Unlocking the Secrets of NFL Dominance: How ELO Ratings are Revolutionizing the Game
These also influence our NFL team ratings, which are based on seven aspects of each team: QB, pass block, run block, pass rush, run defense, skill players and pass coverage. Other than QB, each of these is built from individual player ratings, weighted by position, and aggregated to a unit rating.
Edge rushers are the highest weighted position when it comes to pass rush, accounting for around 52% of all 1-on-1s while interior defensive linemen are at about 36%.
With Garrett, for example, the Browns defense had the third-best pass-rushing unit heading into the 2025 offseason with a collective ELO of 1316. Only the Detroit Lions (1338) and Pittsburgh Steelers (1330) ranked higher. If we were to remove Garrett from the Browns, they would have fallen to the eighth-best unit at 1271.
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