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DEFENSIVE PLAYER RANKINGS :: WEEK 15
Based loosely on our projections and tweaked accordingly to account for other factors
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NFL SCHEDULE

WEEK 15

Sunday, Dec. 14

Atlanta at Indianapolis, 1:00 pm	Buffalo at Tennessee, 1:00 pm
Dallas at Washington, 1:00 pm	Detroit at Kansas City, 1:00 pm
Houston at Tampa Bay, 1:00 pm	Jacksonville at New England, 1:00 pm
Minnesota at Chicago, 1:00 pm	Pittsburgh at N.Y. Jets, 1:00 pm
Seattle at St. Louis, 1:00 pm	San Francisco at Cincinnati, 1:00 pm
Baltimore at Oakland, 4:05 pm	Cleveland at Denver, 4:05 pm
Carolina at Arizona, 4:15 pm	Green Bay at San Diego, 4:15 pm
N.Y. Giants at New Orleans, 8:30 pm

Monday, Dec. 15

Philadelphia at Miami, 9:00 pm

TEAM DEFENSE & SPECIAL TEAMS

Rnk	Player Name	NFL Tm	Opponent
1	Baltimore Ravens	BAL	at OAK
2	St. Louis Rams	STL	vs SEA
3	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TB	vs HOU
4	Tennessee Titans	TEN	vs BUF
5	Kansas City Chiefs	KC	vs DET
6	Minnesota Vikings	MIN	at CHI
7	New England Patriots	NE	vs JAC
8	Philadelphia Eagles	PHI	at MIA
9	New Orleans Saints	NO	vs NYG
10	Cincinnati Bengals	CIN	vs SF
11	Green Bay Packers	GB	at SD
12	Miami Dolphins	MIA	vs PHI
13	Carolina Panthers	CAR	at ARI
14	Seattle Seahawks	SEA	at STL
15	Indianapolis Colts	IND	vs ATL
16	Buffalo Bills	BUF	at TEN
17	New York Jets	NYJ	vs PIT
18	San Francisco 49'ers	SF	at CIN
19	Denver Broncos	DEN	vs CLE
20	Dallas Cowboys	DAL	at WAS
21	Pittsburgh Steelers	PIT	at NYJ
22	Cleveland Browns	CLE	at DEN
23	Houston Texans	HOU	at TB
24	Atlanta Falcons	ATL	vs IND
25	Oakland Raiders	OAK	vs BAL
26	San Diego Chargers	SD	vs GB
27	Jacksonville Jaguars	JAC	at NE
28	Washington Redskins	WAS	vs DAL
29	New York Giants	NYG	at NO
30	Detroit Lions	DET	at KC
31	Chicago Bears	CHI	vs MIN
32	Arizona Cardinals	ARI	vs CAR

LINEBACKERS

Rnk	Player Name	NFL Tm	Opponent
1	Donnie Edwards	SD	vs GB
2	Keith Brooking	ATL	at IND
3	Eric Barton	OAK	vs BAL
4	Jamie Sharper	HOU	at TB
5	Keith Bulluck	TEN	vs BUF
6	Michael Barrow	NYG	at NO
7	Kendrell Bell	PIT	at NYJ
8	Ray Lewis (Q)	BAL	at OAK
9	Jay Foreman	HOU	at TB
10	London Fletcher	BUF	at TEN
11	David Thornton	IND	vs ATL
12	Al Wilson	DEN	vs CLE
13	Jeremiah Trotter	WAS	vs DAL
14	Andra Davis	CLE	at DEN
15	Mark Simoneau	PHI	at MIA
16	Brian Simmons	CIN	vs SF
17	Ronald McKinnon	ARI	vs CAR
18	Takeo Spikes	BUF	at TEN
19	Zack Thomas	MIA	vs PHI
20	Brant Boyer	CLE	at DEN
21	Nate Wayne	PHI	at MIA
22	LaVar Arrington	WAS	vs DAL
23	Nick Barnett	GB	at SD
24	Napoleon Harris	OAK	vs BAL
25	Akinola Ayodele	JAC	at NE
26	Chad Brown	SEA	at STL
27	Tommy Polley	STL	vs SEA
28	Jason Glenn	NYJ	vs PIT
29	Na'il Diggs	GB	at SD
30	Julian Peterson	SF	at CIN
31	Earl Holmes	DET	at KC
32	Derek Smith	SF	at CIN
33	James Farrior	PIT	at NYJ
34	Shawn Barber	KC	vs DET
35	Peter Sirmon	TEN	vs BUF
36	Brian Urlacher	CHI	vs MIN
37	Chris Draft	ATL	at IND
38	Will Witherspoon	CAR	at ARI
39	D.D. Lewis	SEA	at STL
40	Marvin Jones	NYJ	vs PIT
41	Scott Fujita	KC	vs DET
42	Kevin Hardy	CIN	vs SF
43	Mike Peterson	JAC	at NE
44	Tim Johnson	OAK	vs BAL
45	Dat Nguyen	DAL	at WAS
46	Tedy Bruschi	NE	vs JAC
47	Peter Boulware	BAL	at OAK
48	E.J. Henderson	MIN	at CHI
49	Marcus Washington	IND	vs ATL
50	Dhani Jones	NYG	at NO

