These player rankings track a player's value for the remainder of the season.
TEAM DEFENSES
Mv
Rank
Player
Team
Bye
1
Pittsburgh Steelers
PIT
5
2
New England Patriots
NEP
5
3
New York Jets
NYJ
7
4
Philadelphia Eagles
PHI
8
5
Green Bay Packers
GBP
10
6
Tennessee Titans
TEN
9
7
San Diego Chargers
SDC
10
8
New York Giants
NYG
8
9
New Orleans Saints
NOS
10
10
Kansas City Chiefs
KCC
4
11
Chicago Bears
CHI
8
12
Miami Dolphins
MIA
5
13
Atlanta Falcons
ATL
8
14
Baltimore Ravens
BAL
8
15
Arizona Cardinals
ARI
6
16
Detroit Lions
DET
7
17
Seattle Seahawks
SEA
5
18
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
TBB
4
19
Washington Redskins
WAS
9
20
Dallas Cowboys
DAL
4
21
Indianapolis Colts
IND
7
22
Minnesota Vikings
MIN
4
23
St. Louis Rams
STL
9
24
Oakland Raiders
OAK
10
25
Carolina Panthers
CAR
6
26
Jacksonville Jaguars
JAC
9
27
Cincinnati Bengals
CIN
6
28
Cleveland Browns
CLE
8
29
Houston Texans
HOU
7
30
San Francisco 49ers
SFO
9
31
Denver Broncos
DEN
9
32
Buffalo Bills
BUF
6
Baltimore Ravens –
This is a good defense—but it's a downright lousy fantasy defense. Only seven teams have fewer sacks, no team has forced fewer turnovers, and this once--proud unit has failed to produce a single return touchdown. When does Ed Reed come back?
Detroit Lions –
Don't look now, but Jim Schwartz and his young defense are starting to turn things around in Detroit. The Lions rank sixth in sacks, first in forced turnovers, and have return touchdowns both on defense and in the kicking game. Sounds like a legit fantasy defense to me.