Week 17 Rankings: Defense/Special teams

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These rankings are intended to rate how players will perform in Week 17 of the NFL season only and does not account for season-long performance. They are a composite of Matthew Berry's, Christopher Harris', Eric Karabell's and Erik Kuselias' personal rankings for the week. ESPN's official fantasy projections and profiles for Week 17 can be viewed by clicking here.

Rankings were updated Friday to adjust for the latest injury news and emerging trends.

Week 17 defense/special teams rankings
Rank	Name	Opponent	Berry	Harris	Kuselias	Karabell	Average
1	Baltimore Ravens	Jac	1	1	1	1	1.0
2	Pittsburgh Steelers	Cle	2	2	2	2	2.0
3	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	Oak	5	3	3	8	4.8
4	Minnesota Vikings	NYG	10	4	5	5	6.0
5	Green Bay Packers	Det	4	13	4	3	6.0
6	Miami Dolphins	@NYJ	7	5	10	4	6.5
7	Atlanta Falcons	StL	3	10	7	9	7.3
8	Chicago Bears	@Hou	9	7	8	18	10.5
9	Philadelphia Eagles	Dal	12	8	11	13	11.0
10	Tennessee Titans	@Ind	18	9	12	6	11.3
11	New York Jets	Mia	14	12	9	11	11.5
12	New York Giants	@Min	6	11	13	19	12.3
13	Dallas Cowboys	@Phi	17	6	15	12	12.5
14	New England Patriots	@Buf	8	15	6	21	12.5
15	Arizona Cardinals	Sea	13	19	16	20	17.0
16	Kansas City Chiefs	@Cin	11	16	30	14	17.8
17	Washington Redskins	@SF	16	25	19	15	18.8
18	San Francisco 49ers	Was	20	14	18	24	19.0
19	Houston Texans	Chi	19	17	17	25	19.5
20	Cleveland Browns	@Pit	21	28	21	10	20.0
21	Jacksonville Jaguars	@Bal	25	24	25	7	20.3
22	Indianapolis Colts	Ten	24	21	14	23	20.5
23	Carolina Panthers	@NO	15	18	24	29	21.5
24	Oakland Raiders	@TB	22	26	23	16	21.8
25	Cincinnati Bengals	KC	23	22	29	17	22.8
26	Buffalo Bills	NE	26	23	20	28	24.3
27	Seattle Seahawks	@Ari	31	20	26	22	24.8
28	San Diego Chargers	Den	27	27	22	31	26.8
29	New Orleans Saints	Car	29	29	28	26	28.0
30	St. Louis Rams	@Atl	30	30	31	27	29.5
31	Denver Broncos	@SD	32	31	27	30	30.0
32	Detroit Lions	@GB	28	32	32	32	31.0

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