Week 1 Ranks: Defense/Special teams

Updated: September 7, 2012, 8:04 PM ET

By Fantasy Staff | ESPN.com

Week 1 defense/special teams rankings

By position: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST
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Note: Rankings were updated Thursday to account for the latest news and to remove players from Wednesday's Giants/Cowboys game. Latest update: Friday, 8:05 p.m. ET

Rank	Name	Opp.	Berry	Harris	Karabell	Cockcroft	Avg.
1	Houston Texans	Mia	2	1	1	1	1.3
2	Seattle Seahawks	@Ari	3	2	3	2	2.5
2	Philadelphia Eagles	@Cle	1	4	2	3	2.5
4	Chicago Bears	Ind	4	6	4	4	4.5
5	Detroit Lions	StL	5	3	5	8	5.3
6	Baltimore Ravens	Cin	10	5	6	7	7.0
7	New York Jets	Buf	8	7	8	9	8.0
8	Pittsburgh Steelers	@Den	9	8	10	6	8.3
9	Buffalo Bills	@NYJ	7	11	7	10	8.8
10	San Francisco 49ers	@GB	13	10	13	5	10.3
11	Atlanta Falcons	@KC	11	9	11	13	11.0
12	Minnesota Vikings	Jac	6	15	9	17	11.8
13	Green Bay Packers	SF	12	12	14	11	12.3
14	Cincinnati Bengals	@Bal	17	18	17	14	16.5
15	Kansas City Chiefs	Atl	21	17	15	15	17.0
16	New Orleans Saints	Wsh	15	24	12	18	17.3
17	Arizona Cardinals	Sea	23	13	18	16	17.5
17	Denver Broncos	Pit	16	19	16	19	17.5
19	New England Patriots	@Ten	22	20	19	12	18.3
20	Oakland Raiders	SD	20	14	22	20	19.0
21	San Diego Chargers	@Oak	14	23	21	23	20.3
22	Jacksonville Jaguars	@Min	18	21	24	22	21.3
23	Miami Dolphins	@Hou	29	16	20	24	22.3
24	Carolina Panthers	@TB	19	25	25	26	23.8
25	Tennessee Titans	NE	28	30	23	21	25.5
26	Washington Redskins	@NO	24	27	28	25	26.0
27	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Car	25	28	26	28	26.8
28	Cleveland Browns	Phi	30	22	27	30	27.3
29	Indianapolis Colts	@Chi	26	26	30	29	27.8
30	St. Louis Rams	@Det	27	29	29	27	28.0