Week 5 ranks: Team defenses

Updated: October 5, 2012, 11:48 AM ET

By Fantasy Staff | ESPN.com

Week 5 defense/special teams rankings

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

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Byes: Dallas Cowboys, Detroit Lions, Oakland Raiders, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Note: Rankings were updated to account for the latest news and to remove players from Thursday's Cardinals-Rams game.
Last update: Saturday, 4:30 p.m. ET

Rank	Name	Opp.	Berry	Harris	Karabell	Cockcroft	Avg.
1	Houston Texans	@NYJ	1	2	1	2	1.5
2	Chicago Bears	@Jac	4	3	2	1	2.5
3	Baltimore Ravens	@KC	2	1	4	4	2.8
4	San Francisco 49ers	Buf	3	4	3	3	3.3
5	Seattle Seahawks	@Car	7	5	5	5	5.5
6	New York Giants	Cle	5	6	7	8	6.5
7	Minnesota Vikings	Ten	6	7	9	9	7.8
8	Atlanta Falcons	@Wsh	11	9	6	6	8.0
9	Philadelphia Eagles	@Pit	10	11	8	7	9.0
10	Pittsburgh Steelers	Phi	8	10	11	12	10.3
10	Green Bay Packers	@Ind	9	12	10	10	10.3
12	Miami Dolphins	@Cin	14	8	14	11	11.8
13	Cincinnati Bengals	Mia	13	13	13	15	13.5
14	New England Patriots	Den	12	19	12	13	14.0
15	New York Jets	Hou	18	14	15	14	15.3
16	Cleveland Browns	@NYG	16	18	16	17	16.8
17	Buffalo Bills	@SF	22	15	18	20	18.8
18	San Diego Chargers	@NO	20	20	17	19	19.0
19	Carolina Panthers	Sea	15	24	21	22	20.5
20	Denver Broncos	@NE	25	22	20	16	20.8
20	Jacksonville Jaguars	Chi	17	16	25	25	20.8
20	Tennessee Titans	@Min	24	17	19	23	20.8
23	Washington Redskins	Atl	23	21	24	18	21.5
24	Indianapolis Colts	GB	19	23	22	26	22.5
25	New Orleans Saints	SD	21	25	26	21	23.3
26	Kansas City Chiefs	Bal	26	26	23	24	24.8