Week 1 Defense Rankings — Sponsored by SKYLLZONE

While knowing who the best quarterback to play this week or which running backs you should choose is always important, knowing the matchups for defense/special teams is also important. Our Week 1 Defense rankings take into account many different factors.

We look at the opponents, obviously, and not only how strong and healthy that offense is, but how long have they been together to build some rapport. Is the offensive line a patchwork group? Is the quarterback new to the system?

We also look to Vegas to see just which defenses are expected to hold their opponents to the lowest scores. Those guys in Vegas – they are pretty good at figuring it all out down to a tee. So here are the top five defenses according to the over/under line and the point spread.

Top 5 Matchups for Defenses According to Vegas

No. 1 – @Pittsburgh over Cleveland – 40.5 o/u, -6.5 pts

No. 2 – @N.Y. Jets over Oakland – 40 o/u, -5.5 pts

No. 3 — @Tampa Bay over Carolina – 39.5 o/u, -1.5 pts

No. 4 — @Kansas City over Tennessee – 43.5 o/u, -3.5 pts

No. 5 — @St. Louis over Minnesota – 44 o/u, -4 pts

We also look at the Average Draft Position over at SKYLLZONE.com. This site holds thousands of instant snake drafts a day (for free, sign up!) for each week. (If you win, you get SKYLL Points, and then you use those to play in free cash games. Draft once a day in the Points games for free.)

So we check out the SKYLLZONE ADP to help us get a human Fantasy player consensus on the top players/defenses each week.

Top 10 Defenses on SKYLLZONE ADP

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1. Pittsburgh – 6.35 ADP
2. Seattle – 6.53 ADP
3. Chicago – 6.57 ADP
4. Kansas City – 6.59 ADP
5. Carolina – 7.10 ADP
6. Baltimore – 7.56 ADP
7. N.Y. Jets – 7.57 ADP
8. Denver – 8.00 ADP
9. New England – 8.01 ADP
10. San Francisco – 8.10 ADP

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Week 1 Defense Rankings

These rankings are based on standard Fantasy leagues that award points to defense/special teams for sacks, interceptions, fumbles recovered, yards allowed and points allowed.

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