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Rest Of Season Player Rankings - Team Defenses: Week 3
John Tuvey September 21, 2011	Print

These player rankings track a player's value for the remainder of the season.

TEAM DEFENSES

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	New England Patriots	NEP	7
7	New York Giants	NYG	7
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	PIT	11
9	Houston Texans	HOU	11
10	Atlanta Falcons	ATL	8
11	Dallas Cowboys	DAL	5
12	New Orleans Saints	NOS	11
13	San Diego Chargers	SDC	6
14	Washington Redskins	WAS	5
15	San Francisco 49ers	SFO	7
16	Oakland Raiders	OAK	8
17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TBB	8
18	Minnesota Vikings	MIN	9
19	Detroit Lions	DET	9
20	Arizona Cardinals	ARI	6
21	Tennessee Titans	TEN	6
22	Cleveland Browns	CLE	5
23	Buffalo Bills	BUF	7
24	Cincinnati Bengals	CIN	7
25	St. Louis Rams	STL	5
26	Denver Broncos	DEN	6
27	Carolina Panthers	CAR	9
28	Indianapolis Colts	IND	11
29	Jacksonville Jaguars	JAC	9
30	Miami Dolphins	MIA	5
31	Seattle Seahawks	SEA	6
32	Kansas City Chiefs	KCC	6

Pittsburgh Steelers –
Last week's shutout was nice, but the Steelers still haven't generated a turnover--and they faced Tarvaris Jackson at home, for cryin' out loud!

Dallas Cowboys –
With an NFL-leading 10 sacks, the Cowboys have done a fine job covering for injuries in the secondary. And now that they're getting some players back, things can only get better.

COMMENTS (page 1 of 1)

Posted Sep 22, 2011 1:17pm EDT

Guys, there are as many different scoring methods for defenses as there are leagues. For the most part these rankings focus on turnovers and defensive touchdowns: the higher a team ranks, the more likely they are to generate picks and fumbles (sacks obviously factors into that as well) and produce a defensive score. To a lesser extent points allowed (a traditional "good" defense) are also considered. That may not match up with how your league evaluates defenses; hence, some discrepancies.

OCskins

Posted Sep 21, 2011 8:38pm EDT

Ah, I get the Cowboys' ranking now. They lead the league in sacks and rushing yards allowed. Then again, the Lions are 2nd in points allowed...

OCskins

Posted Sep 21, 2011 8:17pm EDT

I'm surprised the Lions are so low and the Cowboys are so high. The Cowboys' secondary is decimated and they just gave up 24 pts to lowly SF. And with Dez hurt, their special teams takes a hit, too. Maybe the Lions are ranked so low bcs the Bucs & Chiefs offenses are so bad so far? Seems to me the Lions & Cowboys should have their rankings swapped.

Wolf

Posted Sep 21, 2011 5:03pm EDT

I'm surprised Green Bay has remained at #1. They got burned by the Saints (understandable), then the Panthers led by a rookie QB. Not saying they're a bad defense, just very surprised they still rank #1.

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