Everybody has a quarterback, but not everybody really, truly loves their quarterback. There are 32 NFL teams, but there arent 32 men walking the earth who can play this position and inspire total confidence in their coaches, their teammates and their fans.With that in mind, we take a quarter-mark look at our QB Confidence Index -- ranking the NFLs teams according to how much confidence each has in its overall quarterback situation. That includes the starter and the backup plan, so please remember that before sending your angry tweets.Here is how the QB Confidence Index looks through Week 4 of the 2016 season. Ive also included each teams preseason rating so you can see how things have changed.1. New England PatriotsQB Confidence Index: 9.9 | Previous rating: 9.6The preseason rating accounted for Tom Bradys absence, which is a thing of the past. In the meantime, they found out Jimmy Garoppolo can keep things humming if something happens to Brady. The Patriots are my clear No. 1 with Brady back from suspension and Garoppolo on the mend.2. Seattle SeahawksQB Confidence Index: 9.6 | Previous rating: 9.1Questions about Trevone Boykin as a backup have faded in importance as starter Russell Wilson has made it clear he cannot be defeated with conventional weapons. Wilson has played through ankle and knee sprains and should only get better as he heals.3. Green Bay PackersQB Confidence Index: 9.3 | Previous rating: 9.8The teensiest little wobble here, as Aaron Rodgers has played only three games but ranks a puzzling 25th in the league in yards per pass attempt. Hes still reliable -- seven touchdowns and only one interception -- but the vertical game is an issue for some reason, and thats cause for a dip.4. Pittsburgh SteelersQB Confidence Index: 9.1 | Previous rating: 9.1Nothing has changed here since the preseason. Ben Roethlisberger?is currently?tied for the league lead with 11 touchdown passes even though he had one game in which he didnt throw any. Hes exactly what the Steelers thought he was, though hes still (as always) a bit of a health risk.5. New Orleans SaintsQB Confidence Index: 9.1 | Previous rating: 8.5Im still worried about the backup situation if something happens to Drew Brees. But as with Wilson, theres no reason to think anything ever will. Brees has missed just three starts due to injury since 2004. No quarterback has to do more week-to-week to overcome a soul-crushing defense. He deserves a little boost after his first win.6. Atlanta FalconsQB Confidence Index: 8.9 | Previous rating: 8.1Matt Ryan is out of his mind right now, tied with Big Ben for that league-leading 11 touchdowns and more than 200 yards ahead of Brees for the top yardage mark. Ryans issue last year was red zone interceptions, and those are under control so far as he has the Falcons off to yet another hot start.7. Cincinnati BengalsQB Confidence Index: 8.4 | Previous rating: 8.3What? Confidence? In Andy Dalton? You betcha. Yes, I know he has only three touchdown passes so far, but this is an eye-test deal. Dalton looks just like he did last year minus red-zone buddy Tyler Eifert, wholl be back soon.8. San Diego ChargersQB Confidence Index: 8.2 | Previous rating: 8.2Philip Rivers has lost Keenan Allen, Antonio Gates and Danny Woodhead since the season began. Hes fifth in passer rating and seventh in QBR. He and Brees must call each other all the time to talk about the latest way their defense let a game get away.9. New York GiantsQB Confidence Index: 7.9 | Previous rating: 8.2The Giants have total confidence in Eli Mannings ability to answer the bell every week, just as the Chargers do with Rivers, the Falcons with Ryan, the Seahawks with Wilson, etc. But that late interception against Washington was an ugly reminder of what keeps Mannings confidence rating from jetting up into that top tier.10. Carolina PanthersQB Confidence Index: 7.8 | Previous rating: 9.3Cam Newton is the reigning MVP and would be a fine bet to rebound from a rough start ... if he wasnt also the official pi?ata of the National Football League. The Panthers faith in Newtons ability to last the season has to have waned over the past month. Hes now in concussion protocol, and Derek Anderson?showed why hes a backup with two late-game interceptions Sunday.11. Indianapolis ColtsQB Confidence Index: 7.8 | Previous rating: 7.8Literally nothing about the season Andrew Luck and the Colts are having is a surprise. His completion percentage is actually better than ever, even though he somehow has been sacked 15 times. If they could protect him, Luck would be an MVP candidate. But they cant, so here they sit.12. Oakland RaidersQB Confidence Index: 7.8 | Previous rating: 6.3Now, Derek Carr?... Heres a young man who has given his