Defensive Rankings

Note: These rankings are our best attempt to rank players for next season. To say this is a difficult task would be an understatement as many situations are not known at this time (will Priest Holmes and Marshall Faulk retire?, what free agents will change teams, etc).

Defensive Team Rankings as of 11/13/04
	Defenses						Avg
#NumberFormat("#rank#", '_____')#	#pos# #fname# #lname#, #team#	*#NumberFormat("#a#", '_____')#	*#NumberFormat("#b#", '_____')#	*#NumberFormat("#c#", '_____')#	*#NumberFormat("#d#", '_____')#	*#NumberFormat("#e#", '_____')#	#NumberFormat("#sum#", '____.__')#

Defense/Special Teams Scoring System
6 pts for all defensive/special teams TDs
2 pts for all fumble recoveries
2 pts per interceptions
2 pts per safety
1 point per sack
(5000 - yards allowed over entire season)/20
(300 - points allowed over entire season)/3