Week 4 Rankings: Team Defense/Special Teams Units

Cardinals and Falcons defenses are still available in a gazillion leagues! Get on that!

Rank	D/ST	Opp.	Comments
1	Ravens	CLE	Browns per game only scoring 17 points and giving up 2 picks and 3 sacks. Safest play this week.
2	Seahawks	@STL	Rams getting sacked 4 times per game and after Monday night's clinic, Seattle could easily double that.
3	Texans	TEN	No run game for the Titans plus no O-line. J.J. Watt may literally kill Jake Locker on Sunday. Won't be pretty.
4	Cardinals	MIA	With Reggie Bush ailing, Cards will keep the score low. Maybe Peterson takes one back, too. Y'know, just for fun.
5	49ers	@NYJ	They will force turnovers early and often and will keep the score low by dominating the time-of-possession.
6	Bears	@DAL	Top fantasy defense thus far and Romo is capable of turning it over.
7	Cowboys	CHI	Dallas corners are phenomenal and the team's only allowing 1 passing TD per game. Cutler will turn it over.
8	Falcons	CAR	Falcons have forced 8 turnovers out of QBs this year. Cam's fresh off a 3-pick outing vs. the awful Giants secondary.
9	Packers	NO	The secondary could ends up with a few turnovers, but tread carefully. This Saints offense has to click sometime, right?
10	Patriots	@BUF	With injuries hampering the Bills' backfield, the Pats could prevail in commanding fashion and with ease.
11	Giants	@PHI	Philly giving up the most fantasy points to defenses thus far and this Giants pass rush isn't going to let that change.
12	Eagles	NYG	Eagles defense not terrible. Giants will attempt to split carries between RBs and Eli's not perfect, either.
13	Dolphins	@ARI	The only reason they may be playable is that the Cardinals run and control the clock and won't score too much.
14	Broncos	OAK	Denver will likely contain McFadden so we'll have to see whether good or bad Carson Palmer shows up.
15	Lions	MIN	Vikes don't turn it over much and Ponder doesn't take many sacks but that should change against this defensive front.
16	Jets	SF	No more Revis. This defense now faces a complete shift in scheme. Also, the numbers don't lie.
17	Chargers	@KC	The Chargers have been sneakily good and KC turns it over a lot, BUT we saw last week what Charles can do.
18	Bengals	@JAC	Gabbert will one day bloom into the turnover machine that I truly believe he will be, but MJD is still a force.
19	Vikings	@DET	Stafford's practicing in full and there's way too much risk combining this secondary and the Lions' pass game.
20	Rams	SEA	They won't stop Lynch and the Seahawks don't turn it over (**except at the end of Monday night**).
21	Jaguars	CIN	The Bengals take A LOT of sacks, but they also hang 30 a game. It's risky.
22	Buccaneers	WSH	Lost Clayborn for the year and this Redskins offense is explosive.
23	Bills	NE	Make whatever case you want, but it's the Patriots. Too risky in any league.
24	Redskins	@TB	'Skins ranks against position: second-to-last vs. QB, last vs. WR, third-to-last vs. TE. At least they're okay vs RBs!
25	Browns	@BAL	They've shown signs of life, but still missing Joe Haden and, c'mon, they're playing the Ravens. Don't be foolish.
26	Chiefs	SD	Chiefs give up the 8th-most or higher to every offensive position in fantasy football. Plainly, this defense sucks.
27	Raiders	@DEN	This team has zero sense of pass defense and Peyton played well against a good Houston team last week.
28	Saints	@GB	NO is in the top 10 fantasy-wise in giving up points to every offensive position (besides TE). Don't do it.
29	Panthers	@ATL	The Falcons are the highest scoring team in the NFL.
30	Titans	@HOU	You're better off playing Indy or Pittsburgh defense.