Week 3 ranks: Team defenses

Updated: September 22, 2012, 4:23 PM ET

By Fantasy Staff | ESPN.com

Week 3 defense/special teams rankings

By position: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST
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Note: Rankings were updated to account for the latest news and to remove players from Thursday's Giants/Panthers game. Last update: Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET

Rank	Name	Opp.	Berry	Harris	Karabell	Cockcroft	Avg.
1	San Francisco 49ers	@Min	1	1	1	4	1.8
2	Houston Texans	@Den	4	2	2	1	2.3
3	Chicago Bears	StL	2	3	3	2	2.5
4	New York Jets	@Mia	3	6	6	8	5.8
5	Philadelphia Eagles	@Ari	5	4	5	11	6.3
5	Green Bay Packers	@Sea	6	7	9	3	6.3
7	Pittsburgh Steelers	@Oak	9	8	7	6	7.5
8	Baltimore Ravens	NE	8	10	4	10	8.0
9	Seattle Seahawks	GB	7	12	8	7	8.5
10	Detroit Lions	@Ten	12	5	12	9	9.5
11	Arizona Cardinals	Phi	14	9	14	5	10.5
12	Atlanta Falcons	@SD	10	14	10	12	11.5
13	Buffalo Bills	@Cle	13	16	13	14	14.0
14	Dallas Cowboys	TB	11	13	16	17	14.3
15	New England Patriots	@Bal	15	15	15	15	15.0
16	Miami Dolphins	NYJ	17	11	11	24	15.8
17	Washington Redskins	Cin	20	23	19	13	18.8
18	Denver Broncos	Hou	16	21	17	22	19.0
19	Cleveland Browns	Buf	23	19	20	16	19.5
20	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	@Dal	19	18	25	21	20.8
20	San Diego Chargers	Atl	18	25	21	19	20.8
22	St. Louis Rams	@Chi	22	17	28	18	21.3
23	Cincinnati Bengals	@Wsh	21	22	18	29	22.5
24	Indianapolis Colts	Jac	26	20	22	23	22.8
25	New Orleans Saints	KC	25	30	23	20	24.5
26	Minnesota Vikings	SF	24	24	24	27	24.8
27	Oakland Raiders	Pit	28	27	27	26	27.0
28	Tennessee Titans	Det	27	28	26	28	27.3
28	Jacksonville Jaguars	@Ind	29	26	29	25	27.3
30	Kansas City Chiefs	@NO	30	29	30	30	29.8