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Week 16 ranks: Defense/special teams

Updated: December 23, 2011, 11:51 AM ET
By Fantasy Staff | ESPN.com

Week 16 defense/special teams rankings

By position: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST (Click on ranker to sort)
More rankings: Flex | IDP
Note: Rankings were updated Friday to account for the latest news and injuries. Players from Thursday's Colts/Texans game have been removed.

Rank Name Opp.
Berry
Harris
Karabell
Cockcroft 		Avg.
1 Baltimore Ravens Cle 1 1 1 3 1.5
2 San Francisco 49ers @Sea 2 2 2 1 1.8
3 Pittsburgh Steelers StL 3 4 3 2 3.0
4 Green Bay Packers Chi 4 3 4 4 3.8
5 Seattle Seahawks SF 5 5 8 6 6.0
6 Cincinnati Bengals Ari 7 8 5 5 6.3
7 New York Jets NYG 8 6 9 8 7.8
8 Tennessee Titans Jac 9 11 6 7 8.3
9 Chicago Bears @GB 10 9 7 9 8.8
10 Denver Broncos @Buf 6 7 11 14 9.5
11 Washington Redskins Min 14 13 10 10 11.8
12 Philadelphia Eagles @Dal 17 14 13 12 14.0
13 Jacksonville Jaguars @Ten 15 12 17 15 14.8
14 Arizona Cardinals @Cin 11 10 16 23 15.0
15 Dallas Cowboys Phi 18 15 14 16 15.8
16 Detroit Lions SD 24 19 12 13 17.0
17 Kansas City Chiefs Oak 12 16 20 21 17.3
18 New York Giants @NYJ 21 25 19 11 19.0
19 San Diego Chargers @Det 25 20 15 20 20.0
19 Buffalo Bills Den 22 17 24 17 20.0
21 Carolina Panthers TB 13 22 22 26 20.8
22 New England Patriots Mia 23 18 21 22 21.0
23 Oakland Raiders @KC 20 21 26 18 21.3
24 Minnesota Vikings @Wsh 16 24 29 19 22.0
25 St. Louis Rams @Pit 19 23 27 27 24.0
26 Cleveland Browns @Bal 27 29 18 25 24.8
27 New Orleans Saints Atl 26 26 25 24 25.3
28 Miami Dolphins @NE 28 27 23 30 27.0
29 Atlanta Falcons @NO 29 28 28 28 28.3
30 Tampa Bay Buccaneers @Car 30 30 30 29 29.8

These rankings are intended to rate players for Week 16 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 16 can be viewed by clicking here.

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