Week 9 DL Rankings 2026 (Defensive Line)

By Draft Sharks Team @DraftSharks Reviewed By Jared Smola Jul 18, 2026 at 4:00am

Week 9 DL Rankings are here. So if you're streaming defensive line players this week. Or just need to make a crucial lineup decision, check out our rankings.

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2026 Rankings

RK	Player	Matchup	SOS	Bye	Floor Proj	Consensus ProjCons Proj	DS Proj	Ceiling ProjCeil Proj	3D Proj
1	LAR 1	@WAS	0%	11	4.2	10.9	9.4	16.5	9.8
2	MIN 2	BUF	0%	6	3.4	8.6	8.5	16.2	9.0
3	LVR 3	@SF	0%	13	2.7	10.0	8.1	16.1	8.6
4	DET 4	@MIA	0%	6	3.9	8.9	7.8	15.6	8.6
5	NYG 5	@PHI	0%	8	3.9	7.0	7.8	14.9	8.5
6	HOU 6	@LAC	0%	8	3.1	8.6	7.8	15.3	8.4
7	DEN 7	@CAR	0%	10	3.7	9.3	7.3	14.7	8.1
8	LAR 8	@WAS	0%	11	3.8	6.0	7.5	13.6	8.0
9	HOU 9	@LAC	0%	8	2.9	6.4	7.2	14.4	7.8
10	LAC 10	HOU	0%	7	2.5	6.2	7.2	14.4	7.7
11	CAR 11	DEN	0%	5	2.8	8.9	7.1	11.7	7.2
12	BUF 12	@MIN	0%	7	2.7	7.0	6.8	12.2	7.1
13	CLE 13	@NO	0%	11	3.4	6.2	6.8	11.9	7.1
14	JAC 14	@BAL	0%	7	1.9	8.1	6.2	13.7	6.9
15	CHI 15	TB	0%	10	2.6	5.8	6.6	11.8	6.8
16	BUF 16	@MIN	0%	7	2.1	6.6	6.4	12.8	6.8
17	TB 17	@CHI	0%	10	2.9	7.1	6.4	12.1	6.8
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18	BAL 18	JAC	0%	13	2.1	9.6	6.3	12.7	6.8
19	SEA 19	ARI	0%	11	3.2	7.1	6.3	12.0	6.8
20	NYG 20	@PHI	0%	8	3.3	2.5	5.5	13.9	6.8
21	SF 22	LVR	0%	8	2.3	8.5	6.3	12.5	6.7
22	NO 23	CLE	0%	8	1.9	4.7	6.3	12.5	6.6
23	CAR 24	DEN	0%	5	3.3	5.8	6.1	11.5	6.6
24	DEN 25	@CAR	0%	10	3.0	6.0	6.0	11.9	6.6
25	BAL 26	JAC	0%	13	0.0	4.3	4.8	11.9	6.6