NFL Week 15 power rankings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Previous rankings in parentheses, from Week 1 to present.

TOP TIER

1 Seattle (2-2-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-1-1)

2 Denver (4-3-2-2-2-1-1-2-2-1-1-1-3-2)

3 New Orleans (10-6-8-3-3-2-2-1-1-3-3-3-2-3)

4 San Francisco (1-1-4-7-5-4-4-4-4-4-5-6-5-5)

5 New England (5-5-6-6-4-7-6-9-9-7-7-7-4-4)

6 Carolina (21-21-23-20-20-21-18-15-14-12-8-8-6-6)

7 Kansas City (25-18-12-11-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-7-7)

SECOND TIER

8 Cincinnati (8-10-10-5-10-8-8-7-7-8-10-10-10-9)

9 Philadelphia (17-14-17-22-26-24-19-22-26-20-15-13-11-10)

10 Arizona (28-29-26-26-22-19-24-24-18-18-11-9-9-12)

11 Indianapolis (15-15-15-12-9-5-7-6-6-6-6-5-8-8)

12 Miami (24-17-11-9-11-12-12-14-16-16-21-17-17-15)

13 Baltimore (9-13-14-10-13-11-15-18-17-21-16-15-15-14)

14 Detroit (19-19-21-17-14-14-11-12-10-9-9-11-12-11)

15 Chicago (11-9-9-4-7-10-10-11-11-11-12-12-13-16)

16 Dallas (14-11-13-13-15-15-14-10-12-14-18-16-14-13)

17 Green Bay (7-8-5-8-8-9-9-8-8-10-13-14-16-17)

THIRD TIER

18 San Diego (23-23-18-18-17-20-16-17-15-17-17-19-21-21)

19 New York Giants (13-12-16-27-28-30-29-29-24-25-23-20-20-18)

20 Pittsburgh (12-24-27-28-29-29-28-27-29-29-24-21-18-19) 

21 St. Louis (16-16-19-19-23-23-17-20-21-26-20-22-19-20)

22 New York Jets (29-27-28-21-25-18-23-19-22-15-14-18-23-26)

23 Tennessee (30-25-22-16-12-13-13-13-13-13-22-25-22-22)

24 Atlanta (6-7-7-14-18-26-26-25-27-27-29-29-29-23)

25 Oakland (32-30-30-30-30-27-27-28-23-28-28-26-26-25)

26 Buffalo (27-26-20-23-19-22-22-16-19-23-26-24-24-24)

27 Jacksonville (31-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-27)

28 Cleveland (26-31-31-24-21-17-21-26-28-19-19-23-25-29)

29 Tampa Bay (20-28-29-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-31-30-30-32)

30 Minnesota (22-22-25-29-27-28-30-30-30-30-30-31-31-30)

31 Washington (18-20-24-25-24-25-25-23-25-24-27-28-28-28)

32 Houston (3-4-3-15-16-16-20-21-20-22-25-27-27-31)

BIGGEST RISERS: New York Jets (4 spots), Miami, San Diego and Tampa Bay (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Dallas, Detroit, Indianapolis and Washington (3 spots)

RANKINGS BY DIVISION – 1 POINT PER RANKING SPOT FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL TEAM, LOWEST SCORE IS BEST

1 NFC West 36

2 AFC West 52

3 NFC South 62

4 AFC East 65

5 AFC North 69

6 NFC East 75

7 NFC North 76

8 AFC South 93

RANKINGS BY CONFERENCE

1 NFC 249

2 AFC 279

Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #355 – 2013 Fantasy Football Week 14

By Rick Morris

Here is Mini-Episode #355 of The FDH Lounge, another edition of THE FANTASYDRAFTHELP.COM INSIDER, previewing Week 14 of fantasy football with start and sit recommendations.

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Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #354 – 2013 NFL Week 14 preview

By Rick Morris

Mini-Episode #354 of The FDH Lounge previews NFL Week 14 with Vegas handicapper and FDH Lounge Dignitary Kyle Ross.

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Lounge on YouTube: Mini-Episode #353 – Brandon Steiner

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As we referenced previously, our pals at Sportsology are hooking us up for live segments that we’re doing with guests and remote FDH Lounge Dignitaries these days.  We’re happy to report that we’ve been able to produce many segments on our own, but we’re thrilled for the help on some of these with guests and the thanks all go to our great friend Russ Cohen.

Mini-Episode #353 features a conversation with sports marketing executive Brandon Steiner.

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NCAA Week 15 picks

By Rick Morris

NOTE: 5-5 last week, 33-44-3 on the season.

Oklahoma State -10 over Oklahoma

Michigan State +5 over Ohio State

Arizona State -3 over Stanford

Missouri +2 over Auburn

Duke +30 over Florida State