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 Mariano. In 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 2024:- Quarterback fantasy football rankings
- Running back fantasy football rankings
- Wide receiver fantasy football rankings
- Tight end fantasy football rankings
- Kicker fantasy football rankings
- FLEX fantasy football rankings
- Defense (D/ST) fantasy football rankings
- Superflex fantasy football rankings
- IDP fantasy football rankings
- Dynasty fantasy football rankings
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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