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If you are still alive in the fantasy football playoffs, you surely have a loaded team. However, defensive rankings change dramatically from week to week due to matchups. If you lose this week, you go home, so use our Week 16 fantasy football defense (D/ST) rankings for 2024 if you need assistance. We'll help you identify the top available D/ST streamer. Let's advance to the next stage of the fantasy football playoffs!
Ahead of the all-important Week 16 slate, let's dig into the rankings to see where key D/ST like the Packers, Falcons, Chiefs, Lions, Chargers, Titans, Eagles, and more stand for the critical Week 16 push.
Our defense fantasy football rankings for Week 16 are put together by Nick Mariano. In addition to our staff rankings, below you will also find a summary of the important D/ST fantasy football injury news for this week. Be sure to bookmark our fantasy football rankings portal and check back regularly for updates. Good luck RotoBallers in Week 16!
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Week 16 Defense (D/ST) Fantasy Football News and Injuries
- Cardinals Agree With Budda Baker On Three-Year Extension
- Trevon Diggs Not Guaranteed To Be Ready For Start Of Next Season
- Steelers Optimistic On T.J. Watt's Week 16 Availability
- Sam Hubbard Likely Done For The Season
- Carlton Davis Will Undergo Surgery On His Broken Jaw, Out Indefinitely
- Alim McNeill Suffers Season-Ending Torn ACL
Week 16 Defense (D/ST) Rankings for Fantasy Football
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 | Green Bay Packers | DST |
| 1 | 2 | Minnesota Vikings | DST |
| 1 | 3 | Atlanta Falcons | DST |
| 1 | 4 | Buffalo Bills | DST |
| 2 | 5 | Arizona Cardinals | DST |
| 2 | 6 | Denver Broncos | DST |
| 3 | 7 | Indianapolis Colts | DST |
| 3 | 8 | Kansas City Chiefs | DST |
| 3 | 9 | Philadelphia Eagles | DST |
| 3 | 10 | Tennessee Titans | DST |
| 4 | 11 | Detroit Lions | DST |
| 4 | 12 | Cincinnati Bengals | DST |
| 4 | 13 | Los Angeles Chargers | DST |
| 4 | 14 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | DST |
| 4 | 15 | Houston Texans | DST |
| 5 | 16 | Baltimore Ravens | DST |
| 5 | 17 | New York Jets | DST |
| 5 | 18 | San Francisco 49ers | DST |
| 5 | 19 | Pittsburgh Steelers | DST |
| 5 | 20 | Las Vegas Raiders | DST |
| 5 | 21 | Jacksonville Jaguars | DST |
| 6 | 22 | Dallas Cowboys | DST |
| 6 | 23 | New York Giants | DST |
| 6 | 24 | Los Angeles Rams | DST |
| 6 | 25 | Seattle Seahawks | DST |
| 6 | 26 | Miami Dolphins | DST |
| 6 | 27 | Cleveland Browns | DST |
| 6 | 28 | Washington Commanders | DST |
| 6 | 29 | Carolina Panthers | DST |
| 6 | 30 | Chicago Bears | DST |
| 6 | 31 | New Orleans Saints | DST |
| 6 | 32 | New England Patriots | DST |
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