Week 6 Rankings: Team Defense/Special Teams Units

For all of you Bears D/ST owners, just be happy you get the bye out of the way early. That defense is practically an offense. Outside of them though, nobody's missing a defense (Saints, Panthers, Jaguars on bye). Full strength here, people! Don't get cute and try and ride that Seahawks defense. It's Tom Brady. Don't be stupid.

Also, don't start dropping the Cowboys defense left and right just because they lose games. You don't get points for wins, and you don't lose points for losses. Also, as you should have read in this week's Waiver View, jump on that Dolphins defense, especially if you're a Bears owner looking for a fill.

Rank	D/ST	Opp	Comments
1	Cardinals	BUF	PATRICK PETERSON HASN'T EVEN TAKEN ONE BACK YET!
2	Steelers	@TEN	All I can say is that I feel really bad for Matt Hasselbeck.
3	Dolphins	STL	This pass rush is going to eat Sam Bradford alive. Maybe Sean Smith nabs one out of the air.
4	Falcons	OAK	Falcons haven't been world-beaters, but we don't know which Carson Palmer shows up.
5	Texans	GB	The points allowed factor is scary but they should be able to rack up the sacks.
6	Ravens	DAL	Romo could turn the ball over a ton (or the Good Romo shows up and he scorches the defense). Never know.
7	49ers	NYG	Eli can be turnover-prone and the Niners don't face too many missteps.
8	Vikings	@WSH	Yeah, RGIII is terrifying, but after last week's scare they may play more conservatively.
9	Patriots	@SEA	Russell Wilson kind of sucks. And they're run D is good enough to contain Lynch.
10	Buccaneers	KC	Having to start Brady Quinn can only lead to disaster, right?
11	Eagles	DET	People seem to be high on them but I'm not sure I'd risk it with Stafford/Megatron coming off of a bye.
12	Cowboys	@BAL	Their record is no reflection of how well the defense really has played.
13	Seahawks	NE	They may get the sacks but it's too risky going up against this offense
14	Broncos	@SD	The pass rush might make Philip Rivers's face explode. I mean, if it already hasn't.
15	Bengals	@CLE	Weeden isn't great and they don't have many receivers. If they can contain Richardson, they'll be golden.
16	Giants	@SF	Maybe their secondary magically gets good. And, more likely, maybe not. Probably not.
17	Bills	@ARI	Kolb gets sacked a ton and the Cardinals won't be running up the score.
18	Packers	@HOU	Texans don't turn it over often but this Packers D is full of ballhawks and Cobb can always take one to the house.
19	Lions	@PHI	Sure they're secondary is a pinata but if the pass rush gets to Vick, well, we know how secure he is with the ball.
20	Rams	STL	Tannehill continues to look good and Reggie Bush is a monster.
21	Browns	CIN	It's tough because they're not terrible, but they're still the Browns and the Dalton can get it going.
22	Jets	IND	Luck proved a lot last week and this Jets D is slowly deteriorating.
23	Chargers	DEN	You watched them against the Saints, right? Expect pretty much the same thing
24	Chiefs	@TB	This team (who I thought would win the division) has completely imploded and Freeman is competent.
25	Redskins	MIN	This Vikings offense is really clicking. They'll have no answer for Peterson, Harvin or Rudolph.
26	Colts	@NYJ	They're not very good at all plus they'll be missing Robert Mathis.
27	Titans	PIT	They've been abysmal at defending everything.
28	Raiders	@ATL	You must very much enjoy torment if you plan on starting this squad