NFL Defensive Drive Efficiency: Going into Conference, 2025

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, 2025, 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)DEN0.320.26 to 0.38
2 (up 1 place since last week)CLE0.260.21 to 0.33
3 (down 1 place since last week)SEA0.250.19 to 0.31
4 (no change since last week)MIN0.240.19 to 0.31
5 (no change since last week)HOU0.240.18 to 0.30
6 (no change since last week)LAC0.120.05 to 0.17
7 (no change since last week)KAN0.110.05 to 0.18
8 (no change since last week)DET0.100.04 to 0.16
9 (no change since last week)NOR0.100.04 to 0.16
10 (no change since last week)BUF0.060.01 to 0.13
11 (no change since last week)PHI0.06-0.00 to 0.12
12 (up 1 place since last week)JAX0.05-0.01 to 0.11
13 (up 1 place since last week)NWE0.03-0.03 to 0.08
14 (down 2 places since last week)LAR0.02-0.03 to 0.08
15 (no change since last week)TEN-0.03-0.09 to 0.03
16 (up 1 place since last week)ATL-0.04-0.09 to 0.03
17 (up 1 place since last week)NYJ-0.05-0.11 to 0.01
18 (down 2 places since last week)SFO-0.05-0.11 to 0.01
19 (up 1 place since last week)CAR-0.06-0.12 to 0.00
20 (down 1 place since last week)LVR-0.06-0.12 to 0.00
21 (no change since last week)GNB-0.07-0.14 to -0.01
22 (no change since last week)MIA-0.07-0.13 to -0.01
23 (up 1 place since last week)NYG-0.09-0.15 to -0.03
24 (down 1 place since last week)IND-0.09-0.16 to -0.03
25 (no change since last week)PIT-0.10-0.15 to -0.03
26 (no change since last week)TAM-0.12-0.18 to -0.05
27 (no change since last week)BAL-0.12-0.19 to -0.06
28 (up 1 place since last week)CHI-0.14-0.20 to -0.07
29 (down 1 place since last week)DAL-0.17-0.23 to -0.10
30 (no change since last week)WAS-0.19-0.26 to -0.13
31 (no change since last week)ARI-0.21-0.27 to -0.14
32 (no change since last week)CIN-0.27-0.33 to -0.20