Week 7 Ranks: Team defenses

Updated: October 19, 2012, 11:32 AM ET

By Fantasy Staff | ESPN.com

Week 7 defense/special teams rankings

By position: QB | RB | WR | TE | K | DST
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Byes: Atlanta Falcons, Denver Broncos, Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins, Philadelphia Eagles, San Diego Chargers
Note: Rankings were updated to account for the latest news and to remove players from Thursday's Seahawks-49ers game.
Last update: Saturday, 3:10 p.m. ET

Rank	Name	Opp.	Berry	Harris	Karabell	Cockcroft	Avg.
1	Chicago Bears	Det	1	2	1	1	1.3
2	Minnesota Vikings	Ari	3	1	2	3	2.3
3	Houston Texans	Bal	4	3	4	2	3.3
4	Green Bay Packers	@StL	2	5	3	5	3.8
5	Arizona Cardinals	@Min	6	4	6	4	5.0
6	Pittsburgh Steelers	@Cin	7	6	5	6	6.0
7	New England Patriots	NYJ	5	7	7	7	6.5
8	Baltimore Ravens	@Hou	11	13	8	8	10.0
9	New York Giants	Wsh	10	9	10	12	10.3
10	Detroit Lions	@Chi	8	8	9	18	10.8
11	Cincinnati Bengals	Pit	9	11	11	14	11.3
12	Dallas Cowboys	@Car	14	12	12	9	11.8
13	Cleveland Browns	@Ind	15	10	15	15	13.8
14	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	NO	16	15	17	11	14.8
15	New York Jets	@NE	17	19	14	10	15.0
16	Oakland Raiders	Jac	13	16	13	21	15.8
17	Washington Redskins	@NYG	12	17	18	19	16.5
18	Buffalo Bills	Ten	19	20	16	17	18.0
19	St. Louis Rams	GB	23	14	23	13	18.3
20	Carolina Panthers	Dal	21	18	21	16	19.0
21	Indianapolis Colts	Cle	20	21	19	20	20.0
22	Jacksonville Jaguars	@Oak	18	24	20	24	21.5
23	New Orleans Saints	@TB	22	23	22	22	22.3
24	Tennessee Titans	@Buf	24	22	24	23	23.3