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Week 1 Team Defense Rankings for Fantasy Football: Bengals DST, Seahawks DST, Ravens DST, Buccaneers DST, Bears DST, Saints DST, Falcons DST, more

Ahmad Sauce Gardner - Fantasy Football

Week 1 defense (DST) fantasy football rankings for 2024. Our Week 1 defense rankings include D/ST tiers to guide your weekly fantasy football lineups.

Week 1 of the NFL season is just about here, and it's time to set your winning lineups! Defenses can be the difference for your matchups, so don't finalize your fantasy lineups without first checking our updated Week 1 fantasy football defense (D/ST) rankings for the 2024 NFL season.

It's going to be a fun and exciting opening week of NFL action, and we'll learn a lot about which defenses are for real in 2024. With a lot of questionable team defense options to start the year, let's take a look at team defenses like the Bengals DST, Seahawks DST, Ravens DST, Buccaneers DST, Bears DST and Saints DST and see where they appear in our Week 1 D/ST rankings.

Our Week 1 defense (DST) fantasy football rankings are put together by Nick MarianoIn addition to our staff rankings, below you will also find a summary of this week's important fantasy football news for defenses around the league. Good luck in Week 1 RotoBallers, let's win some leagues!

Be sure to check all of our fantasy football rankings for 2025:

 

Week 1 Defense (D/ST) Fantasy Football News

  • Joey Bosa Had Hand Surgery
  • Giants Re-Sign Adoree' Jackson
  • Jets Say Nothing Has Changed With Haason Reddick's Situation
  • Lewis Cine Signing To Bills Practice Squad
  • Chargers Acquire Elijah Molden From Titans
  • Leonard Floyd Seen At Practice
  • Neville Gallimore Signing With Rams
  • Talanoa Hufanga Returns From PUP List
  • Chiefs Keep Charles Omenihu On PUP List

 

Week 1 Fantasy Football Defense (D/ST) Rankings

Rankings are updated until kickoff. Be sure to bookmark our weekly PPR rankings, Half-PPR rankings, Standard rankings.

D/ST
Tier
D/ST
Rank
D/ST
Name
Position
1 1 Cincinnati Bengals DST
1 2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers DST
1 3 Seattle Seahawks DST
1 4 New Orleans Saints DST
2 5 Chicago Bears DST
2 6 Atlanta Falcons DST
3 7 San Francisco 49ers DST
3 8 Los Angeles Chargers DST
3 9 Minnesota Vikings DST
3 10 Dallas Cowboys DST
4 11 Pittsburgh Steelers DST
4 12 Cleveland Browns DST
4 13 New York Jets DST
4 14 New York Giants DST
4 15 Denver Broncos DST
5 16 Buffalo Bills DST
5 17 Philadelphia Eagles DST
5 18 Las Vegas Raiders DST
5 19 Carolina Panthers DST
5 20 Houston Texans DST
5 21 Detroit Lions DST
6 22 Miami Dolphins DST
6 23 Baltimore Ravens DST
6 24 Kansas City Chiefs DST
6 25 Tennessee Titans DST
6 26 Washington Commanders DST
6 27 Jacksonville Jaguars DST
6 28 New England Patriots DST
6 29 Green Bay Packers DST
6 30 Indianapolis Colts DST
6 31 Los Angeles Rams DST
6 32 Arizona Cardinals DST


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