team reason for improved confidence. Fourth in passer rating, sixth in QBR, 68.0 completion rate with nine touchdowns and one interception: brilliant stuff, worthy of his teams confidence. And theyre returning the favor, as the Raiders monster offensive line has allowed only two sacks so far. Carr is set up to succeed.13. Arizona CardinalsQB Confidence Index: 7.6 | Previous rating: 8.6You cant lay all of Arizonas offensive struggles at the feet of Carson Palmer, but he didnt look like himself out there even before Sundays concussion. Drew Stanton could get a nice chance Thursday against the pillowy 49ers to show why the Cardinals should be confident in their backup.14. Baltimore RavensQB Confidence Index: 7.3 | Previous rating: 6.9Yeah, old Joe Flacco just keeps Flaccoing along, chucking it like crazy to a cast-off group of wide receivers. Mike Wallace one week, Steve Smith the next. Only Brees and Jameis Winston have put more balls in the air this year, but each has thrown more than twice as many touchdowns as Flacco. Whether Flaccos career ends next month or 10 years from now, everybody is going to say, Oh yeah. That guy.15. Detroit LionsQB Confidence Index: 6.4 | Previous rating: 6.4Were getting exactly what we expected out of Matthew Stafford, too. Some of these dudes just are who they are. Stafford is humming along at 300 yards a game, throwing it to Marvin Jones and Theo Riddick and not winning games. Hes squarely in the Least of Their Problems QB basket.16. Minnesota VikingsQB Confidence Index: 6.3 | Previous rating: 4.5Volatility has been the name of the Vikings QB game, with Teddy Bridgewater blowing out his knee right before the season, Sam Bradford coming over from Philly and Shaun Hill starting Week 1 because Bradford had just gotten there. But not only is Bradford delivering the way theyd hoped, they won the season opener with Hill. The Vikings have confidence it will be OK once everything settles down.17. Philadelphia EaglesQB Confidence Index: 6.3 | Previous rating: 3.8On the preseason QB Confidence Index, some clown wrote, Carson Wentz almost certainly isnt ready for this, and the Eagles are clearly in rebuild, and theyd better be confident they wont wreck Wentz by playing him before hes ready. Who was that guy? Moron. Good thing hes not writing this column anymore. You guys are lucky I came along to clean things up. Wentzs three-game sample size is all kinds of promising, and Chase Daniel is still as good a backup as any in the league.18. Dallas CowboysQB Confidence Index: 6.3 | Previous rating: 2.7Dak Prescott was the 135th pick in this years draft, and in no universe did the Cowboys expect him to be ready to win three NFL games this season. But he has. And while the Tony-Romo-as-Wally-Pipp talk is exclusively external and has no support within the Cowboys building, Dallas is plum excited to have finally have a guy who can win games for them when Tony is hurt. Big confidence jump here.19. Chicago BearsQB Confidence Index: 6.1 | Previous rating: 7.8The preseason rating was too high; sorry about that. But it was based on the idea of Brian Hoyer as the leagues top backup, and Sundays win with Hoyer at the helm seemed to bear that out somewhat. Ill buy the idea of Hoyer keeping the job once Jay Cutler is healthy before Ill buy Prescott keeping his once Romo is back.20. Denver BroncosQB Confidence Index: 6.0 | Previous rating: 3.3Got to hand it to young Trevor Siemian. I thought he was a caretaker, placeholder, whatever, until he aired out the Bengals in Week 3 and showed why Denver had so much preseason confidence in him. Hes hurt now, but the 4-0 defending champs dont seem to care much whos taking the snaps, do they?21. Jacksonville JaguarsQB Confidence Index: 5.3 | Previous rating: 6.1The alarm bells arent sounding for Blake Bortles yet, but the plastic cover is open and the Jaguars thumb is hovering over the button. With six interceptions to go with seven touchdowns and a 1-3 record, Bortles doesnt seem to be taking the jump many expected of him in 2016, which could spell trouble for his coaches.22. Tampa Bay BuccaneersQB Confidence Index: 5.3 | Previous rating: 5.3Confident enough to allow Jameis Winston to throw a league-leading 177 passes so far, the Bucs cant draw much confidence from the fact that he completed only 103 of them, or that eight have been caught by opponents. Long term, the Bucs have confidence in Winston as their franchise quarterback. But hes young and he looks it.23. WashingtonQB Confidence Index: 5.1 | Previous rating: 5.1Had we done this update after two weeks, Kirk Cousins performance would have sunk his rating toward the bottom. But he has rebounded, which means his evaluation hasnt changed since the preseason: He does