NFL Overall Drive Efficiency: Going into Week 8, 2025

Overall drive efficiency compares how well each team's offense keeps drives alive with how quickly its defense ends opponents' drives, adjusted for opponents and game situation. Values are relative to a league-average team (0); higher is better. How the model works.

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Overall Drive Efficiency for all 32 NFL teams going into Week 8, 2025: offense and defense values (model effect, 0 = league average, higher is better), sorted by net (offense + defense).
RankTeamOffenseOff. rankDefenseDef. rankNet (Off + Def)
1ATL0.11290.11450.226
2LAC0.12270.07180.193
3LAR0.14050.043120.184
4DEN-0.098260.26810.170
5KAN0.1673-0.007200.160
6NYG0.14340.008180.151
7GNB0.082130.049110.131
8SFO0.11780.011160.128
9IND0.2711-0.149300.122
10BUF0.066140.054100.120
11WAS0.103100.008170.112
12DET0.087120.019150.106
13HOU-0.071210.15330.082
14DAL0.2132-0.138280.075
15CAR-0.001180.05790.056
16MIN-0.052200.09070.038
17SEA-0.085220.09760.012
18BAL0.1356-0.131260.005
19NWE0.03315-0.05423-0.021
20TAM0.03016-0.05222-0.022
21JAX-0.03819-0.00419-0.042
22MIA0.00617-0.08525-0.079
23LVR-0.133280.03313-0.100
24NYJ-0.260300.1484-0.112
25PHI-0.10227-0.01921-0.121
26PIT0.09211-0.24232-0.150
27NOR-0.08823-0.06924-0.157
28CLE-0.362320.1542-0.208
29ARI-0.09425-0.13327-0.227
30CHI-0.09324-0.13929-0.231
31TEN-0.291310.03214-0.259
32CIN-0.21029-0.15931-0.369