FDH 2018 NFL UQB and additional team rankings

By Rick Morris

As noted in PRO FOOTBALL DRAFTOLOGY 2018, FDH is bringing its Ultimate Quantitative Baseline (UQB) rankings from fantasy over to a team aspect for the first time.  Our NFL rankings for 2018 going into the draft included an equal blend of the following:

^ FDH end-of-season-power rankings

^ a formula based half on number of victories and half strength of schedule as assessed by FDH’s power rankings

^ offensive yards gained

^ defensive yards allowed

^ DVOA

^ offensive DVOA

^ defensive DVOA

^ special teams DVOA

1        Minnesota

2        New Orleans

3T      Los Angeles Rams

3T      Philadelphia

3T      Pittsburgh

6T      Carolina

6T      New England

8        Jacksonville

9        Atlanta

10      Dallas

11      Seattle

12      Baltimore

13      Kansas City

14      Los Angeles Chargers

15      Detroit

16      Washington

17      Tennessee

18      San Francisco

19      Arizona

20      Green Bay

21      Buffalo

22      Miami

23      Oakland

24T    Chicago

24T    Tampa Bay

26      Denver

27      New York Jets

28      Cincinnati

29      Houston

30      Cleveland

31      Indianapolis

32      New York Giants

Here’s that same UQB with a ranking of every team’s offseason heading into the draft and every team’s draft when considering needs, value and rounds in which key picks were utilized (with both concepts broken out separately here).

1        Minnesota

2        New Orleans

3        Los Angeles Rams

4        Pittsburgh

5        Philadelphia

6        Carolina

7        New England

8        Dallas

9        Jacksonville

10      Baltimore

11      Atlanta

12      Seattle

13      Los Angeles Chargers

14      Tennessee

15      Kansas City

16      Detroit

17      Green Bay

18      Washington

19      San Francisco

20      Buffalo

21      Tampa Bay

22      Chicago

23      Denver

24      Arizona

25      New York Jets

26      Miami

27      Oakland

28      Cincinnati

29      Houston

30      Indianapolis

31      Cleveland

32      New York Giants

Here’s our FDH power rankings for the end of the 2018 NFL season.

1        Philadelphia

2        New England

3        New Orleans

4        Minnesota

5        Atlanta

6        Los Angeles Rams

7        Carolina

8        Jacksonville

9        Pittsburgh

10      Tennessee

11      Seattle

12      Los Angeles Chargers

13      Kansas City

14      Buffalo

15      Baltimore

16      San Francisco

17      Detroit

18      Dallas

19      Arizona

20      Washington

21      Cincinnati

22      Miami

23      Oakland

24      Chicago

25      New York Jets

26      Green Bay

27      Tampa Bay

28      Denver

29      Houston

30      Indianapolis

31      New York Giants

32      Cleveland