Week 4 ranks: Team defenses

Updated: September 28, 2012, 4:37 PM ET

By Fantasy Staff | ESPN.com

Week 4 defense/special teams rankings

By position: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST
More rankings: Flex

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Byes: Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers
Note: Rankings were updated to account for the latest news and to remove players from Thursday's Browns-Ravens game.
Last update: Saturday, 1:40 p.m. ET

Rank	Name	Opp.	Berry	Harris	Karabell	Cockcroft	Avg.
1	Houston Texans	Ten	2	2	1	2	1.8
2	Seattle Seahawks	@StL	1	1	3	4	2.3
3	Arizona Cardinals	Mia	4	3	5	1	3.3
4	San Francisco 49ers	@NYJ	3	5	2	5	3.8
5	Chicago Bears	@Dal	5	7	4	3	4.8
6	Atlanta Falcons	Car	8	4	6	6	6.0
7	Green Bay Packers	NO	6	6	8	7	6.8
8	Dallas Cowboys	Chi	7	8	7	13	8.8
9	Philadelphia Eagles	NYG	9	11	13	9	10.5
11	New York Jets	SF	19	10	9	8	11.5
10	New York Giants	@Phi	10	9	12	14	11.3
12	New England Patriots	@Buf	12	18	10	12	13.0
14	Denver Broncos	Oak	13	16	16	15	15.0
13	Miami Dolphins	@Ari	14	15	11	19	14.8
15	Detroit Lions	Min	23	14	15	10	15.5
16	Buffalo Bills	NE	20	20	14	11	16.3
17	San Diego Chargers	@KC	17	17	18	18	17.5
17	Cincinnati Bengals	@Jac	15	22	17	16	17.5
19	St. Louis Rams	Sea	11	19	21	20	17.8
20	Minnesota Vikings	@Det	18	12	23	23	19.0
21	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Wsh	24	13	22	21	20.0
22	Kansas City Chiefs	SD	16	24	19	27	21.5
23	Washington Redskins	@TB	27	21	26	17	22.8
24	Jacksonville Jaguars	Cin	21	23	24	25	23.3
25	Oakland Raiders	@Den	22	27	20	28	24.3
26	Tennessee Titans	@Hou	28	25	25	22	25.0
27	New Orleans Saints	@GB	26	26	27	26	26.3
27	Carolina Panthers	@Atl	25	28	28	24	26.3
29	Baltimore Ravens	#N/A	33	33	33	33	33.0
29	Cleveland Browns	#N/A	33	33	33	33	33.0