NFL Team Pulse: where every team is heading

First the trajectory of the last five seasons (2022 to 2026): is the team rising or falling? Then 2026 against the season before. The 2026 rating, separately, says how good it is (0 to 100). Each dimension — results, offense, defense, special teams, turnovers — is compared with the league of the same season.

2026 season in progress: 4 games at most per team. The rating and the season pulse will move a lot before the end.

#	Team	5 yrs	2026	Rating	Record	PF-PA	RES	OFF	DEF	ST	TO	Roster	Index, season by season
1	Chicago Bears	↑ +36	+2	86	2-1	89-53	↑	↑	↑	→	↑	0	88 → 99 → 96 → 106 → 107
2	Seattle Seahawks	↑ +21	-14	88	2-1	75-50	→	→	↑↑	→	→	+1	101 → 99 → 100 → 110 → 108
3	Los Angeles Rams	→ +19	-50	62	1-2	61-63	→	↑	↑	→	→	0	93 → 100 → 100 → 110 → 100
4	Las Vegas Raiders	→ +18	+100	91	3-0	88-54	↑	→	↑	→	↑↑	+2	95 → 99 → 91 → 87 → 112
5	Jacksonville Jaguars	→ +17	-2	92	2-1	82-36	→	→	↑	→	↑	+1	104 → 99 → 90 → 110 → 109
6	Denver Broncos	→ +16	-46	50	2-1	60-70	↑	→	→	↑	→	-2	94 → 97 → 108 → 108 → 99
7	Minnesota Vikings	→ +15	+44	83	3-0	71-41	→	↓	↑	↑	↑	0	102 → 95 → 109 → 100 → 109
8	Carolina Panthers	→ +15	+30	59	1-2	89-83	→	→	→	→	↑	+1	98 → 86 → 88 → 96 → 102
9	Houston Texans	→ +12	-82	18	0-3	54-75	→	↑	→	↓	↑	-2	89 → 104 → 103 → 110 → 93
10	Arizona Cardinals	→ +10	+28	28	1-2	63-81	→	↑	→	→	↑	0	91 → 90 → 99 → 91 → 97
11	New England Patriots	→ +5	-78	21	1-2	36-51	↑	→	→	→	↓	-3	103 → 90 → 91 → 111 → 95
12	Indianapolis Colts	→ +4	-50	17	1-2	72-91	→	↑	↓	↑	→	-2	90 → 100 → 97 → 102 → 92
13	Atlanta Falcons	→ +2	-22	23	1-2	51-68	→	→	↑	↓	→	-1	95 → 95 → 96 → 99 → 95
14	Washington Commanders	→ +1	+23	29	1-2	75-92	→	↑	↓	→	↑	0	99 → 86 → 106 → 92 → 97
15	Detroit Lions	→ 0	-13	56	2-1	93-95	→	→	→	→	→	-1	101 → 106 → 114 → 104 → 101
16	New York Giants	→ 0	+28	30	2-1	46-55	→	→	→	↑	→	0	100 → 94 → 91 → 94 → 100
17	Pittsburgh Steelers	→ -2	-24	42	2-2	77-87	→	→	→	↑	→	-1	99 → 102 → 104 → 103 → 98
18	New York Jets	→ -3	+71	40	1-2	64-61	→	↑	↓	→	→	+3	97 → 96 → 96 → 86 → 101
19	Kansas City Chiefs	→ -4	+58	95	3-0	88-50	→	↓	→	→	↑	+2	111 → 106 → 107 → 99 → 111
20	Cleveland Browns	→ -6	+38	42	3-1	81-95	→	→	→	↓	→	-1	98 → 106 → 89 → 93 → 101
21	Green Bay Packers	→ -6	-43	20	1-2	56-91	→	→	→	→	↓	-2	98 → 101 → 108 → 103 → 94
22	Cincinnati Bengals	→ -8	+64	84	2-1	80-63	↓	→	→	→	→	+2	109 → 99 → 101 → 94 → 107
23	Baltimore Ravens	→ -10	+26	78	2-1	92-78	→	→	↓	↓	→	+1	104 → 114 → 110 → 100 → 105
24	Los Angeles Chargers	→ -10	-66	8	0-3	44-76	→	↓	→	↓	→	-2	101 → 95 → 107 → 104 → 91
25	Buffalo Bills	→ -10	-1	91	3-0	101-78	→	→	↓	→	→	+1	112 → 108 → 111 → 107 → 106
26	New Orleans Saints	→ -11	+3	32	1-2	81-83	→	→	↓	→	→	0	98 → 106 → 95 → 96 → 96
27	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	→ -11	-32	13	0-3	62-79	↓	↓	→	→	↓	-2	98 → 102 → 104 → 99 → 93
28	San Francisco 49ers	→ -12	+41	97	3-0	98-50	→	→	↓	→	↓	+2	115 → 112 → 96 → 103 → 112
29	Tennessee Titans	→ -13	+21	9	0-3	37-59	↓	→	→	↓	→	+1	96 → 94 → 90 → 88 → 92
30	Philadelphia Eagles	↓ -20	-45	36	2-1	55-69	↓	↓	→	→	↓	-2	112 → 100 → 112 → 106 → 97
31	Miami Dolphins	↓ -28	-40	3	0-3	36-86	↓	↓	↓	→	→	-2	100 → 106 → 100 → 96 → 88
32	Dallas Cowboys	↓ -34	+9	43	1-2	88-82	↓	→	↓↓	→	↓↓	0	110 → 113 → 93 → 96 → 97

How it's calculated

For each season, nflverse play-by-play gives five measures per team, each turned into an index against the league of the same season (100 + 10 standard deviations): results (win %), offense (EPA per play), defense (EPA per play allowed, lower is better), special teams (EPA per game) and turnovers (takeaways minus giveaways, per game). The season rating weights them — results 20%, offense 25%, defense 25%, special teams 7%, turnovers 8%, roster (players' OV weighted by snaps) 15% — re-standardizes the total across the 32 teams and converts it to 0–100. The 5-year pulse is the slope of the overall index over five seasons (5 points per season = +40); the season pulse, the gap with the season before; roster, the observed trend of regular players weighted by snaps. Arrows show each dimension's slope over five seasons.

Data: nflverse. PickALeague calculations.