NFL Team & Position Power Rankings, Matchups & Edges to Exploit: Week 6 (2022)

Introducing our team and position group power rankings. These are a snapshot of the strengths of the teams, units, and quarterbacks currently available. Check out where they have teams ranked and the resulting edges that you can capitalize on.

Fantasy Football Team & Position Group Power Rankings

Overall Team Power Rankings

Rank	Overall Team	Opp	Opp Rank	Edge
1	BUF	KC	2	1
2	PHI	DAL	11	9
2	KC	BUF	1	-1
4	TB	PIT	30	26
5	SF	ATL	29	24
6	BAL	NYG	23	17
7	CIN	NO	17	10
8	GB	NYJ	25	17
9	LAC	DEN	13	4
10	LAR	CAR	31	21
11	DAL	PHI	2	-9
12	MIN	MIA	15	3
13	DEN	LAC	9	-4
14	JAC	IND	20	6
15	MIA	MIN	12	-3
16	LV	BYE
17	NO	CIN	7	-10
18	ARI	SEA	28	10
18	CLE	NE	22	4
20	IND	JAC	14	-6
21	TEN	BYE
22	NE	CLE	18	-4
23	NYG	BAL	6	-17
24	DET	BYE
25	NYJ	GB	8	-17
26	CHI	WAS	26	0
26	WAS	CHI	26	0
28	SEA	ARI	18	-10
29	ATL	SF	5	-24
30	PIT	TB	4	-26
31	CAR	LAR	10	-21
32	HOU	BYE

Team Offense Power Rankings

Rank	Offense	Opp Defense	Defense Rank	Edge
1	BUF	KC	14	13
2	PHI	DAL	5	3
3	KC	BUF	3	0
4	BAL	NYG	19	15
5	LAC	DEN	6	1
6	TB	PIT	21	15
7	MIN	MIA	19	12
8	DET	BYE
9	CIN	NO	7	-2
10	GB	NYJ	22	12
11	LV	BYE
12	SEA	ARI	30	18
13	MIA	MIN	22	9
13	SF	ATL	29	16
15	CLE	NE	11	-4
16	JAC	IND	15	-1
17	ARI	SEA	31	14
18	LAR	CAR	13	-5
19	DAL	PHI	4	-15
20	NO	CIN	10	-10
21	DEN	LAC	15	-6
22	ATL	SF	1	-21
23	TEN	BYE
24	NYJ	GB	8	-16
25	IND	JAC	9	-16
25	NYG	BAL	15	-10
27	WAS	CHI	22	-5
28	NE	CLE	18	-10
29	PIT	TB	2	-27
30	HOU	BYE
31	CAR	LAR	12	-19
31	CHI	WAS	27	-4

Team Defense Power Rankings

Rank	Defense	Opp Offense	Offense Rank	Edge
1	SF	ATL	22	21
2	TB	PIT	29	27
3	BUF	KC	3	0
4	PHI	DAL	19	15
5	DAL	PHI	2	-3
6	DEN	LAC	5	-1
7	NO	CIN	9	2
8	GB	NYJ	24	16
9	JAC	IND	25	16
10	CIN	NO	20	10
11	NE	CLE	15	4
12	LAR	CAR	31	19
13	CAR	LAR	18	5
14	KC	BUF	1	-13
15	IND	JAC	16	1
15	BAL	NYG	25	10
15	LAC	DEN	21	6
18	CLE	NE	28	10
19	NYG	BAL	4	-15
19	MIA	MIN	7	-12
21	PIT	TB	6	-15
22	CHI	WAS	27	5
22	MIN	MIA	13	-9
22	NYJ	GB	10	-12
25	TEN	BYE
26	LV	BYE
27	WAS	CHI	31	4
28	HOU	BYE
29	ATL	SF	13	-16
30	ARI	SEA	12	-18
31	SEA	ARI	17	-14
32	DET	BYE