enough to give Washington hope, but not yet enough to give it confidence.24. Kansas City ChiefsQB Confidence Index: 5.1 | Previous rating: 5.1Alex Smith is actually playing about as well as can be expected. Which puts him right around this spot. Hes fourth in the league in pass attempts, has completed 64.9 percent of them and, like a few others on this list, isnt among his teams biggest problems. Hes just not going to elevate them very high.25. Buffalo BillsQB Confidence Index: 4.5 | Previous rating: 4.5We didnt think the Bills would ask Tyrod Taylor to do much, and they havent. Hes 24th in pass attempts, 25th in yards and tied for 20th in touchdown passes. If they really had confidence in him, hed throw more.26. Tennessee TitansQB Confidence Index: 4.4 | Previous rating: 4.4Growing-pains year so far for young Marcus Mariota, whos tied for 25th in completion percentage and dead last in Total QBR. He carries his teams long-term confidence but hasnt done much to make the Titans think he can win them games in the short term.27. Miami DolphinsQB Confidence Index: 4.2 | Previous rating: 5.1There are all kinds of excuses for Ryan Tannehill. His offensive line is a mess. His coach keeps benching all the running backs. Its like his 19th different offensive system in five years. At some point, though, this guy has to look like hes getting better. He doesnt.28. Houston TexansQB Confidence Index: 3.9 | Previous rating: 4.1Its possible the Texans will never be more confident in Brock Osweiler than they were the day they signed him to a four-year, $72 million contract. Most of us would be pleased to receive that level of confidence at some point in our lives, and Houstons 3-1 start buys Osweiler time to show them he deserved it.29. New York JetsQB Confidence Index: 3.1 | Previous rating: 3.9See??? the Jets front office is probably saying, to someone, even in their imagination. We TOLD you we would have been better off just direct-snapping it to Matt Forte and Bilal Powell and spending that money on new cars for every employee. At least then we dont have six-interception games. Ryan Fitzpatrick is, now and forever, Ryan Fitzpatrick.30. San Francisco 49ersQB Confidence Index: 2.8 | Previous rating: 3.6Its still Blaine Gabberts job, mainly because Colin Kaepernick?hasnt physically recovered enough from offseason surgeries to make the coaches believe he can play a whole game. In related news, Kaepernick isnt exactly Roger Staubach. Long year by the Bay.31. Los Angeles RamsQB Confidence Index: 2.5 | Previous rating: 1.9Yeah, well bump them up a little bit for going 3-1 with Case Keenum while the No. 1 overall pick sits on the bench. But this isnt a results ranking; its a confidence ranking. And the Rams lack of confidence in their quarterback situation is palpable during every tense Jeff Fisher news conference.32. Cleveland BrownsQB Confidence Index: 0.4 | Previous rating: 0.8Hue Jackson was confident he could make something of Robert Griffin III. Griffin didnt last one game. The only good news here is that each week brings the Browns closer to picking any quarterback they want in the 2017 draft class. 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WINNIPEG, Manitoba -- Connor Hellebuyck made 27 saves for his first shutout of the season, rookie Patrik Laine scored his NHL-leading 12th goal and the Winnipeg Jets beat the division-leading Chicago Blackhawks 4-0 on Tuesday night.Rookie defenseman Josh Morrissey scored his first career goal, while forwards Chris Thorburn and Nic Petan got their first scores of the season for the second-place Jets.Nikolaj Ehlers had two assists, helping Winnipeg stretch its points streak to five games.Chicago goalie Corey Crawford was replaced by Scott Darling after letting in four goals on 22 shots. Darling made two saves.It was the first of five games between the Central Division foes this season.LIGHTNING 4, RED WINGS 3DETROIT -- Nikita Kucherov scored his second goal of the game with 1:10 left to give Tampa Bay a win over Detroit.Lightning captain Steven Stamkos left in the middle of the first period after limping off the ice favoring his right leg following a collision with the Red Wings Gustav Nyquist along the boards. He did not return and the team said he has a lower-body injury.Stamkos and defenseman Nikita Nesterov also scored for Tampa Bay, which has won five of eight (5-2-1). Vladislav Namestnikov had two assists and Ben Bishop made 25 saves.Defenseman Ryan Sproul got his first career goal and had an assist, and Frans Nielsen and Henrik Zetterberg also scored for Detroit. Petr Mrazek stopped 18 shots.MAPLE LEAFS 6, PREDATORS 2TORONTO -- James van Riemsdyk scored three goals and Tyler Bozak had four assists, helping Toronto beat