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

Buffalo Bills –
The Bills lead the league in interceptions; in a related story, the Bills are second in defensive touchdowns.

Philadelphia Eagles –
Second in the league in sacks gets cancelled out by fifth in the league in points allowed and only five takeaways thus far this year.

COMMENTS (page 1 of 1)

Posted Oct 12, 2011 11:20am EDT

You're right, Cincy deserves a little more attention. Quite frankly, most of the leagues I'm familiar with don't put much (if any) weight on points allowed for fantasy defenses, so that doesn't get factored much into these rankings. The Bengals are tied for 20th in turnovers generated and have one return TD, two of the main factors that lead to defensive fantasy points, so they've been sorting towards the bottom end and not been given much attention. However, they are tied for eighth in sacks, which does bode well for creating defensive fantasy points. I'll give them an extra look for next week's rankings.

Cornholio

Posted Oct 12, 2011 8:25am EDT

Thirded. I loved Cincy's 22 points last week. And if you're in a league that rewards solid all around play, versus flashy TOs and TDs, they're giving up only 17.6 ppg.

skhyatt

Posted Oct 11, 2011 10:49pm EDT

Yes, curious myself. See them ranked as high as 8th on another site.

Posted Oct 11, 2011 9:54pm EDT

Are these rankings related to any statistical metrics? Cinci is one of the top ranked defenses in the league after 5 weeks. Not sure they belong amongst Cleveland and Indy....

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