Team Starting QB Power Rankings

Rank	Quarterback	Offense	Opp Defense	Defense Rank	Secondary Rank	QB-Def Edge	QB-Sec Edge
1	Josh Allen	BUF	KC	14	12	13	11
2	Patrick Mahomes II	KC	BUF	3	6	1	4
3	Lamar Jackson	BAL	NYG	19	24	16	21
4	Jalen Hurts	PHI	DAL	5	5	1	1
5	Justin Herbert	LAC	DEN	6	3	1	-2
6	Aaron Rodgers	GB	NYJ	22	17	16	11
7	Tom Brady	TB	PIT	21	22	14	15
8	Joe Burrow	CIN	NO	7	8	-1	0
9	Kyler Murray	ARI	SEA	31	31	22	22
10	Derek Carr	LV	BYE
11	Kirk Cousins	MIN	MIA	19	23	8	12
12	Trevor Lawrence	JAC	IND	15	20	3	8
13	Russell Wilson	DEN	LAC	15	10	2	-3
14	Geno Smith	SEA	ARI	30	30	16	16
15	Matthew Stafford	LAR	CAR	13	10	-2	-5
16	Jared Goff	DET	BYE
17	Jimmy Garoppolo	SF	ATL	29	19	12	2
18	Ryan Tannehill	TEN	BYE
19	Matt Ryan	IND	JAC	9	18	-10	-1
20	Cooper Rush	DAL	PHI	4	2	-16	-18
21	Carson Wentz	WAS	CHI	22	25	1	4
21	Jacoby Brissett	CLE	NE	11	13	-10	-8
23	Skylar Thompson	MIA	MIN	22	21	-1	-2
24	Andy Dalton	NO	CIN	10	8	-14	-16
25	Justin Fields	CHI	WAS	27	29	2	4
26	Zach Wilson	NYJ	GB	8	4	-18	-22
27	Marcus Mariota	ATL	SF	1	7	-26	-20
28	Daniel Jones	NYG	BAL	15	15	-13	-13
29	Kenny Pickett	PIT	TB	2	1	-27	-28
30	Bailey Zappe	NE	CLE	18	14	-12	-16
31	Davis Mills	HOU	BYE
32	PJ Walker	CAR	LAR	12	16	-20	-16

Team Running Backs Power Rankings

Rank	RBs	Opp Defense	DL Rank	LBs Rank	RB-DL Edge	RB-LB Edge
1	CLE	NE	26	18	25	17
2	GB	NYJ	19	27	17	25
3	NYG	BAL	23	11	20	8
4	IND	JAC	11	17	7	13
5	CAR	LAR	8	6	3	1
6	MIN	MIA	22	23	16	17
7	TEN	BYE
8	DET	BYE
9	DAL	PHI	5	8	-4	-1
10	NE	CLE	21	12	11	2
11	LAC	DEN	8	21	-3	10
12	CIN	NO	7	3	-5	-9
13	JAC	IND	10	6	-3	-7
14	TB	PIT	16	20	2	6
15	NYJ	GB	6	5	-9	-10
15	PHI	DAL	2	9	-13	-6
17	LV	BYE
18	CHI	WAS	14	28	-4	10
19	NO	CIN	17	14	-2	-5
20	PIT	TB	3	2	-17	-18
21	WAS	CHI	30	26	9	5
22	SEA	ARI	28	29	6	7
23	SF	ATL	29	30	6	7
24	BUF	KC	14	9	-10	-15
25	DEN	LAC	13	24	-12	-1
26	HOU	BYE
27	BAL	NYG	25	24	-2	-3
27	KC	BUF	4	4	-23	-23
29	ARI	SEA	32	18	3	-11
30	LAR	CAR	23	15	-7	-15
31	MIA	MIN	20	13	-11	-18
32	ATL	SF	1	1	-31	-31

Team Receivers (WR & TE) Power Rankings

Rank	WRs & TEs	Opp Secondary	Secondary Rank	Edge
1	PHI	DAL	5	4
2	CIN	NO	8	6
3	BUF	KC	12	9
4	LV	BYE
5	MIA	MIN	21	16
6	MIN	MIA	23	17
7	TB	PIT	22	15
8	SF	ATL	19	11
9	PIT	TB	1	-8
10	SEA	ARI	30	20
11	LAC	DEN	3	-8
12	LAR	CAR	10	-2
13	KC	BUF	6	-7
14	DAL	PHI	2	-12
15	DET	BYE
15	DEN	LAC	10	-5
17	WAS	CHI	25	8
18	NYJ	GB	4	-14
19	NO	CIN	8	-11
19	ARI	SEA	31	12
21	CLE	NE	13	-8
22	BAL	NYG	24	2
23	JAC	IND	20	-3
24	ATL	SF	7	-17
25	GB	NYJ	17	-8
25	CAR	LAR	16	-9
27	IND	JAC	18	-9
28	NE	CLE	14	-14
29	HOU	BYE
30	CHI	WAS	29	-1
31	TEN	BYE
32	NYG	BAL	15	-17

