Find out why our Proprietary Quality Stats has produced an incredible record of success analysing NFL teams and games for fans who bet on NFL football.
The Intelligence Index is our tried-and-tried formula to separate smart, efficient, well-coached teams from dumb, inefficient, poorly coached teams. It’s proven a remarkably effective formula for separating winners from losers. The Intelligence Index has also proven that smart teams are smart bets.
Intelligence is simply the difference between defensive efficiency, or what we call Bendability (yards surrendered for each point allowed), and offensive efficiency, or what we call Scoreability (yards needed for each point scored).
Bendability (Yards Per Point Allowed) – Scoreability (Yards Per Point Scored) = Intelligence
A high Bendability number is good. It means teams need to do a lot of work to score against you. They spin their wheels with minimal impact on the scoreboard. A low Scoreability number is good. It means you score points with minimal effort. The difference between these two numbers gives us an incredible gauge of a team's overall efficiency in all phases of the game.
| Rank | Team | Bendability | Scoreability | Intelligence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 1 | Jacksonville Jaguars | 20.89 | 12.51 | 8.38 |
| 2 1 | Minnesota Vikings | 20.44 | 13.97 | 6.47 |
| 3 1 | Denver Broncos | 17.22 | 12.70 | 4.52 |
| 4 1 | Cincinnati Bengals | 15.95 | 12.53 | 3.42 |
| 5 6 | Pittsburgh Steelers | 16.98 | 14.59 | 2.39 |
| 6 2 | Dallas Cowboys | 14.47 | 12.49 | 1.98 |
| 7 1 | San Francisco 49ers | 15.07 | 13.20 | 1.87 |
| 8 1 | Buffalo Bills | 13.62 | 11.81 | 1.81 |
| 9 1 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 15.15 | 13.48 | 1.67 |
| 10 5 | Kansas City Chiefs | 17.05 | 16.06 | 0.99 |
| 11 4 | Las Vegas Raiders | 13.28 | 12.39 | 0.89 |
| 12 3 | Detroit Lions | 14.51 | 13.64 | 0.87 |
| 13 1 | Chicago Bears | 15.29 | 14.48 | 0.81 |
| 14 1 | Tennessee Titans | 15.37 | 15.14 | 0.23 |
| 15 5 | Green Bay Packers | 15.36 | 15.51 | -0.15 |
| 16 1 | New Orleans Saints | 13.45 | 13.64 | -0.19 |
| 17 1 | Houston Texans | 14.08 | 14.35 | -0.27 |
| 18 2 | Atlanta Falcons | 14.46 | 15.12 | -0.66 |
| 19 4 | New England Patriots | 15.30 | 15.97 | -0.67 |
| 20 8 | Philadelphia Eagles | 14.54 | 15.49 | -0.95 |
| 21 7 | Washington Commanders | 13.16 | 14.40 | -1.24 |
| 22 3 | New York Giants | 13.61 | 14.86 | -1.25 |
| 23 6 | Los Angeles Rams | 14.34 | 15.85 | -1.51 |
| 24 2 | New York Jets | 13.52 | 15.06 | -1.54 |
| 25 1 | Carolina Panthers | 12.68 | 14.30 | -1.62 |
| 26 2 | Seattle Seahawks | 12.58 | 14.35 | -1.77 |
| 27 = | Baltimore Ravens | 13.04 | 15.13 | -2.09 |
| 27 8 | Indianapolis Colts | 12.38 | 14.47 | -2.09 |
| 28 7 | Cleveland Browns | 14.96 | 17.37 | -2.41 |
| 29 1 | Arizona Cardinals | 11.52 | 15.22 | -3.70 |
| 30 1 | Miami Dolphins | 12.92 | 17.35 | -4.43 |
| 31 1 | Los Angeles Chargers | 12.92 | 20.38 | -7.46 |