Week 1 Defense Rankings 2026 (Updated)

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Week 1 Defense Rankings are ready for you. If you're streaming defenses this week, or just need to make a tough starting DEF decision, check out the rankings.

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2026 Rankings

RK	Player	Matchup	SOS	Bye	Floor Proj	Consensus Proj	DS Proj	Ceiling Proj	3D Proj
1	JAC 1	CLE	90.1%	7	7.9	5.3	7.9	7.9	7.9
2	NE 2	@SEA	-21.6%	11	7.8	5.2	7.8	7.8	7.8
3	SEA 4	NE	-16%	11	7.2	4.8	7.2	7.2	7.2
4	DEN 5	@KC	-3.2%	10	6.8	6.3	6.8	6.8	6.8
5	DET 6	NO	47%	6	6.6	5.1	6.6	6.6	6.6
6	HOU 7	BUF	-39.5%	8	6.5	5.4	6.5	6.5	6.5
7	NYG 8	DAL	-38.5%	8	6.4	4.7	6.4	6.4	6.4
8	GB 9	@MIN	75.3%	11	6.2	5.4	6.2	6.2	6.2
9	BAL 10	@IND	-37.7%	13	6.2	4.3	6.2	6.2	6.2
10	LAR 11	SF	-32.8%	11	6.1	5.4	6.1	6.1	6.1
11	IND 12	BAL	-12%	13	6.1	4.8	6.1	6.1	6.1
12	TB 13	@CIN	42.8%	10	6.0	4.8	6.0	6.0	6.0
13	LVR 14	MIA	29.3%	13	6.0	5.1	6.0	6.0	6.0
14	KC 15	DEN	-27.5%	5	5.9	4.7	5.9	5.9	5.9
15	PHI 16	WAS	4.3%	10	5.9	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.9
16	PIT 17	ATL	5.8%	9	5.8	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.8
17	BUF 18	@HOU	-27.2%	7	5.8	5.0	5.8	5.8	5.8
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18	CHI 19	@CAR	18.1%	10	5.7	5.2	5.7	5.7	5.7
19	MIN 20	GB	-37.5%	6	5.7	5.8	5.7	5.7	5.7
20	CLE 21	@JAC	-22.8%	11	5.6	4.7	5.6	5.6	5.6
21	SF 22	@LAR	-56.2%	8	5.4	5.3	5.4	5.4	5.4
22	CAR 23	CHI	-46.1%	5	5.4	4.2	5.4	5.4	5.4
23	ARI 24	@LAC	33.2%	14	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
24	MIA 25	@LVR	82.3%	6	5.2	4.9	5.2	5.2	5.2
25	CIN 26	TB	-14.4%	6	5.2	5.6	5.2	5.2	5.2