Week 9 Defense Rankings 2026 (Updated)

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Week 9 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	SEA 1	ARI	27.3%	11	8.2	4.8	8.2	8.2	8.2
2	GB 2	@NE	-16%	11	8.0	5.4	8.0	8.0	8.0
3	KC 3	NYJ	39%	5	7.8	4.7	7.8	7.8	7.8
4	JAC 4	@BAL	-12%	7	7.8	5.3	7.8	7.8	7.8
5	NO 5	CLE	90.1%	8	7.3	4.8	7.3	7.3	7.3
6	SF 6	LVR	82.3%	8	7.2	5.3	7.2	7.2	7.2
7	LAR 7	@WAS	4.3%	11	6.9	5.4	6.9	6.9	6.9
8	PHI 8	NYG	15.7%	10	6.8	6.0	6.8	6.8	6.8
9	DET 9	@MIA	29.3%	6	6.8	5.1	6.8	6.8	6.8
10	HOU 10	@LAC	33.2%	8	6.7	5.4	6.7	6.7	6.7
11	DEN 11	@CAR	18.1%	10	6.5	6.3	6.5	6.5	6.5
12	CLE 12	@NO	47%	11	6.2	4.7	6.2	6.2	6.2
13	MIN 13	BUF	-39.5%	6	6.2	5.8	6.2	6.2	6.2
14	BAL 14	JAC	-22.8%	13	6.2	4.3	6.2	6.2	6.2
15	BUF 15	@MIN	75.3%	7	6.1	5.0	6.1	6.1	6.1
16	CHI 16	TB	-14.4%	10	6.0	5.2	6.0	6.0	6.0
17	NE 18	GB	-37.5%	11	5.7	5.2	5.7	5.7	5.7
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18	NYG 19	@PHI	-21.7%	8	5.5	4.7	5.5	5.5	5.5
19	DAL 20	@IND	-37.7%	14	5.4	4.8	5.4	5.4	5.4
20	ARI 21	@SEA	-21.6%	14	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3	5.3
21	IND 22	DAL	-38.5%	13	5.3	4.8	5.3	5.3	5.3
22	NYJ 23	@KC	-3.2%	13	5.2	5.4	5.2	5.2	5.2
23	LVR 24	@SF	-32.8%	13	5.2	5.1	5.2	5.2	5.2
24	TB 25	@CHI	-46.1%	10	5.1	4.8	5.1	5.1	5.1
25	WAS 26	LAR	-56.2%	7	4.8	5.1	4.8	4.8	4.8