NFL Overall Drive Efficiency: Going into Week 5, 2026

Going into Week 5

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 5, 2026: offense and defense values (model effect, 0 = league average, higher is better), sorted by net (offense + defense).
RankTeamOffenseOff. rankDefenseDef. rankNet (Off + Def)
1Chicago Bears0.41210.015120.427
2San Francisco 49ers0.27130.02770.298
3Los Angeles Rams0.19140.08410.275
4Buffalo Bills0.2912-0.026250.265
5Baltimore Ravens0.1676-0.004170.163
6Atlanta Falcons0.11580.02290.137
7New England Patriots0.056120.07040.126
8Seattle Seahawks0.045140.07620.121
9Carolina Panthers0.1149-0.011210.102
10Kansas City Chiefs0.1257-0.032260.093
11Dallas Cowboys0.1825-0.089320.093
12New Orleans Saints0.09010-0.007200.083
13Jacksonville Jaguars0.07911-0.023240.057
14Las Vegas Raiders0.02215-0.005190.018
15Cincinnati Bengals0.05113-0.035270.016
16Los Angeles Chargers-0.026180.01910-0.007
17Houston Texans-0.067190.0306-0.037
18Detroit Lions0.01116-0.06529-0.053
19Indianapolis Colts-0.06920-0.00418-0.073
20Philadelphia Eagles-0.084210.00815-0.077
21Green Bay Packers-0.01617-0.06530-0.081
22Cleveland Browns-0.08422-0.01222-0.097
23Pittsburgh Steelers-0.124240.0248-0.100
24Tampa Bay Buccaneers-0.177290.0405-0.137
25Denver Broncos-0.155250.01313-0.142
26Tennessee Titans-0.175270.01511-0.160
27Miami Dolphins-0.16226-0.01323-0.175
28Arizona Cardinals-0.11223-0.08831-0.200
29New York Jets-0.207300.00416-0.202
30New York Giants-0.17728-0.04328-0.220
31Washington Commanders-0.263310.00914-0.255
32Minnesota Vikings-0.386320.0703-0.316