These player rankings track a player's value for the remainder of the season.
TEAM DEFENSE
Mv
Rank
Player
Team
Bye
1
Chicago Bears
CHI
6
2
Denver Broncos
DEN
7
3
New York Giants
NYG
11
4
Houston Texans
HOU
8
5
New England Patriots
NEP
9
6
Baltimore Ravens
BAL
8
7
Arizona Cardinals
ARI
10
8
New York Jets
NYJ
9
9
Green Bay Packers
GBP
10
10
San Diego Chargers
SDC
7
11
Carolina Panthers
CAR
6
12
San Francisco 49ers
SFO
9
13
Atlanta Falcons
ATL
7
14
Cincinnati Bengals
CIN
8
15
Washington Redskins
WAS
10
16
Buffalo Bills
BUF
8
17
Seattle Seahawks
SEA
11
18
Minnesota Vikings
MIN
11
19
Cleveland Browns
CLE
10
20
Pittsburgh Steelers
PIT
4
21
Tennessee Titans
TEN
11
22
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
TBB
5
23
Dallas Cowboys
DAL
5
24
New Orleans Saints
NOS
6
25
St. Louis Rams
STL
9
26
Miami Dolphins
MIA
7
27
Indianapolis Colts
IND
4
28
Philadelphia Eagles
PHI
7
29
Detroit Lions
DET
5
30
Kansas City Chiefs
KCC
7
31
Oakland Raiders
OAK
5
32
Jacksonville Jaguars
JAC
6
Carolina Panthers –
An underrated defense looking at a relatively favorable schedule down the stretch; not a bad backup plan if you've been playing the matchup game all season long.
Pittsburgh Steelers –
They've been able to cover for Troy Polamalu's absence so far, but their current state of quarterbacking is leaving them in situations where they're set up for failure.