DEFENSIVE BACKS

Rnk	Player Name	NFL Tm	Opponent
1	Mike Doss	IND	vs ATL
2	Sammy Knight	MIA	vs PHI
3	Roy Williams	DAL	at WAS
4	Bryan Scott	ATL	at IND
5	Ken Hamlin	SEA	at STL
6	Corey Chavous	MIN	at CHI
7	Ed Reed	BAL	at OAK
8	Marques Anderson	GB	at SD
9	Terrence Kiel	SD	vs GB
10	Darren Sharper	GB	at SD
11	Greg Wesley	KC	vs DET
12	Rodgers Beckett	CIN	vs SF
13	Brian Dawkins	PHI	at MIA
14	Brian Russell	MIN	at CHI
15	Rodney Harrison	NE	vs JAC
16	Brian Williams	MIN	at CHI
17	Michael Lewis	PHI	at MIA
18	Jay Bellamy	NO	vs NYG
19	Adam Archuleta	STL	vs SEA
20	Dexter Jackson	ARI	vs CAR
21	Dre' Bly (Q)	DET	at KC
22	Nick Harper (Q)	IND	vs ATL
23	Johnnie Harris	NYG	at NO
24	Charles Tillman	MIN	at CHI
25	Tyrone Carter	NYJ	vs PIT
26	Mike Logan	PIT	at NYJ
27	Eric Brown	HOU	at TB
28	Omar Stoutmire	NYG	at NO
29	Tony Parrish	SF	at CIN
30	Deon Grant	CAR	at ARI
31	Sam Garnes	NYJ	vs PIT
32	Robert Griffith	CLE	at DEN
33	Ronde Barber	TB	vs HOU
34	Adrian Wilson	ARI	vs CAR
35	Antoine Winfield	BUF	at TEN
36	Lance Schulters	TEN	vs BUF
37	Mark Roman	CIN	vs SF
38	Donovan Darius	JAC	at NE
39	Mike Minter	CAR	at ARI
40	Jerry Wilson	SD	vs GB
41	Matt Bowen	WAS	vs DAL
42	Nick Ferguson	DEN	vs CLE
43	Bobby Gray	CHI	vs MIN
44	Kenoy Kennedy	DEN	vs CLE
45	Ifeanyi Ohalete	WAS	vs DAL
46	Lawyer Milloy	BUF	at TEN
47	Eugene Wilson	NE	vs JAC
48	Shawn Springs	SEA	at STL
49	Earl Little	CLE	at DEN
50	Terrence Holt	DET	at KC

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

Rnk	Player Name	NFL Tm	Opponent
1	Michael Strahan	NYG	at NO
2	Leonard Little	STL	vs SEA
3	Darren Howard	NO	vs NYG
4	Adewale Ogunleye	MIA	vs PHI
5	Simeon Rice	TB	vs HOU
6	Julius Peppers	CAR	at ARI
7	ND Kalu	PHI	at MIA
8	Shaun Ellis	NYJ	vs PIT
9	Charles Grant	NO	vs NYG
10	Jason Taylor	MIA	vs PHI
11	Dwight Freeney	IND	vs ATL
12	Jevon Kearse	TEN	vs BUF
13	Justin Smith	CIN	vs SF
14	Aaron Schobel	BUF	at TEN
15	Chike Okeafor	SEA	at STL
16	Duane Clemons	CIN	vs SF
17	Alex Brown	CHI	vs MIN
18	Chris Cooper	OAK	vs BAL
19	Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila	GB	at SD
20	Lance Johnstone	MIN	at CHI
21	Shaun Rogers	DET	at KC
22	Greg Ellis	DAL	at WAS
23	Richard Seymour	NE	vs JAC
24	Warren Sapp	TB	vs HOU
25	Tyler Brayton	OAK	vs BAL
26	La'Roi Glover	DAL	at WAS
27	Kenny Mixon	MIN	at CHI
28	Kris Jenkins	CAR	at ARI
29	Andre Carter	SF	at CIN
30	Cedric Woodard	SEA	at STL
31	Kenard Lang	CLE	at DEN
32	Al Wallace	CAR	at ARI
33	Trevor Pryce	DEN	vs CLE
34	Bertrand Berry	DEN	vs CLE
35	Bryan Thomas	NYJ	vs PIT
36	John Henderson	JAC	at NE
37	Anthony Weaver	BAL	at OAK
38	John Thornton	CIN	vs SF
39	Johnathan Sullivan	NO	vs NYG
40	Carlos Hall	TEN	vs BUF
41	Chukie Nwokorie	GB	at SD
42	Kenyon Coleman	DAL	at WAS
43	Michael Haynes	CHI	ve MIN
44	Vonnie Holliday	KC	vs DET
45	Corey Simon	PHI	at MIA
46	Adrian Dingle	SD	vs GB
47	Bryce Fisher	STL	vs SEA
48	Grant Wistrom	STL	vs SEA
49	Mark Word	CLE	at DEN
50	Mike Rucker (Q)	CAR	at ARI