Plenty of surprises still in the team defense/ special teams rankings, and heading into week 5 we have 4 teams on a bye week. Fantasy owners will be looking for a team to scoop up off the waiver wire, and these rankings should help.
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Week 5 rankings for D/ST
| Rank | Defense | % Owned (Yahoo) |
Pts Allow |
Sack | Sfty | Int | Fum Rec |
Def TD |
Blk Kick |
SpTm TD |
Ftsy Pts |
Week 5 |
| 1 | Chicago | 99% | 44 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 69 | at JAX |
| 2 | Baltimore | 99% | 83 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 41 | at KC |
| 3 | San Francisco | 98% | 65 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 48 | vs BUF |
| 4 | Arizona | 84% | 61 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 55 | at STL |
| 5 | Houston | 96% | 54 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 52 | at NYJ |
| 6 | Pittsburgh | 75% | 69 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | vs PHI |
| 7 | New York (Giants) | 81% | 78 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | vs CLE |
| 8 | Atlanta | 62% | 76 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | at WAS |
| 9 | Green Bay | 95% | 81 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | at IND |
| 10 | Seattle | 90% | 58 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 40 | at CAR |
| 11 | Minnesota | 10% | 72 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 50 | vs TEN |
| 12 | New England | 67% | 92 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | vs DEN |
| 13 | New York (Jets) | 72% | 103 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 36 | vs HOU |
| 14 | St. Louis | 4% | 79 | 6 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | vs ARI |
| 15 | Miami | 9% | 84 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 34 | at CIN |
| 16 | Cincinnati | 26% | 100 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 33 | vs MIA |
| 17 | San Diego | 8% | 71 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 39 | at NO |
| 18 | Philadelphia | 86% | 71 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 | at PIT |
| 19 | Cleveland | 11% | 92 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 36 | at NYG |
| 20 | Washington | 9% | 123 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 31 | vs ATL |
| 21 | Denver | 23% | 83 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 31 | at NE |
| 22 | Buffalo | 38% | 125 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 28 | at SF |
| 23 | Jacksonville | 2% | 97 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | vs CHI |
| 24 | Tennessee | 6% | 133 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 23 | at MIN |
| 25 | New Orleans | 6% | 122 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | vs SD |
| 26 | Carolina | 1% | 109 | 12 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | vs SEA |
| 27 | Kansas City | 5% | 130 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | vs BAL |
| 28 | Indianapolis | 1% | 83 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | vs GB |
| BYE | Tampa Bay | 14% | 91 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 34 | BYE |
| BYE | Dallas | 39% | 54 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 22 | BYE |
| BYE | Detroit | 47% | 102 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | BYE |
| BYE | Oakland | 4% | 125 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | BYE |
Team Defense/ Special Teams week 5 rankings news and notes
Chicago Bears DEF/ST - Da Bears have taken a commanding fantasy lead after a 5 interception, 2 TD performance against Tony Romo and the Cowboys. All this without a single KR/PR for a TD, which many fantasy owners were probably banking on when the season began.
San Francisco 49ers DEF - Good news for owners that reached for the 49ers in this year’s draft, after averaging fewer than 5 points per week through the first 3 weeks, the 49ers pulled off a shutout against the Jets, and 34 total points likely helping their owners win the week. The bad news? They didn’t help the fantasy cause much the first 3 weeks, and will need to continue with the interceptions and sacks in weeks to come.
Pittsburgh Steelers DEF/ST - The Steelers are coming out of their bye week, and get to face a turnover prone Eagles team, can they finally get some solid fantasy points for the 75% of leagues that own them?
Minnesota Vikings/ Tennessee Titans DEF/ST - So far the Vikings and Titans are the only 2 teams in football with 2 return TD’s. A situation to keep an eye on going forward, especially with the Titans who look like they have a special teams unit that could lead the league in KR/PR TD’s this season.
Oakland Raiders DEF - Why are they still owned in 4% of leagues? Through 4 weeks they have 0 fantasy points, is anyone starting these guys?
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