Nashville.Van Riemsdyk added an assist and Mitch Marner had a goal and two assists. Leo Komarov and William Nylander also scored to help Toronto improve to 6-2-0 at home.James Neal and Viktor Arvidsson scored for the Predators, who had their three-game winning streak halted.Frederik Andersen made 32 saves for Toronto, and Marek Mazanec stopped 26-of-32 shots for Nashville.PANTHERS 4, CANADIENS 3, OTMONTREAL -- Aaron Ekblad broke his stick on an awkward slap shot that sneaked by goalie Carey Price in overtime, helping Florida beat NHL-leading Montreal.Ekblad wound for a shot from the right hash marks, but his stick snapped and the puck slid slowly toward the net. It deflected off the boot of defenseman Nathan Beaulieu before sliding past Price 2:59 into OT.Alex Petrovic, Kyle Rau and Denis Malgin scored for the Panthers, and Roberto Luongo made 34 saves.Max Pacioretty, David Desharnais and Paul Byron had goals for Montreal, which is in its first two-game winless streak this season. Price made 20 saves in his first loss of the season.SENATORS 3, FLYERS 2, SOPHILADELPHIA -- Erik Karlsson scored the only goal of the shootout to lift Ottawa over Philadelphia.Mark Stone and Kyle Turris scored for the Senators, who have won three of their last four. Craig Anderson had 33 saves through overtime and stopped all five attempts in the tiebreaker.Nick Cousins and Michael Raffl had Philadelphias goals, and Steve Mason finished with 24 saves. The Flyers have lost four of five.Turris tied the score on a wraparound with 1:59 left in regulation. He then had a chance to get the winner in overtime on a 2-on-1 with Karlsson, butt was stopped by Mason.ddddddddddddEVILS 2, STARS 1, OTDALLAS -- Adam Henrique scored 44 seconds into overtime to give New Jersey a victory over Dallas.Henrique and Kyle Palmieri skated in on Dallas goalie Antti Niemi on a 2-on-1. Palmieri sent a pass from the right side to Henrique at the edge of the left faceoff circle, and Henrique put the puck into the lower left portion of the net.The game had been tied since Patrick Eaves goal for Dallas at 10:33 of the first period.Damon Severson scored at 7:40 of the first for New Jersey, which won its fifth straight game.Niemi made 31 saves, including 16 in the second period.Cory Schneider had 23 saves for New Jersey.BLUES 4, SABRES 1ST. LOUIS -- Jaden Schwartz and Kyle Brodziak scored early in the third period to lead St. Louis over Buffalo.Robby Fabbri and Scottie Upshall also scored and Jake Allen made 23 saves for the Blues, who snapped a three-game skid and beat the Sabres for the ninth straight time.Sam Reinhart scored and Robin Lehner stopped 27 shots for the Sabres, who lost their fifth consecutive game.HURRICANES 1, SHARKS 0RALEIGH, N.C. -- Joakim Nordstrom scored with 9:12 left, Cam Ward made 22 saves in his first shutout in over a year and Carolina beat San Jose.Ward got the 24th shutout of his career and first since he blanked Colorado on Oct. 21, 2015, while improving to 6-1 in his career against the Sharks.That helped the Hurricanes win their second straight to escape last place in the Metropolitan Division, in the process snapping the defending Western Conference champions three-game winning streak.Aaron Dell stopped 32 shots in his third career game and his second start for the Sharks, who managed just two shots on goal in the second period before coming on strong in the third.BLUE JACKETS 2, CAPITALS 1, OTCOLUMBUS, Ohio -- Cam Atkinson scored 37 seconds into overtime as Columbus rallied to beat Washington.Atkinson buried a wrist shot off a faceoff from the right circle past goaltender Philipp Grubauer to extend Columbus home winning streak to six.Zach Werenski scored the tying goal with just under seven minutes remaining for the Blue Jackets, and Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 26 shots.Nicklas Backstrom scored late in the second period for Washington, and Grubauer finished with 20 saves.FLAMES 1, WILD 0ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Johnny Gaudreaus goal early in the first period held up and Chad Johnson stopped 27 shots for Calgarys first shutout of the season, fueling a victory that ended a four-game losing streak.Outscored 17-4 over the skid -- with two of those goals from Gaudreau -- Johnson and the Flames gave their NHL-worst goals against average a big boost. Their scoring differential, now at minus-19, is last in the league.Flames goalie Brian Elliott, formerly of the St. Louis Blues, has an 8-2 record with a 2.18 goals against average in 12 career games against the Wild, but Johnson got the call from coach Glen Gulutzan instead.Devan Dubnyk made 26 saves for the Wild and has given up only nine goals in his last eight games, stopping 245 of 254 shots. ' ' '