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DEFENSIVE PLAYER RANKINGS :: WEEK 8
Based loosely on our projections and tweaked accordingly to account for other factors
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NFL SCHEDULE

WEEK 8

Sunday, Oct. 26

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

Monday, Oct. 27

Miami at San Diego, 9:00 pm

Open date: Atlanta, Green Bay, Oakland, Washington

TEAM DEFENSE & SPECIAL TEAMS

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

LINEBACKERS

Rnk	Player Name	NFL Tm	Opponent
1	Zack Thomas	MIA	at SD
2	Donnie Edwards	SD	vs MIA
3	Chris Claiborne	MIN	vs NYG
4	Derrick Brooks	TB	vs DAL
5	Al Wilson	DEN	at BAL
6	David Thornton	IND	vs HOU
7	Ray Lewis	BAL	vs DEN
8	Keith Bulluck	TEN	at JAC
9	Will Witherspoon	CAR	at NO
10	Jamie Sharper	HOU	at IND
11	Anthony Simmons	JAC	vs CIN
12	Scott Fujita	KC	vs BUF
13	Robert Thomas	STL	at PIT
14	Ronald McKinnon	ARI	vs SF
15	Mark Simoneau	PHI	vs NYJ
16	Ben Taylor	CLE	at NE
17	Shawn Barber	KC	vs BUF
18	Sam Cowart	NYJ	at PHI
19	Julian Peterson	SF	at ARI
20	Brian Simmons	CIN	vs SEA
21	Kendrell Bell	PIT	vs STL
22	Brian Urlacher	CHI	vs DET
23	Jay Foreman	HOU	vs IND
24	Joe Odom	CHI	vs DET
25	Mike Peterson	JAC	vs TEN
26	London Fletcher	BUF	at KC
27	Zeke Moreno	SD	vs MIA
28	Dexter Coakley	DAL	at TB
29	Takeo Spikes	BUF	at KC
30	Mike Maslowski	KC	vs BUF
31	Jamie Winborn	SF	at ARI
32	Dat Nguyen	DAL	at TB
33	Akinola Ayodele	JAC	vs TEN
34	Tedy Bruschi	NE	vs CLE
35	Andra Davis	CLE	at NE
36	Earl Holmes	DET	at CHI
37	Kevin Hardy	CIN	vs SEA
38	Barrett Green	DET	at CHI
39	Derek Smith	SF	at ARI
40	Edgerton Hartwell	BAL	vs DEN
41	Ryan Nece	TB	vs DAL
42	Rob Morris	IND	vs HOU
43	Orlando Ruff	NO	vs CAR
44	Shelton Quarles	TB	vs DAL
45	John Mobley	DEN	at BAL
46	Michael Barrow	NYG	at MIN
47	Peter Sirmon	TEN	at JAC
48	Joey Porter	PIT	vs STL
49	Dhani Jones	NYG	at MIN
50	Roman Phifer (Q)	NE	vs CLE