Team Offensive Line Power Rankings

Rank	Offensive Line	Opp DL	DL Rank	Edge
1	CLE	NE	26	25
1	PHI	DAL	2	1
3	GB	NYJ	19	16
4	DET	BYE
5	KC	BUF	4	-1
5	NE	CLE	21	16
7	DEN	LAC	13	6
8	BAL	NYG	25	17
9	BUF	KC	14	5
10	TB	PIT	16	6
11	DAL	PHI	5	-6
12	MIN	MIA	22	10
12	IND	JAC	11	-1
14	NO	CIN	17	3
14	JAC	IND	10	-4
16	CIN	NO	7	-9
16	LAC	DEN	8	-8
18	ATL	SF	1	-17
19	CAR	LAR	8	-11
20	SF	ATL	29	9
21	MIA	MIN	20	-1
22	WAS	CHI	30	8
23	NYG	BAL	23	0
24	SEA	ARI	28	4
25	HOU	BYE
26	ARI	SEA	32	6
27	TEN	BYE
28	NYJ	GB	6	-22
29	LAR	CAR	23	-6
29	LV	BYE
31	PIT	TB	3	-28
32	CHI	WAS	14	-18

Team Defensive Line Power Rankings

Rank	Defensive Line	Opp OL	OL Rank	Edge
1	SF	ATL	18	17
2	DAL	PHI	1	-1
3	TB	PIT	31	28
4	BUF	KC	5	1
5	PHI	DAL	11	6
6	GB	NYJ	28	22
7	NO	CIN	16	9
8	LAR	CAR	19	11
8	DEN	LAC	16	8
10	IND	JAC	14	4
11	JAC	IND	12	1
12	LV	BYE
13	LAC	DEN	7	-6
14	WAS	CHI	32	18
14	KC	BUF	9	-5
16	PIT	TB	10	-6
17	CIN	NO	14	-3
18	TEN	BYE
19	NYJ	GB	3	-16
20	MIN	MIA	21	1
21	CLE	NE	5	-16
22	MIA	MIN	12	-10
23	BAL	NYG	23	0
23	CAR	LAR	29	6
25	NYG	BAL	8	-17
26	NE	CLE	1	-25
27	DET	BYE
28	ARI	SEA	24	-4
29	ATL	SF	20	-9
30	CHI	WAS	22	-8
31	HOU	BYE
32	SEA	ARI	26	-6

Team Off-Ball Linebackers Power Rankings

Rank	Off-Ball LBs	Opp RBs	RBs Rank	Edge
1	SF	ATL	32	31
2	TB	PIT	20	18
3	NO	CIN	12	9
4	BUF	KC	27	23
5	GB	NYJ	15	10
6	IND	JAC	13	7
6	LAR	CAR	5	-1
8	PHI	DAL	9	1
9	DAL	PHI	15	6
9	KC	BUF	24	15
11	BAL	NYG	3	-8
12	CLE	NE	10	-2
13	MIN	MIA	31	18
14	CIN	NO	19	5
15	CAR	LAR	30	15
16	TEN	BYE
17	JAC	IND	4	-13
18	SEA	ARI	29	11
18	NE	CLE	1	-17
20	PIT	TB	14	-6
21	DEN	LAC	11	-10
22	LV	BYE
23	MIA	MIN	6	-17
24	LAC	DEN	25	1
24	NYG	BAL	27	3
26	CHI	WAS	21	-5
27	NYJ	GB	2	-25
28	WAS	CHI	18	-10
29	ARI	SEA	22	-7
30	ATL	SF	23	-7
31	DET	BYE
32	HOU	BYE

Team Secondary Power Rankings

Rank	Secondary	Opp WRs & TEs	WRs & TEs Rank	Edge
1	TB	PIT	9	8
2	PHI	DAL	14	12
3	DEN	LAC	11	8
4	GB	NYJ	18	14
5	DAL	PHI	1	-4
6	BUF	KC	13	7
7	SF	ATL	24	17
8	CIN	NO	19	11
8	NO	CIN	2	-6
10	LAC	DEN	15	5
10	CAR	LAR	12	2
12	KC	BUF	3	-9
13	NE	CLE	21	8
14	CLE	NE	28	14
15	BAL	NYG	32	17
16	LAR	CAR	25	9
17	NYJ	GB	25	8
18	JAC	IND	27	9
19	ATL	SF	8	-11
20	IND	JAC	23	3
21	MIN	MIA	5	-16
22	PIT	TB	7	-15
23	MIA	MIN	6	-17
24	NYG	BAL	22	-2
25	CHI	WAS	17	-8
26	HOU	BYE
27	TEN	BYE
28	LV	BYE
29	WAS	CHI	30	1
30	ARI	SEA	10	-20
31	SEA	ARI	19	-12
32	DET	BYE

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