Fantasy Football 2014 Defense/Special Teams Rankings: Week 2
J.J. Watt
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. |
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
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