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Week 3 Defense Rankings

32 defenses ranked · PPR scoring · Updated Sep 27, 2026, 12:26 PM EDT

Past week — Week 8 is current.

Carolina Defense is the number one fantasy defense in Week 3 on the road against CLE, an offense implied for 19.5 points, projected for 10.5 points. 6 defenses project above six points this week, and everything below that line is a coin flip you should be streaming rather than rostering. The best streaming option outside the top eight is Detroit Defense at DST9 vs NYJ (21.0 implied) at 5.3 projected points — the matchup, not the unit, is doing the work.

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RankPlayerProjVerdictActualResult

Tier 1

DST1

Carolina Defense

@ CLE

@ CLE · 19.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 11

CLE implied for 19.5, heavy sack and turnover production.

10.5Projstart2.0DST20+19

Tier 2

DST2

Pittsburgh Defense

vs CIN

vs CIN · 23.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 1

CIN implied for 23.0, heavy sack and turnover production.

8.8Projstart1.0DST24+22

DST3

Las Vegas Defense

@ NO

@ NO · 23.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 3

NO implied for 23.5, heavy sack and turnover production.

8.3Projstart8.0DST7+4

Tier 3

DST4

Seattle Defense

@ WAS

@ WAS · 16.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 1

WAS is implied for just 16.0, solid pressure and takeaway rate.

7.5Projstart1.0DST25+21

Tier 4

DST5

Minnesota Defense

@ TB

@ TB · 20.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 2

TB implied for 20.5, solid pressure and takeaway rate.

6.5Projstart11.0DST3-2

DST6

Green Bay Defense

vs ATL

vs ATL · 19.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 3

ATL implied for 19.5, solid pressure and takeaway rate.

6.2Projstart-2.0DST31+25

DST7

Jacksonville Defense

vs NE

vs NE · 21.8 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 2

NE implied for 21.8, solid pressure and takeaway rate.

5.6Projstart13.0DST2-5

DST8

Denver Defense

vs LA

vs LA · 22.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 6

LA implied for 22.5, solid pressure and takeaway rate.

5.4Projstart14.0DST1-7

DST9

Detroit Defense

vs NYJ

vs NYJ · 21.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 5

NYJ implied for 21.0.

5.3Projstream5.0DST13+4

DST10

Tampa Bay Defense

vs MIN

vs MIN · 22.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 8

MIN implied for 22.0.

5.2Projstream5.0DST14+4

DST11

New York Jets Defense

@ DET

@ DET · 27.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 7

DET is implied for 27.5, a tough draw, solid pressure and takeaway rate.

4.8Projstream1.0DST26+15

DST12

Tennessee Defense

@ NYG

@ NYG · 20.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 20

NYG implied for 20.0.

4.7Projstream9.0DST5-7

DST13

Cincinnati Defense

@ PIT

@ PIT · 19.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 2

PIT implied for 19.5.

4.6Projstream5.0DST15+2

DST14

Houston Defense

@ IND

@ IND · 20.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 9

IND implied for 20.0.

4.3Projstream8.0DST8-6

DST15

New England Defense

@ JAX

@ JAX · 24.8 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 5

JAX implied for 24.8.

4.3Projsit-1.0DST28+13

DST16

Kansas City Defense

@ MIA

@ MIA · 17.8 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 8

MIA is implied for just 17.8.

4.1Projsit6.0DST11-5

DST17

New Orleans Defense

vs LV

vs LV · 20.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 14

LV implied for 20.0.

3.9Projsit-1.0DST29+12

DST18

Buffalo Defense

vs LAC

vs LAC · 21.8 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 1

LAC implied for 21.8.

3.9Projsit5.0DST16-2

DST19

San Francisco Defense

vs ARI

vs ARI · 20.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 3

ARI implied for 20.5.

3.7Projsit3.0DST19—

DST20

Cleveland Defense

vs CAR

vs CAR · 22.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 10

CAR implied for 22.0.

3.6Projsit5.0DST17-3

DST21

Los Angeles Rams Defense

@ DEN

@ DEN · 21.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 1

DEN implied for 21.0.

3.6Projsit2.0DST21—

DST22

Chicago Defense

vs PHI

vs PHI · 23.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 9

PHI implied for 23.0.

3.5Projsit10.0DST4-18

DST23

New York Giants Defense

vs TEN

vs TEN · 17.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 6

TEN is implied for just 17.5, little big-play production.

3.5Projsit6.0DST12-11

DST24

Baltimore Defense

@ DAL

@ DAL · 25.3 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 13

DAL implied for 25.2.

3.2Projsit2.0DST22-2

Tier 5

DST25

Indianapolis Defense

vs HOU

vs HOU · 21.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▲ 3

HOU implied for 21.5, little big-play production.

2.4Projsit4.0DST18-7

DST26

Washington Defense

vs SEA

vs SEA · 24.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 5

SEA implied for 24.5, little big-play production.

2.3Projsit9.0DST6-20

DST27

Philadelphia Defense

@ CHI

@ CHI · 19.5 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 3

CHI implied for 19.5, little big-play production.

2.2Projsit0.0DST27—No snaps recorded

DST28

Los Angeles Chargers Defense

@ BUF

@ BUF · 28.8 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 1

BUF is implied for 28.8, a tough draw, little big-play production.

2.1Projsit8.0DST9-19

DST29

Arizona Defense

@ SF

@ SF · 28.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 19

SF is implied for 28.0, a tough draw, little big-play production.

2.1Projsit-4.0DST32+3

DST30

Atlanta Defense

@ GB

@ GB · 24.0 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 5

GB implied for 24.0, little big-play production.

2.0Projsit6.0DST10-20

Tier 6

DST31

Miami Defense

vs KC

vs KC · 27.8 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 14

KC is implied for 27.8, a tough draw, little big-play production.

1.1Projsit2.0DST23-8

Tier 7

DST32

Dallas Defense

vs BAL

vs BAL · 28.3 opponent implied · low confidence· ▼ 6

BAL is implied for 28.2, a tough draw, little big-play production.

0.2Projsit-1.0DST30-2

VerdictActualResult