Week 9 Ranks: Defense/Special teams

Updated: November 2, 2012, 12:40 PM ET

By Fantasy Staff | ESPN.com

Week 9 defense/special teams rankings

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

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Byes: New England Patriots, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, St. Louis Rams
Note: Rankings were updated to account for the latest news and to remove players from Thursday's Chiefs-Chargers game.
Last update: Friday, 4:27 p.m. ET

Rank	Name	Opp.	Berry	Harris	Karabell	Cockcroft	Avg.
1	Chicago Bears	@Ten	1	1	1	1	1.0
2	Houston Texans	Buf	3	2	2	2	2.3
3	Green Bay Packers	Ari	4	4	3	3	3.5
4	Seattle Seahawks	Min	2	3	5	5	3.8
5	Atlanta Falcons	Dal	5	9	4	7	6.3
6	Denver Broncos	@Cin	6	6	9	6	6.8
7	Detroit Lions	@Jac	7	7	6	9	7.3
8	Baltimore Ravens	@Cle	8	15	7	4	8.5
9	Minnesota Vikings	@Sea	13	5	8	11	9.3
10	New York Giants	Pit	9	13	10	10	10.5
11	Arizona Cardinals	@GB	14	10	12	8	11.0
12	Miami Dolphins	@Ind	10	8	14	13	11.3
13	Pittsburgh Steelers	@NYG	12	14	11	12	12.3
14	Cleveland Browns	Bal	11	12	13	18	13.5
15	Washington Redskins	Car	16	11	17	16	15.0
16	Dallas Cowboys	@Atl	20	16	15	14	16.3
17	Cincinnati Bengals	Den	17	17	22	15	17.8
18	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	@Oak	19	19	18	19	18.8
19	Oakland Raiders	TB	15	25	16	22	19.5
20	Philadelphia Eagles	@NO	23	23	19	17	20.5
21	Indianapolis Colts	Mia	21	21	20	21	20.8
22	Tennessee Titans	Chi	25	20	21	20	21.5
23	Jacksonville Jaguars	Det	18	22	26	24	22.5
24	Carolina Panthers	@Wsh	24	18	24	25	22.8
25	New Orleans Saints	Phi	22	26	23	26	24.3
26	Buffalo Bills	@Hou	26	24	25	23	24.5