Drafting a defense in the final rounds?
Our award-winning rankers are diligently refining their 2020 fantasy football rankings and projections so you can draft with confidence.
Below are their top-12 consensus defense rankings as of Aug. 30, but you can find their complete and up-to-the-minute rankings and season-long projections across all positions and formats with our Fantasy Football Draft Kit. You can also use that kit to create cheat sheets specific to your league as well as to calculate auction values based on your budget.
Here's a quick introduction to each of our rankers before we dive into the rankings:
- Sean Koerner was FantasyPros’ No. 1 fantasy football draft ranker of 2019, has finished as their top in-season ranker in three of the past five seasons and is The Action Network’s Director of Predictive Analytics.
- Chris Raybon was the fourth-most accurate FantasyPros’ ranker of 2019 and has watched every NFL snap since 2010.
- Matthew Freedman is the Editor-in-Chief of FantasyLabs and was the sixth-most accurate FantasyPros ranker in 2017.
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Fantasy Defense Rankings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
| 1 | Patriots |
| 2 | 49ers |
| 3 | Steelers |
| 4 | Chargers |
| 5 | Bills |
| 6 | Ravens |
| 7 | Vikings |
| 8 | Bears |
| 9 | Broncos |
| 10 | Rams |
| 11 | Titans |
| 12 | Saints |
