03
28 (down 3 places since last week)DET-0.10-0.14 to -0.04
29 (no change since last week)SEA-0.12-0.17 to -0.06
30 (no change since last week)WAS-0.16-0.21 to -0.10
31 (no change since last week)PHI-0.17-0.22 to -0.11
32 (no change since last week)DEN-0.18-0.23 to -0.12