Fantasy Football Rankings: The Defenses

By Vincent Frank on Saturday, October 13th 2012
Fantasy Football Rankings: The Defenses

Total fantasy points here does take into account special teams. However, my primary focus when ranking defenses is points against, yards against and forced turnovers. Some of the defenses you see on this list might not actually be among the best overall units in the league. Of course that's just reality, and this is fantasy. As you already know, fantasy is the best of both worlds...In sports or not. 

But, I digress. 

Here is your top-10 defenses through the first five weeks of the 2012 NFL regular season. 

 

Team PPG YPG Turnovers Points
1. Chicago Bears 15.6 291.2 17 92
2. San Francisco 49ers 13.6 262.6 10 53
3. Houston Texans 14.6 275.6 11 64
4. Seattle Seahawks 14.0 258.6 7 58
5. Arizona Cardinals 15.6 334.0 11 53
6. Minnesota Vikings 15.8 304.2 7 58
7. St. Louis Rams 18.8 335.4 9 47
8. Dallas Cowboys 22.0 277.5 4 24
9. Pittsburgh Steelers 23.0 295.8 6 24
10. Philadelphia Eagles 19.8 307.2 7 27

 

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