Fantasy Football 2014 Defense/Special Teams Rankings: Week 2

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Seattle still reigns atop Athlon Sports’ Week 2 Fantasy Football Defense/Special Teams Rankings, but watch out for Houston. Led by recently minted $100 million man J.J. Watt, the Texans dominated the Redskins in all facets of the game. Watt alone had a sack, a fumble recovery, a pass deflection and blocked an extra point in the 17-6 victory. As a team, Houston forced two fumbles, had three sacks and blocked two kicks, including a punt that resulted in a touchdown. Next up for the Texans? A date with Oakland and rookie quarterback Derek Carr. Good luck, rook.

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.

Positional Rankings: QB I RB I WR I TE I DST I K

2014 NFL Week 2 Fantasy Football Rankings — Defense/Special Teams


Rank	Player	Opp	Comments
1	Seattle Seahawks	at SD	Champs tough In opening win over Packers.
2	Houston Texans	at OAK	After roughing up RG3, Watt and co. get rookie QB Carr.
3	Arizona Cardinals	at NYG	Shorthanded Cards' D got job done on MNF.
4	Carolina Panthers	vs. DET	Panthers' D gets Lions' high-powered O.
5	St. Louis Rams	at TB	Rams' D-line could give Bucs fits.
6	Denver Broncos	vs. KC	New Bronco defenders making presence felt.
7	Cincinnati Bengals	vs. ATL	Ryan had Falcons' O rolling against Saints.
8	San Francisco 49ers	vs. CHI	Bears' offense could be interesting test.
9	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	vs. STL	Bucs' Tampa 2 still a work in progress.
10	New England Patriots	at MIN	Patriots got run over by Dolphins.
11	Baltimore Ravens	vs. PIT (Thurs.)	This rivalry matchup is usually tight, low-scoring.
12	Green Bay Packers	vs. NYJ	Geno Smith has 19 TOs in 17 career games.
13	Tennessee Titans	vs. DAL	Titans off Alex Smith three times in Week 1.
14	Miami Dolphins	at BUF	Dolphins' pass rush roughed up Brady.
15	New Orleans Saints	at CLE	Saints' D looking to rebound vs. Browns.
16	Buffalo Bills	vs. MIA	Bills held Bears' O in check on road last week.