Week 12 Fantasy Football Rankings — Defense/Special Teams
Each week during the NFL season, we will rank enough players at each position to appease everyone from those in 8-team leagues to 16-team leagues, those that can start two QBs, two TEs, three RBs and four WRs. We cut out the rest, because if you're looking at who the 50th-best running back or the 17th-best kicker is for that week, you need more help than any Web site can give you.
2012 NFL Week 12 Fantasy Football Rankings — Defense/Special Teams
| Rk | Player | OPPONENT | Notes |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | at KC | No. 2 scoring DST gets vs. team w/ most turnovers (31). |
| 2 | St. Louis Rams | at ARI | Held Cardinals to 3 points w/ 9 sacks in Week 5 win. |
| 3 | San Francisco 49ers | at NO | 49ers dominant (7 PA, 6 sacks, 2 INTs, safety) vs. Bears. |
| 4 | Seattle Seahawks | at MIA | Seahawks are No. 3 in total, pass defense, No. 2 in scoring. |
| 5 | Chicago Bears | vs. MIN | Season-worst 32 points, only 2 sacks in loss to 49ers. |
| 6 | Houston Texans | at DET (Thurs.) | Allowed season-high 458 yards against Jaguars. |
| 7 | Pittsburgh Steelers | at CLE | No. 1 in total defense, No. 26 in fantasy scoring. |
| 8 | Baltimore Ravens | at SD | Chargers have 14 turnovers in last five games. |
| 9 | Arizona Cardinals | vs. STL | Picked off Matt Ryan five times last week. |
| 10 | Minnesota Vikings | at CHI | Bears offense hopes to get Cutler (concussion) back. |
| 11 | New England Patriots | at NYJ (Thurs.) | Three INTs, three defensive/special teams TDs vs. Colts. |
| 12 | Cleveland Browns | vs. PIT | Charlie Batch starting at QB for Steelers. |
| 13 | Cincinnati Bengals | vs. OAK | Bengals have allowed 19 points, have 7 sacks in last 2 G. |
| 14 | Green Bay Packers | at NYG | Packers put up 5 sacks, 4 takeaways, TD vs. Lions. |
| 15 | Atlanta Falcons | at TB | Falcons held Cardinals to 41 yards passing last week. |
| 16 | New York Giants | vs. GB | No. 25 passing defense gets shot at Rodgers, Packers. |
Rankings are based upon Athlon Sports' standard scoring system:
DEFENSIVE SCORING
0 points allowed = 12 points
1-6 points allowed = 10 points
7-13 points allowed = 8 pts
14-20 points allowed = 6 points
21-27 points allowed = 2 pts
28+ points allowed = 0 points
Safeties = 2 points
Fumbles recovered = 2 points
Interceptions = 2 points
Sacks = 1 point
Defensive/Special Teams TDs = 6 points
Additional Week 12 Positional Rankings
Quarterbacks
Running Backs
Wide Receivers
Tight Ends
Kickers
