The FDH Lounge 2024 NFL Week 5 Rankings

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.

 

TOP TIER

1 Kansas City (1-1-1)

2 Minnesota (21-14-3)

3 Detroit (3-4-4)

4 Houston (4-2-5)

5 Baltimore (9-13-11)

6 Buffalo (7-5-2)

7 Seattle (15-9-6)

8 Washington (27-27-18)

9 San Francisco (2-3-9)

10 Tampa Bay (13-6-13)

11 Green Bay (16-16-10)

SECOND TIER

12 Philadelphia (5-7-7)

13 New Orleans (20-8-8)

14 Cincinnati (11-11-20)

15 Pittsburgh (17-15-12)

16 LA Chargers (14-10-15)

17 Arizona (26-17-16)

18 LA Rams (10-18-14)

19 Dallas (6-12-19)

20 Denver (29-30-30)

21 Atlanta (24-21-21)

22 NY Jets (19-19-17)

23 Indianapolis (22-26-22)

24 Chicago (18-22-23)

THIRD TIER

25 New England (25-24-24)

26 Tennessee (28-29-31)

27 Cleveland (23-20-25)

28 Miami (8-23-26)

29 Jacksonville (12-25-27)

30 Las Vegas (30-28-30)

31 NY Giants (31-31-29)

32 Carolina (32-32-32)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Denver and Washington (10 spots), Baltimore and Cincinnati (6 spots), Tennessee (5 spots), Tampa Bay (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: New Orleans, NY Jets and Philadelphia (5 spots), Buffalo and LA Rams (4 spots), Pittsburgh (3 spots)

 

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

 

1 NFC NORTH 40

2 NFC WEST 51

3 AFC NORTH 61

4 AFC WEST 67

5 NFC EAST 70

6 NFC SOUTH 76

7 AFC EAST 81

8 AFC SOUTH 82

 

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

 

1 NFC 237

2 AFC 291

The FDH Lounge 2024 NFL Week 4 Rankings

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.

 

TOP TIER

1 Kansas City (1-1)

SECOND TIER

2 Buffalo (7-5)

3 Minnesota (21-14)

4 Detroit (3-4)

5 Houston (4-2)

6 Seattle (15-9)

7 Philadelphia (5-7)

8 New Orleans (20-8)

9 San Francisco (2-3)

10 Green Bay (16-16)

11 Baltimore (9-13)

12 Pittsburgh (17-15)

13 Tampa Bay (13-6)

14 LA Rams (10-18)

15 LA Chargers (14-10)

THIRD TIER

16 Arizona (26-17)

17 NY Jets (19-19)

18 Washington (27-27)

19 Dallas (6-12)

20 Cincinnati (11-11)

21 Atlanta (24-21)

22 Indianapolis (22-26)

FOURTH TIER

23 Chicago (18-22)

24 New England (25-24)

25 Cleveland (23-20)

26 Miami (8-23)

27 Jacksonville (12-25)

28 Denver (29-30)

FIFTH TIER

29 NY Giants (31-31)

30 Las Vegas (30-28)

31 Tennessee (28-29)

32 Carolina (32-32)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: Minnesota (11 spots), Washington (9 spots), Green Bay (6 spots), Indianpolis and LA Rams (4 spots), Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Seattle (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Cincinnati (9 spots), Dallas and Tampa Bay (7 spots), San Francisco (6 spots), Cleveland and LA Chargers (5 spots), Houston and Miami (3 spots)

 

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

 

1 NFC NORTH 40

2 NFC WEST 45

3 AFC NORTH 68

4 AFC EAST 69

5T NFC EAST 73

5T NFC SOUTH 73

7 AFC WEST 74

8 AFC SOUTH 75

 

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

 

1 NFC 231

2 AFC 286

The FDH Lounge NFL Week 3 Power Rankings

By Rick Morris

 

NOTE: Numbers in parenthesis represent previous power rankings.

 

TOP TIER

1 Kansas City (1)

2 Houston (4)

3 San Francisco (2)

4 Detroit (3)

SECOND TIER

5 Buffalo (7)

6 Tampa Bay (13)

7 Philadelphia (5)

8 New Orleans (20)

9 Seattle (15)

10 LA Chargers (14)

11 Cincinnati (11)

12 Dallas (6)

13 Baltimore (9)

14 Minnesota (21)

THIRD TIER

15 Pittsburgh (17)

16 Green Bay (16)

17 Arizona (26)

18 LA Rams (10)

19 NY Jets (19)

20 Cleveland (23)

21 Atlanta (24)

22 Chicago (18)

23 Miami (8)

24 New England (25)

25 Jacksonville (12)

26 Indianapolis (22)

27 Washington (27)

28 Las Vegas (30)

FOURTH TIER

29 Tennessee (28)

30 Denver (29)

31 NY Giants (31)

32 Carolina (32)

 

BIGGEST RISERS: New Orleans (12 spots), Arizona (9 spots), Minnesota and Tampa Bay (7 spots), Seattle (6 spots), LA Chargers (4 spots), Atlanta and Cleveland (3 spots)

 

BIGGEST FALLERS: Miami (15 spots), Jacksonville (13 spots), LA Rams (8 spots), Dallas (6 spots), Baltimore, Chicago and Indianapolis (4 spots)

 

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

 

1 NFC WEST 47

2 NFC NORTH 56

3 AFC NORTH 59

4 AFC WEST 69

5 AFC EAST 71

6T NFC EAST 77

6T NFC SOUTH 77

8 AFC SOUTH 82

 

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

 

1 NFC 257

2 AFC 281

The FDH Lounge NFL Week 2 Power Rankings

By Rick Morris

 

TOP TIER

1 Kansas City

2 San Francisco

3 Detroit

4 Houston

5 Philadelphia

6 Dallas

7 Buffalo

8 Miami

SECOND TIER

9 Baltimore

10 LA Rams

11 Cincinnati

12 Jacksonville

13 Tampa Bay

14 LA Chargers

THIRD TIER

15 Seattle

16 Green Bay

17 Pittsburgh

18 Chicago

19 NY Jets

20 New Orleans

21 Minnesota

22 Indianapolis

23 Cleveland

24 Atlanta

25 New England

26 Arizona

27 Washington

28 Tennessee

FOURTH TIER

29 Denver

30 Las Vegas

31 NY Giants

32 Carolina

 

 

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

 

1 NFC WEST 53

2 NFC NORTH 58

3 AFC EAST 59

4 AFC NORTH 60

5 AFC SOUTH 66

6 NFC EAST 69

7 AFC WEST 74

8 NFC SOUTH 89

 

CONFERENCE RANKINGS:

 

1 AFC 259

2 NFC 269

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 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.  Today, this column is all the more solemn to me because of severe health problems that Aunt Josie is going through, for which I would appreciate anyone’s prayers for the family.

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