Fantasy football draft season is over, but the road to your league's championship is just beginning.
Our trio of award-winning fantasy football rankers are here to guide you through all your start/sit decisions with their Week 1 rankings. Below are their top 12 defenses as of Thursday, but you can find their up-to-the-minute rankings across all positions and formats until kickoff in our Fantasy Tools.
Here's some more information about our rankers before we dive into their rankings:
- Sean Koerner was FantasyPros’ No. 1 fantasy football draft ranker of 2019, has finished as their top in-season ranker in three of the past five seasons and is The Action Network’s Director of Predictive Analytics.
- Chris Raybon was the fourth-most accurate FantasyPros’ ranker of 2019 and has watched every NFL snap since 2010.
- Matthew Freedman is the Editor-in-Chief of FantasyLabs and was the sixth-most accurate FantasyPros ranker in 2017.
Week 1 Fantasy Defense Rankings
| RK | Player | Matchup |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patriots | vs. MIA |
| 2 | Bills | vs. NYJ |
| 3 | Eagles | @ WAS |
| 4 | Steelers | @ NYG |
| 5 | 49ers | vs. ARI |
| 6 | Chiefs | vs. HOU |
| 7 | Colts | @ JAX |
| 8 | Ravens | vs. CLE |
| 9 | Chargers | @ CIN |
| 10 | Titans | @ DEN |
| 11 | Lions | vs. CHI |
| 12 | Broncos | vs. TEN |
