Preseason Ranks: Defense
Rankings: Top 100 | QB | RB | WR | TE | K | D
The following list comprises the top 20 team defense rankings for 2011 of each Yahoo! Sports fantasy expert. The list is ordered by the overall top 20 composite ranking of the four experts, with the remaining team defenses that received votes rounding out the bottom of the list.
| 2011 Defense Rankings | |||||||||
 Brandon Funston |  Andy Behrens |  Brad Evans |  Scott Pianowski |  Composite Ranking | |||||
| Green Bay Packers | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Philadelphia Eagles | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||||
| Pittsburgh Steelers | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| New York Jets | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Baltimore Ravens | 6 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 5 | ||||
| New York Giants | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | ||||
| New Orleans Saints | 8 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| Chicago Bears | 11 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 8 | ||||
| New England Patriots | 7 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| San Diego Chargers | 12 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 10 | ||||
| Detroit Lions | 14 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Dallas Cowboys | 10 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 12 | ||||
| San Francisco 49ers | 13 | 12 | 13 | 16 | 13 | ||||
| Kansas City Chiefs | 5 | 20 | 18 | 17 | 14 | ||||
| Atlanta Falcons | 18 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 15 | ||||
| Houston Texans | 15 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 16 | ||||
| Minnesota Vikings | – | 9 | 14 | – | 17 | ||||
| Miami Dolphins | 16 | 16 | 17 | – | 18 | ||||
| Arizona Cardinals | – | 18 | 15 | 18 | 19 | ||||
| St. Louis Rams | 19 | – | – | 15 | 20 | ||||
| Oakland Raiders | – | 19 | – | 19 | – | ||||
| Tennessee Titans | 17 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 20 | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Indianapolis Colts | – | – | 20 | – | – | ||||
| Cleveland Browns | – | – | – | 20 | – | ||||
Scoring System:
Sack = 1; INT = 2; FR = 2; TD = 6; Safety = 2; Block Kick = 2
Pts Allowed – 0 = 10; 1-6 = 7; 7-13 = 4; 14-20 = 1; 21-27 = 0; 28-34 = -1; 35+ = -4
Return TD = 6
Updated Wednesday, Aug 31, 2011