Here are the updated rankings for the teams after 8 games. You can read more about how we calculate them but basically it measures how many more points you score or allow than your schedules particular average. the average performance of the teams on their schedule. This year has a large number of teams basically nearing the middle and really nobody who stands out as dominant leaving this a wide open season unless you are the Jets who skew everything in a negative direction.
Here is the data in table form.
| Team | Points Scored | Points Allowed | Total Efficiency | Predicted Wins |
| Ravens | 18.2% | 28.7% | 46.9% | 12.5 |
| Chiefs | 24.4% | 18.0% | 42.4% | 12.0 |
| Buccaneers | 24.4% | 16.4% | 40.8% | 11.9 |
| Steelers | 18.4% | 18.4% | 36.8% | 11.5 |
| Dolphins | 6.5% | 21.8% | 28.3% | 10.7 |
| Seahawks | 42.9% | -14.9% | 27.9% | 10.6 |
| Cardinals | 7.8% | 10.3% | 18.2% | 9.7 |
| Rams | -0.6% | 18.1% | 17.5% | 9.7 |
| 49ers | 10.1% | 7.2% | 17.3% | 9.6 |
| Colts | 0.3% | 13.5% | 13.8% | 9.3 |
| Packers | 13.0% | 0.7% | 13.7% | 9.3 |
| Saints | 20.5% | -9.9% | 10.6% | 9.0 |
| Bears | -18.6% | 20.8% | 2.1% | 8.2 |
| Titans | 10.7% | -8.2% | 2.5% | 8.2 |
| Chargers | 2.7% | -1.7% | 1.0% | 8.1 |
| Raiders | 11.8% | -11.5% | 0.3% | 8.0 |
| Panthers | -12.6% | 10.9% | -1.7% | 7.9 |
| Patriots | -20.7% | 14.4% | -6.3% | 7.4 |
| Vikings | -2.3% | -5.6% | -7.9% | 7.2 |
| Eagles | -2.0% | -7.2% | -9.2% | 7.1 |
| Bills | 1.7% | -12.1% | -10.4% | 7.0 |
| Bengals | -7.8% | -2.9% | -10.7% | 7.0 |
| Lions | 1.2% | -13.2% | -12.0% | 6.8 |
| Texans | -4.3% | -9.8% | -14.1% | 6.7 |
| Broncos | -13.0% | -2.7% | -15.7% | 6.5 |
| Browns | 3.7% | -19.2% | -15.4% | 6.5 |
| Falcons | -4.0% | -12.1% | -16.1% | 6.5 |
| Redskins | -25.8% | 4.2% | -21.7% | 6.0 |
| Giants | -24.1% | -1.4% | -25.4% | 5.6 |
| Jaguars | -15.4% | -24.0% | -39.4% | 4.2 |
| Cowboys | -8.7% | -41.1% | -49.8% | 3.2 |
| Jets | -50.1% | -14.2% | -64.3% | 1.9 |
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