Troy posted on October 11, 2017 14:48
AIKMAN RATINGS Thru Week 5
The Chiefs remain the top-ranked team in the Aikman Combined Ratings compiled by STATS through Week 5 of the NFL season, as well as the NFL’s lone undefeated team.
As they were last week, the Chiefs were followed by Andy Reid’s prior team, the Eagles, although Philadelphia closed the gap between the teams from 7.6 to 1.2 with a 34-7 thrashing of the Cardinals.
The Aikman Combined Ratings also like the 3-2 Jaguars, whose statement win in Pittsburgh saw them jump from 6th to 3rd, ahead of the idle Broncos.
The Chiefs are bidding to be wire-to-wire leaders in Aikman Offense. Kansas City sits 1st for the 5th straight week and has built an 8.0-point lead over the second-place Packers. Most observers have also felt the Chiefs have been the NFL’s best attack in 2017, but we note that it is the Patriots who sit 1st in the League’s yards-only method of ranking offenses. While New England has more yards, Kansas City has scored more points, made fewer turnovers, converted more third downs and rushed for a higher average than the Patriots, who still sit a very respectable 3rd in Aikman Offense.
On the other side of the ball, we have a new leader as the Bills have moved up from 4th to displace the Lions, who fell to 6th in losing to Carolina. And beware the Jaguars, whose dominating effort at Pittsburgh saw them jump from 6th to 2nd.
Jacksonville beat the Steelers by 21 points last Sunday while winning the turnover battle, 5-1. The Jaguars were rewarded in the Aikmans while Pittsburgh fell, especially in Aikman Offense where the Steelers dropped from 14th to 22nd. But in the NFL rankings, that only look at Pittsburgh’s 371 yards and ignore the five interceptions, the Steelers actually bumped up on offense from 21st to 17th.
It is games like this, where an inefficient offense was rewarded based on yards gained alone, that caused Troy Aikman to look for a better way to measure performance of offensive and defensive units and devise the Aikman Ratings, which combine seven important factors for a unified rating. Last week, teams that gained more yards went only 7-7, while teams with higher Aikman Game Scores were 11-3.
Aikman Combined Ratings Through Week 5, 2017
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Rank Record Team Combined Off Def Off Def Combined
1 5-0 Chiefs 169.0 102.4 66.5 2 27 29
2 4-1 Eagles 167.7 91.1 76.6 3 22 25
3 3-2 Jaguars 165.4 84.8 80.6 20 14 34
4 3-1 Broncos 162.4 82.6 79.8 13 1 14
5 3-2 Bills 159.9 78.5 81.4 31 12 43
6 3-2 Vikings 159.0 83.8 75.3 9 7 16
7 3-2 Lions 158.9 81.4 77.5 29 18 47
8 4-1 Packers 158.2 94.4 63.9 16 11 27
9 3-2 Seahawks 157.1 77.5 79.6 15 17 32
10 3-1 Falcons 155.7 87.0 68.8 4 10 14
11 2-2 Saints 155.7 88.6 67.1 7 29 36
12 2-3 Texans 154.8 85.6 69.2 12 13 25
13 3-2 Ravens 152.3 73.6 78.7 28 16 44
14 2-3 Raiders 152.0 81.9 70.1 30 23 53
15 3-2 Rams 150.6 83.1 67.5 5 20 25
16 3-2 Patriots 149.7 93.3 56.4 1 32 33
17 2-3 Cowboys 149.7 87.2 62.5 10 19 29
18 3-2 Steelers 149.2 76.0 73.2 17 4 21
19 4-1 Panthers 149.1 80.9 68.2 18 3 21
20 2-2 Buccaneers 148.5 80.9 67.6 6 30 36
21 2-2 Redskins 147.3 75.5 71.8 8 9 17
22 3-2 Jets 145.9 74.7 71.2 26 25 51
23 1-4 Chargers 145.3 79.7 65.7 11 24 35
24 2-3 Bengals 142.1 66.3 75.8 23 2 25
25 0-5 49ers 141.5 75.0 66.6 22 28 50
26 2-3 Titans 141.1 79.4 61.8 24 21 45
27 2-3 Colts 141.0 76.6 64.5 25 31 56
28 0-5 Giants 137.7 74.7 62.9 19 26 45
29 1-4 Bears 137.6 72.6 64.9 27 6 33
30 2-2 Dolphins 133.5 60.3 73.2 32 8 40
31 2-3 Cardinals 131.9 66.8 65.2 14 15 29
32 0-5 Browns 127.1 65.2 62.0 21 5 26
Aikman Offense Ratings Through Week 5, 2017
Aik NFL Team AER
1 2 Chiefs 102.4
2 16 Packers 94.4
3 1 Patriots 93.3
4 3 Eagles 91.1
5 7 Saints 88.6
6 10 Cowboys 87.2
7 4 Falcons 87.0
8 12 Texans 85.6
9 20 Jaguars 84.8
10 9 Vikings 83.8
11 5 Rams 83.1
12 13 Broncos 82.6
13 30 Raiders 81.9
14 29 Lions 81.4
15 6 Buccaneers 80.9
16 18 Panthers 80.9
17 11 Chargers 79.7
18 24 Titans 79.4
19 31 Bills 78.5
20 15 Seahawks 77.5
21 25 Colts 76.6
22 17 Steelers 76.0
23 8 Redskins 75.5
24 22 49ers 75.0
25 19 Giants 74.7
26 26 Jets 74.7
27 28 Ravens 73.6
28 27 Bears 72.6
29 14 Cardinals 66.8
30 23 Bengals 66.3
31 21 Browns 65.2
32 32 Dolphins 60.3
NFL Average 80.3
Aikman Defense Ratings Through Week 5, 2017
Aik NFL Team AER
1 12 Bills 81.4
2 14 Jaguars 80.6
3 1 Broncos 79.8
4 17 Seahawks 79.6
5 16 Ravens 78.7
6 18 Lions 77.5
7 22 Eagles 76.6
8 2 Bengals 75.8
9 7 Vikings 75.3
10 8 Dolphins 73.2
11 4 Steelers 73.2
12 9 Redskins 71.8
13 25 Jets 71.2
14 23 Raiders 70.1
15 13 Texans 69.2
16 10 Falcons 68.8
17 3 Panthers 68.2
18 30 Buccaneers 67.6
19 20 Rams 67.5
20 29 Saints 67.1
21 28 49ers 66.6
22 27 Chiefs 66.5
23 24 Chargers 65.7
24 15 Cardinals 65.2
25 6 Bears 64.9
26 31 Colts 64.5
27 11 Packers 63.9
28 26 Giants 62.9
29 19 Cowboys 62.5
30 5 Browns 62.0
31 21 Titans 61.8
32 32 Patriots 56.4
NFL Average 69.7
Ratings Courtesy of STATS