2012 Fantasy Football Defense/Special Teams Rankings: Week 14

Rk

Player

OPPONENT

Notes

1

San Francisco 49ers

vs. MIA

49ers get rookie Tannehill at home w/ no Jake Long.

2

Seattle Seahawks

vs. ARI

How will secondary fare w/o Browner?

3

Denver Broncos

at OAK (Thurs.)

Second in league w/ 38 sacks, 7 D/ST TDs.

4

Chicago Bears

at MIN

Bears could be w/o several defensive starters.

5

Pittsburgh Steelers

vs. SD

Chargers have turned ball over 24 times.

6

New York Jets

at JAC

Jaguars have allowed 38 sacks, second-most in NFL.

7

Cleveland Browns

vs. KC

Chiefs have 32 TOs, Browns have forced 26.

8

Tampa Bay Buccaneers

vs. PHI

No. 1 vs. the run, which is only thing Eagles can do.

9

San Diego Chargers

vs. PIT

No. 7 fantasy DST, Steelers' QB situation uncertain.

10

St. Louis Rams

at BUF

Had 3 sacks, safety, fumble recovery last week.

11

Arizona Cardinals

at SEA

Cards are No. 8 in fantasy scoring among DSTs.

12

Cincinnati Bengals

vs. DAL

Has allowed 13 or fewer pts. in each of last 4.

13

Houston Texans

at NE (Mon.)

Texans need to shore up pass D vs. Patriots.

14

New England Patriots

vs. HOU (Mon.)

No. 9 rushing defense vs. Arian Foster and Co.

15

Atlanta Falcons

at CAR

Falcons picked Brees off five times last week.

16

Baltimore Ravens

at WAS

RGIII on tap, Ray Lewis may be back this week.