Week 15 ranks: Defense/special teams
Week 15 defense/special teams rankings
By position: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST (Click on ranker to sort)More rankings: Flex
| IDPNote: Rankings were updated Saturday night to reflect the latest news and to remove players from the Cowboys-Bucs game. Players from Thursday's Falcons-Jaguars game were removed Friday.
| Rank | Name | Opp. | ![]() Berry | ![]() Harris | ![]() Karabell | ![]() Cockcroft | Avg. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baltimore Ravens | @SD | 4 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3.5 |
| 2 | Cincinnati Bengals | @StL | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3.8 |
| 3 | Chicago Bears | Sea | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4.0 |
| 4 | Green Bay Packers | @KC | 7 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4.8 |
| 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers | @SF | 6 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4.8 |
| 6 | San Francisco 49ers | Pit | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 5.3 |
| 7 | Detroit Lions | @Oak | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 7.0 |
| 8 | Houston Texans | Car | 11 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7.5 |
| 9 | New York Jets | @Phi | 8 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 9.5 |
| 10 | Arizona Cardinals | Cle | 9 | 5 | 12 | 13 | 9.8 |
| 11 | Seattle Seahawks | @Chi | 10 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 10.5 |
| 12 | Tennessee Titans | @Ind | 14 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 11.0 |
| 13 | Miami Dolphins | @Buf | 12 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 11.3 |
| 14 | Philadelphia Eagles | NYJ | 13 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 13.0 |
| 15 | New Orleans Saints | @Min | 18 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 16.5 |
| 16 | New York Giants | Wsh | 15 | 20 | 18 | 14 | 16.8 |
| 17 | New England Patriots | @Den | 20 | 17 | 16 | 18 | 17.8 |
| 18 | San Diego Chargers | Bal | 17 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 19.3 |
| 18 | Cleveland Browns | @Ari | 25 | 15 | 20 | 17 | 19.3 |
| 20 | Denver Broncos | NE | 16 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 20.3 |
| 20 | St. Louis Rams | Cin | 22 | 16 | 22 | 21 | 20.3 |
| 22 | Buffalo Bills | Mia | 24 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 21.0 |
| 23 | Oakland Raiders | Det | 23 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 22.3 |
| 24 | Washington Redskins | @NYG | 19 | 28 | 24 | 23 | 23.5 |
| 25 | Kansas City Chiefs | GB | 21 | 23 | 25 | 26 | 23.8 |
| 26 | Minnesota Vikings | NO | 26 | 27 | 26 | 25 | 26.0 |
| 27 | Carolina Panthers | @Hou | 27 | 25 | 27 | 27 | 26.5 |
| 28 | Indianapolis Colts | Ten | 28 | 26 | 28 | 28 | 27.5 |
These rankings are intended to rate players for Week 15 of the NFL season only. They are a composite of Matthew Berry's, Christopher Harris', Eric Karabell's and Tristan H. Cockcroft's personal rankings for the week. ESPN's official fantasy projections and profiles for Week 15 can be viewed by clicking here.
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