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Tuesday, August 25, 2026

2026 Fantasy Football - Kickers & Defenses

 

As has been my tradition the last few years this is my one and only defense and kicker rankings as both positions have an inherently high amount of variance and randomness.


Rank

Player

Tm

Pos

ADP

Diff

DEF1

Broncos

DEN

3

-2

DEF2

Texans

HOU

1

1

DEF3

Seahawks

SEA

4

-1

DEF4

Eagles

PHI

5

-1

DEF5

Rams

LAR

2

3

DEF6

Chargers

LAC

8

-2

DEF7

Ravens

BAL

11

-4

DEF8

Giants

NYG

21

-13

DEF9

Steelers

PIT

7

2

DEF10

Browns

CLE

12

-2

DEF11

Packers

GB

13

-2

DEF12

Patriots

NE

6

6

DEF13

Jaguars

JAX

10

3

DEF14

Chiefs

KC

20

-6

DEF15

Cowboys

DAL

15

0

DEF16

Vikings

MIN

9

7

DEF17

49ers

SF

18

-1

DEF18

Buccaneers

TB

25

-7

DEF19

Bears

CHI

14

5

DEF20

Titans

TEN

26

-6

DEF21

Commanders

WAS

29

-8

DEF22

Bills

BUF

17

5

DEF23

Saints

NO

22

1

DEF24

Falcons

ATL

19

5

DEF25

Colts

IND

23

2

DEF26

Panthers

CAR

24

2

DEF27

Bengals

CIN

28

-1

DEF28

Lions

DET

16

12

DEF29

Raiders

LVR

27

2

DEF30

Jets

NYJ

31

-1

DEF31

Cardinals

ARI

32

-1

DEF32

Dolphins

MIA

30

2

 

Let’s look at our a few of the bigger differences:
Giants (8 vs 21) – The pass rush should be extremely productive

Patriots (12 vs 6) – The Pats defense was the real benefactor of their paper thin schedule and I think we see a solid step back from them this year.

Chiefs (14 vs 20) - I trust Spags but they lost a lot and this may be a transition year for the defensive talent.

Vikings (16 vs 9) – I expect them to regress but they were one of my bigger misses last year so…

Lions (28 vs 16) – They had little secondary coming into the year and losing Arnold means a bad situation is even worse. Hutchinson is real good though.

 

Rank

Player

Tm

Pos

ADP

Diff

K1

Brandon Aubrey

DAL

1

0

K2

Cameron Dicker

LAC

2

0

K3

Cam Little

JAX

5

-2

K4

Evan McPherson

CIN

20

-16

K5

Jake Elliott

PHI

18

-13

K6

Jason Myers

SEA

4

2

K7

Chase McLaughlin

TB

15

-8

K8

Wil Lutz

DEN

19

-11

K9

Nick Folk

ATL

25

-16

K10

Jake Bates

DET

7

3

K11

Tyler Bass

BUF

21

-10

K12

Chris Boswell

PIT

12

0

K13

Harrison Butker

KC

10

3

K14

Tyler Loop

BAL

9

5

K15

Joey Slye

TEN

25

-10

K16

Chad Ryland

ARI

25

-9

K17

Andy Borregales

NE

11

6

K18

Will Reichard

MIN

13

5

K19

Ka'imi Fairbairn

HOU

3

16

K20

Jake Moody

WAS

25

-5

K21

Eddy Pineiro

SF

6

15

K22

Trey Smack

GB

25

-3

K23

Andre Szmyt

CLE

25

-2

K24

Jason Sanders

NYJ

25

-1

K25

Cairo Santos

CHI

17

8

K26

Blake Grupe

IND

23

3

K27

Riley Patterson

MIA

25

2

K28

Charlie Smyth

NO

25

3

K29

Harrison Mevis

LAR

8

21

K30

Matt Gay

LVR

22

8

K31

Dominic Zvada

NYG

25

6

K32

Ryan Fitzgerald

CAR

25

7

K33

Ben Sauls

NYG

25

8

K34

Kansei Matsuzawa

LVR

25

9

K35

Tanner Brown

NO

25

10

K36

Spencer Shrader

IND

25

11

K37

Cade York

NYJ

25

12

K38

Drew Stevens

WAS

25

13

K39

Chris Freeman

HOU

25

14

K40

Laith Marjan

PIT

25

15

K41

BT Potter

TB

25

16

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