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The 2024 NFL and fantasy football season was full of surprises, and we must take new developments into account when creating our early 2025 fantasy football defense (D/ST) rankings for redraft leagues. Defenses are one of the trickiest aspects of fantasy football, so we're here to assist. In the rankings below, check out where the Vikings, Broncos, Steelers, Eagles, Chiefs, Ravens, and Lions defenses stand for the 2025 fantasy campaign.
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RotoBaller's lead NFL analyst Nick Mariano has put together these initial 2025 rankings, which will of course be updated regularly throughout the NFL off-season -- after the NFL scouting combine, after the NFL Draft, after NFL free agency, and all through the start of the 2025 fantasy football season.
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Early 2025 Fantasy Football Defense (D/ST) Rankings
| D/ST Tier | D/ST Rank | D/ST Name | Position |
| 1 | 1 | Minnesota Vikings | DST |
| 1 | 2 | Denver Broncos | DST |
| 1 | 3 | Pittsburgh Steelers | DST |
| 1 | 4 | Green Bay Packers | DST |
| 2 | 5 | Los Angeles Chargers | DST |
| 2 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles | DST |
| 3 | 7 | Detroit Lions | DST |
| 3 | 8 | Houston Texans | DST |
| 3 | 9 | Buffalo Bills | DST |
| 3 | 10 | Seattle Seahawks | DST |
| 4 | 11 | Baltimore Ravens | DST |
| 4 | 12 | Kansas City Chiefs | DST |
| 4 | 13 | Los Angeles Rams | DST |
| 4 | 14 | New York Jets | DST |
| 4 | 15 | San Francisco 49ers | DST |
| 5 | 16 | Dallas Cowboys | DST |
| 5 | 17 | Cleveland Browns | DST |
| 5 | 18 | Chicago Bears | DST |
| 5 | 19 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DST |
| 5 | 20 | Arizona Cardinals | DST |
| 5 | 21 | Washington Commanders | DST |
| 5 | 22 | Green Bay Packers | DST |
| 6 | 23 | Miami Dolphins | DST |
| 6 | 24 | New England Patriots | DST |
| 6 | 25 | Atlanta Falcons | DST |
| 6 | 26 | New York Giants | DST |
| 6 | 27 | Indianapolis Colts | DST |
| 7 | 28 | Tennessee Titans | DST |
| 7 | 29 | Jacksonville Jaguars | DST |
| 7 | 30 | Las Vegas Raiders | DST |
| 7 | 31 | New Orleans Saints | DST |
| 7 | 32 | Carolina Panthers | DST |
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