The FDH Lounge NFL Week 4 Power Rankings

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.

 

TOP TIER

1 Philadelphia (1-1)

2 Miami (4-4)

3 San Francisco (2-3)

4 Kansas City (5-5)

5 Buffalo (7-7)

6 Cincinnati (6-8)

7 Dallas (3-2)

8 Baltimore (10-6)

SECOND TIER

9 Detroit (9-9)

10 Seattle (18-10)

11 Green Bay (11-11)

12 LA Rams (13-12)

13 Cleveland (8-18)

14 LA Chargers (14-14)

15 Pittsburgh (24-22)

THIRD TIER

16 New Orleans (23-16)

17 Atlanta (21-15)

18 Jacksonville (12-13)

19 Indianapolis (29-27)

20 New England (25-26)

21 Tampa Bay (22-20)

22 Washington (27-19)

23 Tennessee (19-17)

24 Minnesota (20-25)

25 Houston (26-29)

26 Las Vegas (16-23)

FOURTH TIER

27 Denver (17-21)

28 NY Jets (15-24)

29 NY Giants (30-28)

FIFTH TIER

30 Arizona (32-32)

31 Carolina (31-31)

32 Chicago (28-30)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Indianapolis (8 spots), Pittsburgh (7 spots), New England (6 spots), Cleveland (5 spots), Houston (4 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Denver and Tennessee (6 spots), Dallas and Jacksonville (5 spots), New York Jets (4 spots), Las Vegas and Washington (3 spots)

 

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

 

1 AFC NORTH 42

2T NFC WEST 55

2T AFC EAST 55

4 NFC EAST 59

5 AFC WEST 71

6 NFC NORTH 76

7T NFC SOUTH 85

7T AFC SOUTH 85

 

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

 

1 AFC 253

2 NFC 275

The FDH Lounge NFL Week 3 Power Rankings

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.

 

TOP TIER

1 Philadelphia (1)

2 Dallas (3)

3 San Francisco (2)

4 Miami (4)

5 Kansas City (5)

6 Baltimore (10)

7 Buffalo (7)

8 Cincinnati (6)

SECOND TIER

9 Detroit (9)

10 Seattle (18)

11 Green Bay (11)

12 LA Rams (13)

13 Jacksonville (12)

THIRD TIER

14 LA Chargers (14)

15 Atlanta (21)

16 New Orleans (23)

17 Tennessee (19)

18 Cleveland (8)

19 Washington (27)

20 Tampa Bay (22)

21 Denver (17)

22 Pittsburgh (24)

23 Las Vegas (16)

24 NY Jets (15)

25 Minnesota (20)

26 New England (25)

FOURTH TIER

27 Indianapolis (29)

28 NY Giants (30)

29 Houston (26)

30 Chicago (28)

31 Carolina (31)

FIFTH TIER

32 Arizona (32)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Seattle and Washington (8 spots), New Orleans (7 spots), Atlanta (6 spots), Baltimore (4 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Cleveland (10 spots), New York Jets (9 spots), Las Vegas (7 spots), Minnesota (5 spots), Denver (4 spots)

 

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

 

1 NFC EAST 50

2 AFC NORTH 54

3 NFC WEST 57

4 AFC EAST 61

5 AFC WEST 63

6 NFC NORTH 75

7 NFC SOUTH 82

8 AFC SOUTH 86

 

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

 

1T AFC 264

1T NFC 264

The FDH Lounge NFL Week 2 Power Rankings

By Rick Morris

 

TOP TIER

1 Philadelphia

2 San Francisco

3 Dallas

4 Miami

5 Kansas City

6 Cincinnati

7 Buffalo

8 Cleveland

9 Detroit

10 Baltimore

SECOND TIER

11 Green Bay

12 Jacksonville

13 LA Rams

14 LA Chargers

THIRD TIER

15 NY Jets

16 Las Vegas

17 Denver

18 Seattle

19 Tennessee

20 Minnesota

21 Atlanta

22 Tampa Bay

23 New Orleans

24 Pittsburgh

25 New England

26 Houston

27 Washington

28 Chicago

29 Indianapolis

30 NY Giants

31 Carolina

FOURTH TIER

32 Arizona

 

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

 

1 AFC NORTH 48

2 AFC EAST 51

3 AFC WEST 52

4 NFC EAST 61

5 NFC WEST 65

6 NFC NORTH 68

7 AFC SOUTH 86

8 NFC SOUTH 97

 

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

 

1 AFC 237

2 NFC 291

Happy Labor Day

By Rick Morris

[NOTE: This is a column that we publish every Labor Day.]

In the world we live in today, Labor Day may seem like the most anachronistic of holidays today, certainly more so than Independence Day, Memorial Day or anything else that still seems completely relevant -- but there are still people left to remind us of the importance of the day.

As an example, I would cite my great-aunt Josephine – who passed away in September of 2017 just after turning 102! – someone who worked very hard at her job for decades and who helped unionize her workplace when abusive conditions became completely rampant. Now, I'm no fan at all of what many affiliates of the modern labor movement do to workers -- taking money out of their paychecks so that they can hand it to politicians who advance causes many workers oppose -- but that doesn't change at all the heroism of those who in an earlier day and age put their own well-being on the line to help build a more humane workplace and society.

To my great-aunt Josie and all of the other heroes who helped to build a better America, Happy Labor Day.