It’s the fifth week of the regular season, and it’s our second week of dealing with bye weeks. The Carolina Panthers, Minnesota Vikings and New York Jets are currently averaging top-10 numbers this season. They will all be on a bye week.
Fantasy football rankings 2015: Defense/special teams, Week 5
Here are our consensus Week 5 defense/special teams rankings.
Some of the better-performing defenses this season are now facing some top offenses. The Seattle Seahawks will be on the road to face a Cincinnati Bengals offense that is averaging more than 30 points per week. The St. Louis Rams have been reliable so far this season but will now face the Green Bay Packers at Lambeau Field. It’s a tricky week for many fantasy owners.
We’re put together our consensus ranking of defenses/special teams for Week 5 to help:
Defense/Special teams, Week 5
(DK: Daniel Kelley; AM: Andrew Miller; JD: John Daigle; SK: Scott Kaliska; Dan Ciarrocchi has the week off. Carolina, Miami, Minnesota and the New York Jets are on bye)
| Rk | Consensus | Opp. | DK | AM | JD | SK |
| 1 | Denver Broncos | @OAK | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | Arizona Cardinals | @DET | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Buffalo Bills | @TEN | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Cincinnati Bengals | SEA | 7 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | Seattle Seahawks | @CIN | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 |
| 6 | Green Bay Packers | STL | 5 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| 7 | New York Giants | SF | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| 8 | Baltimore Ravens | CLE | 14 | 8 | 9 | 7 |
| 8 | Atlanta Falcons | WAS | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 |
| 10 | New England Patriots | @DAL | 6 | 11 | 13 | 11 |
| 11 | Kansas City Chiefs | CHI | 20 | 10 | 11 | 8 |
| 12 | Jacksonville Jaguars | @TB | 13 | 15 | 8 | 15 |
| 13 | Philadelphia Eagles | NO | 10 | 13 | 17 | 16 |
| 14 | Indianapolis Colts | @HOU | 16 | 18 | 12 | 14 |
| 14 | Houston Texans | IND | 17 | 14 | 16 | 13 |
| 16 | San Diego Chargers | PIT | 23 | 12 | 15 | 12 |
| 17 | St. Louis Rams | @GB | 15 | 21 | 14 | 19 |
| 18 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | JAC | 12 | 20 | 21 | 21 |
| 18 | Cleveland Browns | @BAL | 22 | 17 | 18 | 17 |
| 20 | Oakland Raiders | DEN | 11 | 23 | 22 | 22 |
| 21 | Detroit Lions | ARI | 18 | 16 | 23 | 23 |
| 22 | Pittsburgh Steelers | @SD | 25 | 19 | 19 | 18 |
| 23 | Washington | @ATL | 19 | 25 | 20 | 20 |
| 24 | New Orleans Saints | @PHI | 21 | 22 | 25 | 25 |
| 25 | Tennessee Titans | BUF | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
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