DEFENSIVE BACKS

Rnk	Player Name	NFL Tm	Opponent
1	Ed Reed	BAL	vs DEN
2	Greg Wesley	KC	vs BUF
3	Rodney Harrison	NE	vs CLE
4	Dexter Jackson	ARI	vs SF
5	Ken Hamlin	SEA	at CIN
6	Brian Russell	MIN	vs NYG
7	Chad Scott	PIT	vs STL
8	Antoine Winfield	BUF	at KC
9	Terence Kiel	SD	vs MIA
10	Adam Archuleta (Q)	STL	at PIT
11	Lawyer Milloy	BUF	at KC
12	Roy Williams	DAL	at TB
13	Nick Harper	IND	vs HOU
14	Sammy Knight	MIA	at SD
15	Dre' Bly	DET	at CHI
16	Mike Doss	IND	vs HOU
17	Jay Bellamy	NO	vs CAR
18	Mike Green	CHI	vs DET
19	Lance Schulters	TEN	at JAC
20	Ronde Barber	TB	vs DAL
21	Reggie Tongue	SEA	at CIN
22	Eugene Wilson	NE	vs CLE
23	Jerametrius Butler	STL	at PIT
24	Nick Ferguson	DEN	at BAL
25	Brian Walker	DET	at CHI
26	Terence Newman	DAL	at TB
27	Tank Williams	TEN	at JAC
28	Rashean Mathis	JAC	vs TEN
29	Anthony Henry	CLE	at NE
30	Brian Williams	MIN	vs NYG
31	Mike Logan	PIT	vs STL
32	Mike Minter	CAR	at NO
33	Zack Bronson	SF	at ARI
34	Mike Brown	CHI	vs DET
35	Corey Chavous	MIN	vs NYG
36	Adrian Wilson	ARI	vs SF
37	Clinton Hart	PHI	vs NJY
38	Sam Madison	MIA	at SD
39	Gary Baxter	BAL	vs DEN
40	Reggie Howard	CAR	at NO
41	Shaun Williams	NYG	at MIN
42	Rodgers Beckett	CIN	vs SEA
43	Darren Woodson	DAL	at TB
44	Jerome Woods	KC	vs BUF
45	Eric Brown	HOU	at IND
46	Robert Griffith	CLE	at NE
47	Tyrone Poole	NE	vs CLE
48	Tyrone Carter	NYJ	at PHI
49	Marcus Trufant	SEA	at CIN
50	Idrees Bashir	IND	vs HOU

DEFENSIVE LINEMEN

Rnk	Player Name	NFL Tm	Opponent
1	Shaun Ellis	NYJ	at PHI
2	Courtney Brown	CLE	at NE
3	Mike Rucker	CAR	at NO
4	Dwight Freeney	IND	vs HOU
5	Jevon Kearse	TEN	at JAC
6	Michael Strahan	NYG	at MIN
7	Leonard Little	STL	at PIT
8	Charles Grant	NO	vs CAR
9	La'Roi Glover	DAL	at TB
10	John Abraham	NYJ	at PHI
11	Jason Taylor	MIA	at SD
12	Justin Smith	CIN	vs SEA
13	Adrian Dingle	SD	vs MIA
14	Shaun Rogers	DET	at CHI
15	Marcus Stroud	JAC	vs TEN
16	Warren Sapp	TB	vs DAL
17	Kevin Williams	MIN	vs NYG
18	Dewayne Robertson	NYJ	at PHI
19	Marques Douglas	BAL	vs DEN
20	Andre Carter	SF	at ARI
21	Adewale Ogunleye	MIA	at SD
22	Vonnie Holliday	KC	vs BUF
23	Corey Simon	PHI	vs NYJ
24	Gerard Warren	CLE	at NE
25	James Hall	DET	at CHI
26	Aaron Smith	PIT	vs STL
27	Kris Jenkins	CAR	at NO
28	Grant Wistrom	STL	at PIT
29	Chad Bratzke	IND	vs HOU
30	ND Kalu	PHI	vs NYJ
31	Tony Brackens	JAC	vs TEN
32	Antonio Cochran	SEA	at CIN
33	Julius Peppers	CAR	at NO
34	Johnathan Sullivan	NO	vs CAR
35	Cornelius Griffin	NYG	at MIN
36	Anthony Weaver	BAL	vs DEN
37	Aaron Schobel	BUF	at KC
38	Alex Brown	CHI	vs DET
39	Ryan Sims	KC	vs BUF
40	Jason Ferguson	NYJ	at PHI
41	Reggie Hayward	DEN	at BAL
42	Kalimba Edwards	DET	at CHI
43	Trevor Pryce	DEN	at BAL
44	Kevin Carter	TEN	at JAC
45	Eric Hicks	KC	vs BUF
46	Pat Williams	BUF	at KC
47	James Reed	NYJ	at PHI
48	Simeon Rice	TB	vs DAL
49	Kenny Mixon	MIN	vs NYG
50	Kenny Holmes	NYG	at MIN