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Ladies and gentlemen. The 2015 fantasy football draft season is upon us, and here at RotoBaller we've been putting out lots of great fantasy football rankings & analysis for weeks. Over the last few days, we've be releasing our tiered fantasy football rankings, for both PPR and standard leagues. Creating tiers and groupings of players is a great way to prepare for your drafts, and it helps you easily identify which players to draft when.
Today we continue with our tiered defense (D/ST) rankings for 2015. As we all know, defenses can be an important factor in determining week-to-week matchups, so we try not to take them too lightly. The below staff consensus defensive rankings take the average ranks of our lead fantasy football columnists, and break out the NFL defenses into color-coded tiers so you can quickly identify who to target on draft day. Let's get to it.
Editor's note: Be sure to check out our Who To Draft Tool, a free player comparison tool which can help you make decisions on who to draft. Need to choose between a few players? Not sure who to pick next? Compare any two NFL players and see which is recommended for your drafts.
Tiered Defense (D/ST) Rankings - 2015 Fantasy Football
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RotoBaller
Rank |
Rankings
Tiers |
Defenses
(Team / BYE Week) |
AVERAGE DRAFT POSITION BY PROVIDER | |||
| Yahoo | ESPN | CBS | AVG | |||
| 1 | 1 | Seattle Seahawks / 9 | 60 | 64 | 74 | 66 |
| 2 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 8 | 65 | 80 | 101 | 82 |
| 3 | 2 | New York Jets / 5 | 126 | 148 | 137 | |
| 4 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 7 | 164 | 117 | 167 | 149.3 |
| 5 | 3 | Houston Texans / 9 | 71 | 82 | 102 | 85 |
| 6 | 3 | St. Louis Rams / 6 | 78 | 103 | 106 | 95.7 |
| 7 | 3 | Arizona Cardinals / 9 | 83 | 159 | 149 | 130.3 |
| 8 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 5 | 174 | 192 | 225 | 197 |
| 9 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 9 | 185 | 160 | 147 | 164 |
| 10 | 4 | Carolina Panthers / 5 | 180 | 114 | 147 | |
| 11 | 4 | Baltimore Ravens / 9 | 104 | 143 | 160 | 135.7 |
| 12 | 4 | Miami Dolphins / 5 | 127 | 126 | 126.5 | |
| 13 | 4 | Green Bay Packers / 7 | 118 | 158 | 146 | 140.7 |
| 14 | 4 | Cincinnati Bengals / 7 | 167 | 186 | 176.5 | |
| 15 | 4 | New England Patriots / 4 | 93 | 124 | 198 | 138.3 |
| 16 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 9 | 184 | 212 | 198 | |
| 17 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 8 | 74 | 138 | 152 | 121.3 |
| 18 | 5 | Cleveland Browns / 11 | ||||
| 19 | 5 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 11 | 133 | 207 | 170 | |
| 20 | 5 | Indianapolis Colts / 10 | 228 | 228 | ||
| 21 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 10 | 165 | 165 | ||
| 22 | 5 | San Diego Chargers / 10 | 217 | 217 | ||
| 23 | 5 | Oakland Raiders / 6 | ||||
| 24 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 6 | 134 | 202 | 168 | |
| 25 | 5 | New York Giants / 11 | 135 | 231 | 183 | |
| 26 | 5 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6 | ||||
| 27 | 6 | New Orleans Saints / 11 | ||||
| 28 | 6 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 8 | ||||
| 29 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 7 | 131 | 131 | ||
| 30 | 6 | Atlanta Falcons / 10 | 224 | 224 | ||
| 31 | 6 | Tennessee Titans / 4 | ||||
| 32 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 8 | 218 | 218 | ||
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