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DEFENSIVE PLAYER RANKINGS :: WEEK 17
Based loosely on our projections and tweaked accordingly to account for other factors
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NFL SCHEDULE

WEEK 17
Saturday Dec. 27
Buffalo at New England, 1:30 pm	Seattle at San Francisco, 5:00 pm
Philadelphia at Washington 8:30 pm
Sunday Dec. 28
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	New York 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, 4:05 pm
Denver at Indianapolis, 8:30 pm

TEAM DEFENSE & SPECIAL TEAMS

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

LINEBACKERS

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

DEFENSIVE BACKS

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

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

Rnk	Player Name	NFL Tm	Opponent
1	Jason Taylor	MIA	vs NYJ
2	Michael Strahan	NYG	vs CAR
3	Julius Peppers	CAR	at NYG
4	Dwight Freeney	IND	at HOU
5	Aaron Schobel	BUF	at NE
6	Justin Smith	CIN	vs CLE
7	Richard Seymour	NE	vs BUF
8	Darren Howard	NO	vs DAL
9	Aaron Smith	PIT	at BAL
10	Andre Carter	SF	vs SEA
11	Tyler Brayton	OAK	at SD
12	Al Wallace	CAR	at NYG
13	Adewale Ogunleye	MIA	vs NYJ
14	Leonard Little	STL	at DET
15	Simeon Rice	TB	at TEN
16	Chris Cooper	OAK	at SD
17	John Henderson	JAC	at ATL
18	Charles Grant	NO	vs DAL
19	Gerard Warren	CLE	at CIN
20	Alex Brown	CHI	at KC
21	ND Kalu	PHI	at WAS
22	Grant Wistrom	STL	at DET
23	Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila	GB	vs DEN
24	Dennis Johnson	ARI	vs MIN
25	Bert Berry	DEN	at GB
26	Patrick Kerney	ATL	vs JAC
27	Chike Okeafor	SEA	at SF
28	Rod Coleman	OAK	at SD
29	Grady Jackson	GB	vs DEN
30	Vonnie Holliday	KC	vs CHI
31	Duane Clemons	CIN	vs CLE
32	Adrian Dingle	SD	vs OAK
33	Kris Jenkins	CAR	at NYG
34	Kenard Lang	CLE	at CIN
35	Marcellus Wiley	SD	vs OAK
36	Cedric Woodard	SEA	at SF
37	James Hall	DET	vs STL
38	Corey Simon	PHI	at WAS
39	Shaun Ellis	NYJ	at MIA
40	Carlos Hall	TEN	vs TB
41	Chukie Nwokorie	GB	vs DEN
42	Shaun Rogers	DET	vs STL
43	Michael Haynes	CHI	at KC
44	Sam Adams	BUF	at NE
45	Brandon Mitchell	SEA	at SF
46	Calvin Pace	ARI	vs MIN
47	Lance Johnstone	MIN	at ARI
48	Chidi Ahanotu	SF	vs SEA
49	Kevin Williams	MIN	at ARI
50	John Thornton	CIN	vs CLE