Fantasy Football Week 1 2-QB Defense Rankings

Last updated: January 8, 2026

These fantasy football rankings are refreshed multiple times per day based on projections provided by RotoWire. Use the rankings and projections below to help figure out who to start/sit in your lineup this week.

Rank	Name	Team	Pos	Bye	Proj. FP
1.	Minnesota Defense	MIN	DEF	6	9.8
2.	Jacksonville Defense	JAX	DEF	8	9.4
3.	LA Rams Defense	LAR	DEF	8	9.4
4.	Washington Defense	WAS	DEF	12	8.7
5.	Pittsburgh Defense	PIT	DEF	5	8.2
6.	Las Vegas Defense	LV	DEF	8	8.1
7.	Cleveland Defense	CLE	DEF	9	7.8
8.	San Francisco Defense	SF	DEF	14	7.6
9.	Arizona Defense	ARI	DEF	8	7.4
10.	Philadelphia Defense	PHI	DEF	9	7.3
11.	Miami Defense	MIA	DEF	12	7.3
12.	Atlanta Defense	ATL	DEF	5	7.2
13.	New England Defense	NE	DEF	14	7.1
14.	LA Chargers Defense	LAC	DEF	12	6.7
15.	Cincinnati Defense	CIN	DEF	10	6.7
16.	Kansas City Defense	KC	DEF	10	6.6
17.	Chicago Defense	CHI	DEF	5	6.5
18.	Dallas Defense	DAL	DEF	10	6.5
19.	NY Jets Defense	NYJ	DEF	9	6.4
20.	NY Giants Defense	NYG	DEF	14	6.4
21.	Denver Defense	DEN	DEF	12	6.3
22.	New Orleans Defense	NO	DEF	11	6.0
23.	Carolina Defense	CAR	DEF	14	6.0
24.	Indianapolis Defense	IND	DEF	11	5.9
25.	Seattle Defense	SEA	DEF	8	5.9
26.	Houston Defense	HOU	DEF	6	5.6
27.	Green Bay Defense	GB	DEF	5	5.4
28.	Tennessee Defense	TEN	DEF	10	5.3
29.	Buffalo Defense	BUF	DEF	7	4.7
30.	Tampa Bay Defense	TB	DEF	9	4.0
31.	Baltimore Defense	BAL	DEF	7	3.9
32.	Detroit Defense	DET	DEF	8	3.7