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DEFENSIVE PLAYER RANKINGS :: WEEK 16
Based loosely on our projections and tweaked accordingly to account for other factors
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NFL SCHEDULE

WEEK 16

Saturday, Dec. 20

Atlanta at Tampa Bay, 1:30 pm	Kansas City at Minnesota, 5:00 pm
New England at N.Y. Jets, 8:30 pm
Sunday, Dec. 21
Baltimore at Cleveland, 1:00 pm	Cincinnati at St. Louis, 1:00 pm
Detroit at Carolina, 1:00 pm	Miami at Buffalo, 1:00 pm
New Orleans at Jacksonville, 1:00 pm	N.Y. Giants at Dallas, 1:00 pm
Tennessee at Houston, 1:00 pm	Washington at Chicago, 1:00 pm
San Diego at Pittsburgh, 4:05 pm	Arizona at Seattle, 4:15 pm
San Francisco at Philadelphia, 4:15 pm	Denver at Indianapolis, 8:30 pm

Monday, Dec. 22

Green Bay at Oakland, 9:00 pm

TEAM DEFENSE & SPECIAL TEAMS

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

LINEBACKERS

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

DEFENSIVE BACKS

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

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

Rnk	Player Name	NFL Tm	Opponent
1	Dwight Freeney	IND	vs DEN
2	Mike Strahan	NYG	at DAL
3	Jason Taylor	MIA	at BUF
4	Darren Howard	NO	at JAC
5	Alex Brown	CHI	vs WAS
6	Aaron Schobel	BUF	vs MIA
7	Adewale Ogunleye	MIA	at BUF
8	Leonard Little	STL	vs CIN
9	Simeon Rice	TB	vs ATL
10	Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila	GB	at OAK
11	Kenard Lang	CLE	vs BAL
12	Patrick Kerney	ATL	at TB
13	Andre Carter	SF	at PHI
14	ND Kalu	PHI	vs SF
15	Julius Peppers	CAR	vs DET
16	Adrian Dingle	SD	at PIT
17	Duane Clemons	CIN	at STL
18	Justin Smith	CIN	at STL
19	Shaun Ellis	NYJ	vs NE
20	Charles Grant	NO	at JAC
21	John Henderson	JAC	vs NO
22	Al Wallace	CAR	vs DET
23	Jevon Kearse	TEN	at HOU
24	Warren Sapp	TB	vs ATL
25	Rod Coleman	OAK	vs GB
26	Gerard Warren	CLE	vs BAL
27	Richard Seymour	NE	at NYJ
28	R-Kal Truluck	KC	at MIN
29	Cedric Woodard	SEA	vs ARI
30	Chike Okeafor	SEA	vs ARI
31	Greg Ellis	DAL	vs NYG
32	La'Roi Glover	DAL	vs NYG
33	Marcus Stroud	JAC	vs NO
34	Shaun Rogers	DET	at CAR
35	Tyler Brayton	OAK	vs GB
36	Ryan Sims	KC	at MIN
37	Sam Adams	BUF	vs MIA
38	Vonnie Holliday	KC	at MIN
39	Kevin Williams	MIN	vs KC
40	Chris Cooper	OAK	vs GB
41	Trevor Pryce	DEN	at IND
42	Dennis Johnson	ARI	at SEA
43	Grant Wistrom	STL	vs CIN
44	John Thornton	CIN	at STL
45	Raheem Brock	IND	vs DEN
46	Phillip Daniels	CHI	vs WAS
47	Brian Young	STL	vs CIN
48	Bert Berry	DEN	at IND
49	Pat Williams	BUF	vs MIA
50	Grady Jackson	GB	at OAK