These player rankings track a player's value for the remainder of the season.
TEAM DEFENSES
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Rank
Player
Team
Bye
1
Green Bay Packers
GBP
8
2
Philadelphia Eagles
PHI
7
3
New York Jets
NYJ
8
4
Chicago Bears
CHI
8
5
Baltimore Ravens
BAL
5
6
Pittsburgh Steelers
PIT
11
7
New England Patriots
NEP
7
8
New York Giants
NYG
7
9
San Diego Chargers
SDC
6
10
Atlanta Falcons
ATL
8
11
Houston Texans
HOU
11
12
Dallas Cowboys
DAL
5
13
New Orleans Saints
NOS
11
14
Oakland Raiders
OAK
8
15
San Francisco 49ers
SFO
7
16
Washington Redskins
WAS
5
17
Tennessee Titans
TEN
6
18
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
TBB
8
19
Minnesota Vikings
MIN
9
20
Detroit Lions
DET
9
21
Arizona Cardinals
ARI
6
22
Cleveland Browns
CLE
5
23
Miami Dolphins
MIA
5
24
Buffalo Bills
BUF
7
25
Cincinnati Bengals
CIN
7
Baltimore Ravens –
So much for this defense showing its age. Ed Reed is on pace for 32 interceptions; that would be a record.
Pittsburgh Steelers –
It's only one game, and a road game against a very good team at that. But as old and vulnerable as the Ravens were supposed to look, that's exactly how the Steelers looked.
Houston Texans –
Tough to read too much into one matchup against a reeling team, but Wade Phillips looks as if he's going to do some interesting things with defense.
Oakland Raiders –
Even without Nnamdi Asomugha this defense has some thump to it, especially up front. And you know there's speed all over the roster, which can lead to kick returns and blocked punts and pick sixes.
The Giants at #8 in a division with Vick, Romo and (yep, I'm sayin' it) Grossman? In THEIR condition? Too many missing teeth for this hillbilly.
2V
Posted Sep 14, 2011 12:54am EDT
Yep, Denver slid off the map this week. Really, there's about a dozen or so defenses you can look to for semi-regular production and then everything else is pretty much match-up based from week to week. If there's a strong need we can throw the bottom seven up there next week, but hopefully you don't have to dig that deep.
ML
Posted Sep 14, 2011 12:01am EDT
Denver fall off the list?
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