2019 NFL Week 15 power rankings and FDH UQB stretch run ratings

By Rick Morris

NOTE: Rankings from the start of the season are in parentheses.

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1 Baltimore (23-10-8-6-14-20-18-14-13-7-5-5-3-1)

2 San Francisco (15-15-13-10-8-6-3-3-2-1-1-1-1-2)

3 New Orleans (13-6-19-9-3-2-2-2-3-3-4-4-4-3)

4 Kansas City (3-3-2-2-2-3-8-8-9-9-10-8-9-7)

5 Green Bay (6-5-4-4-6-5-5-4-4-5-3-3-6-8)

6 Seattle (14-12-6-16-17-7-4-11-12-11-7-6-5-5)

7 New England (2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-2-2-2-2-4)

8 Minnesota (16-8-9-8-11-13-9-9-8-10-8-7-7-9)

9 LA Rams (4-4-3-3-7-10-13-10-10-12-14-11-13-12)

10 Houston (12-17-14-7-10-9-6-6-6-4-6-10-8-6)

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11 Tennessee (18-9-15-19-12-17-23-22-18-22-16-16-11-11)

12 Buffalo (29-22-18-13-18-16-16-13-14-14-18-15-10-10)

13 Pittsburgh (7-14-21-23-24-28-26-26-24-17-13-17-18-15)

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14 Chicago (9-16-17-18-9-12-12-16-19-24-19-22-20-16)

15 Tampa Bay (25-25-23-26-23-23-24-24-26-26-24-26-24-19)

16 Denver (19-23-25-27-28-27-25-25-23-19-20-25-26-21)

17 Indianapolis (17-18-12-11-20-8-7-5-5-6-9-9-12-13)

18 Philadelphia (1-2-5-12-4-4-10-15-11-13-11-14-15-17)

19 Dallas (11-11-7-5-5-11-14-7-7-8-12-12-14-14)

20 Oakland (28-28-28-28-27-22-20-20-20-16-15-13-16-18)

21 Cleveland (5-13-16-20-13-19-19-19-21-25-23-19-17-22)

22 LA Chargers (8-7-11-15-16-18-22-23-25-18-22-20-22-23)

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23 Atlanta (10-19-10-17-22-24-28-28-28-28-27-23-25-25)

24 Carolina (20-20-24-22-19-14-11-12-15-15-17-18-19-20)

25 Jacksonville (22-21-22-21-21-21-21-21-17-20-21-21-23-24)

26 New York Jets (21-30-31-31-31-31-29-29-29-31-29-24-21-27)

27 Miami (32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-32-30-28-29-29-26)

28 Arizona (30-24-26-25-26-25-17-18-22-23-26-28-27-28)

29 Detroit (24-27-20-14-15-15-15-17-16-21-25-27-28-29)

30 Washington (27-29-29-29-29-29-30-30-30-29-31-31-30-30)

31 Cincinnati (26-26-27-30-30-30-31-31-31-32-32-32-32-31)

32 New York Giants (31-31-30-24-25-26-27-27-27-27-30-30-31-32)

BIGGEST RISERS: Denver (5 spots), Tampa Bay (4 spots), Green Bay, Kansas City and LA Rams (3 spots)

BIGGEST FALLERS: Dallas (5 spots), Carolina, Houston and Indianapolis (4 spots), New England (3 spots)

DIVISIONAL RANKINGS (the lower the number, the higher the ranking):

1 NFC WEST 45

2 NFC NORTH 56

3 AFC WEST 62

4 AFC SOUTH 63

5 NFC SOUTH 65

6 AFC NORTH 66

7 AFC EAST 72

8 NFC EAST 99

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

1 AFC 263

2 NFC 265

Our Ultimate Quantitative Baseline (UQB) statistic simply adds together the ranking of seven different indexes: The FDH Lounge power rankings listed above, offensive yards gained, defensive yards allowed, DVOA, Offensive DVOA, Defensive DVOA and Special Teams DVOA.  The lower the number, the better each team did.  The yardage stats can be found here and the DVOA stats can be found here.

          TOP TIER   Total

1        Baltimore    19

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2        San Francisco 39

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3        New Orleans  50

4        Kansas City 56

5        New England 58

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6        Minnesota   75

7        LA Rams     78

          FIFTH TIER         

8        Seattle         89

9        Dallas          93

10T    Tampa Bay  95

10T    Buffalo        95

12      Green Bay   97

13      Pittsburgh    98

14      Philadelphia 104

15      Chicago       107

16      Houston      110

17      Tennessee    114

18      LA Chargers 116

19      Cleveland    120

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20      Indianapolis 132

21      Denver        135

22      New York Jets 136

          SEVENTH TIER  

23      Detroit         149

24      Oakland       150

25      Atlanta        151

25      Jacksonville 157

          EIGHTH TIER     

27      Washington 169

28      Carolina       170

29      Cincinnati   176

30T    Arizona       181

30T    New York Giants 181

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32      Miami          196