Pre-Week 1 NFL Offense Rankings

by Gus Elmashni

For example, a GE number of +1 means that a team's offense, for the most part, is above average compared to the rest of the league and is worthy of top 5 or top 10 consideration. A GE number of +2 or close to +2 would indicate a record breaking offense. The 2013 Denver Broncos which shattered all sorts of records had a GE a number of 2.019. Going a few years back, the 2007 New England Patriots had an offensive GE number of 2.537 and that offense put up video game like numbers.

An offensive GE number of 0 would indicate that a team's offense is pretty much average. GE numbers for offenses that are at -1 of course would be at the bottom of the barrel. The 49ers and Rams were such teams and we know how lackluster those offenses were. If a team has an offensive GE number of -2, will may God help them! The 2006 Oakland Raiders had an offensive GE number of -2.341, the year before they drafted JaMarcus Russell. Needless to say, their GE number didn't improve much the next three years! The San Diego Chargers with Ryan Leaf, the Houston Texans first year, and the 49ers during the Mike Nolan years all flirted with offensive GE numbers close to -2.

OK, here are the pre-Week 1 rankings for offensive GE numbers.

1 New England 1.682194027

2 Green Bay 1.490655774

3 Seattle 1.177362233

4 Arizona 0.929572492

5 Dallas 0.830199455

6 Cincinnati 0.760998559

7 Kansas City 0.655143567

8 Carolina 0.418168868

9 Pittsburgh 0.414551034

10 New Orleans 0.353229348

11 Baltimore 0.353046864

12 Buffalo 0.321990301

13 NY Giants 0.132099469

14 Indianapolis 0.090900027

15 Minnesota 0.020149348

16 Washington -0.095616367

17 Tampa Bay -0.143614205

18 Tennessee -0.167766816

19 Chicago -0.212329304

20 Oakland -0.250093208

21 Detroit -0.276170815

22 San Diego -0.287215312

23 Houston -0.442718452

24 Miami -0.469558096

25 NY Jets -0.539542669

26 Jacksonville -0.542764986

27 Philadelphia -0.627015227

28 Cleveland -0.79944322

29 Atlanta -0.809067457

30 Denver -0.878900095

31 Los Angeles -1.376874909

32 San Francisco -1.711570227

Even with Tom Brady out for the first 4 games, expect New England to have a dominant offense. Bill Belichick continues to be the resident genius of the NFL. Green Bay is not far behind and as expected, Denver, Los Angeles, and San Francisco will be at the bottom of NFL offenses.