These player rankings track a player's value for the remainder of the season.
TEAM DEFENSE
Mv
Rank
Player
Team
Bye
1
Green Bay Packers
GBP
10
2
Chicago Bears
CHI
6
3
San Francisco 49ers
SFO
9
4
New York Jets
NYJ
9
5
Houston Texans
HOU
8
6
Detroit Lions
DET
5
7
Dallas Cowboys
DAL
5
8
Philadelphia Eagles
PHI
7
9
Oakland Raiders
OAK
5
10
New England Patriots
NEP
9
11
Atlanta Falcons
ATL
7
12
New York Giants
NYG
11
13
Baltimore Ravens
BAL
8
14
Denver Broncos
DEN
7
15
Buffalo Bills
BUF
8
16
Minnesota Vikings
MIN
11
17
Seattle Seahawks
SEA
11
18
San Diego Chargers
SDC
7
19
Cincinnati Bengals
CIN
8
20
Pittsburgh Steelers
PIT
4
21
Arizona Cardinals
ARI
10
22
Tennessee Titans
TEN
11
23
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
TBB
5
24
Kansas City Chiefs
KCC
7
25
Cleveland Browns
CLE
10
26
Washington Redskins
WAS
10
27
St. Louis Rams
STL
9
28
Jacksonville Jaguars
JAC
6
29
Carolina Panthers
CAR
6
30
Miami Dolphins
MIA
7
31
Indianapolis Colts
IND
4
32
New Orleans Saints
NOS
6
New England Patriots –
Add a few high draft picks and suddenly last year's laughing stock of a defense looks pretty doggone good. Doesn't hurt that their offense applies plenty of pressure and their coach knows a thing or two about defense.
Buffalo Bills –
The Bills devoted plenty of offseason attention to their defense... and then gave up more points to the Jets than Gang Green had scored the entire preseason. Doesn't bode well, does it?