Average Magazine Rankings - Defenses
Posted 7/22 by Clayton Gray, Exclusive to Footballguys.com
Below, you will find the average rankings from six popular fantasy football magazines, including each player's average rank and their 'High' rank and 'Low' rank. We offer these compiled magazine rankings as a guide but obviously not to tell you what player to draft. Instead, use these rankings as a tool to help you spy on the magazine drafters in your league. If there is a player/team that you consider a sleeper, these rankings can help you judge his proper draft position. If a player/team is highly rated by the magazines, the average magazine drafter will likely take them early. Conversely, if a player/team is rated low by the magazines, the average magazine drafter will likely not take them early.
Quick Links to other positions: Overall · QB · RB · WR · TE · PK · Def
Team Defense / Special Teams
|
Rk
|
Player
|
Avg
|
High
|
Low
|
|
1
|
Pittsburgh Steelers
|
2.0
|
1
|
7
|
|
2
|
New York Giants
|
3.2
|
2
|
5
|
|
3
|
Philadelphia Eagles
|
3.3
|
1
|
6
|
|
4
|
Baltimore Ravens
|
4.8
|
2
|
8
|
|
5
|
Minnesota Vikings
|
5.3
|
2
|
9
|
|
6
|
Tennessee Titans
|
6.8
|
3
|
12
|
|
7
|
New York Jets
|
7.5
|
4
|
16
|
|
8
|
Chicago Bears
|
8.3
|
5
|
14
|
|
9
|
Dallas Cowboys
|
8.5
|
7
|
10
|
|
10
|
San Diego Chargers
|
10.5
|
6
|
14
|
|
11
|
New England Patriots
|
10.8
|
5
|
21
|
|
12
|
Miami Dolphins
|
11.2
|
9
|
14
|
|
13
|
Carolina Panthers
|
14.8
|
8
|
22
|
|
14
|
Washington Redskins
|
15.8
|
12
|
20
|
|
15
|
Green Bay Packers
|
16.3
|
12
|
24
|
|
16
|
Arizona Cardinals
|
17.7
|
11
|
24
|
|
17
|
Buffalo Bills
|
18.0
|
14
|
23
|
|
18
|
Indianapolis Colts
|
18.2
|
11
|
27
|
|
19
|
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
|
18.8
|
13
|
25
|
|
20
|
San Francisco 49ers
|
18.8
|
16
|
24
|
|
21
|
Seattle Seahawks
|
19.7
|
15
|
24
|
|
22
|
Houston Texans
|
20.0
|
17
|
26
|
|
23
|
Atlanta Falcons
|
21.7
|
14
|
29
|
|
24
|
Oakland Raiders
|
22.8
|
19
|
29
|
|
25
|
Jacksonville Jaguars
|
23.5
|
20
|
26
|
|
26
|
New Orleans Saints
|
25.3
|
19
|
29
|
|
27
|
Cincinnati Bengals
|
26.7
|
23
|
31
|
|
28
|
Cleveland Browns
|
27.8
|
24
|
31
|
|
29
|
St. Louis Rams
|
28.7
|
26
|
31
|
|
30
|
Denver Broncos
|
29.3
|
28
|
32
|
|
31
|
Kansas City Chiefs
|
30.0
|
28
|
31
|
|
32
|
Detroit Lions
|
31.7
|
30
|
32
|