Week 9 fantasy defense rankings: Best DST starts

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A pair of punt returns from Pittsburgh's Calvin Austin and Detroit's Kalif Raymond were the only touchdowns scored by defenses and special teams in Week 8, though four teams did manage to record safeties.

That's the up-and-down nature of trying to find weekly streamers at the position. This time around, fantasy gold (and green) could be found in the matchup between the Packers and Lions.

Fantasy football rankings for Week 9 are based on the point-per-reception (PPR) scoring used in most seasonal and daily fantasy football formats. Six points are awarded for defensive and kick return touchdowns. Two points are awarded for safeties and one half point is awarded for sacks.

Rankings are compiled by Daniel Dobish, TheHuddle.com.

Fantasy football Week 9 defense/special teams rankings

Rank	Team	Opp
1	Detroit Lions	at G.B.
2	Minnesota Vikings	vs. Ind.
3	Green Bay Packers	vs. Det.
4	Seattle Seahawks	vs. L.A.-R
5	Buffalo Bills	vs. Mia.
6	Denver Broncos	at Bal.
7	Chicago Bears	at Ari.
8	New Orleans Saints	at Car.
9	Los Angeles Chargers	at Cle.
10	Cleveland Browns	vs. L.A.-C
11	Houston Texans	at N.Y.-J
12	New York Jets	vs. Hou.
13	Baltimore Ravens	vs. Den.
14	New York Giants	vs. Was.
15	Washington Commanders	at N.Y.-G
16	Arizona Cardinals	vs. Chi.
17	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	at K.C.
18	Los Angeles Rams	at Sea.
19	Cincinnati Bengals	vs. L.V.
20	Indianapolis Colts	at Min.
21	Dallas Cowboys	at Atl.
22	Philadelphia Eagles	vs. Jac.
23	Atlanta Falcons	vs. Dal.
24	Kansas City Chiefs	vs. T.B.
25	New England Patriots	at Ten.
26	Miami Dolphins	at Buf.
27	Tennessee Titans	vs. N.E.
28	Las Vegas Raiders	at Cin.
29	Jacksonville Jaguars	at Phi.
30	Carolina Panthers	vs. N.O.
31	Las Vegas Raiders	vs. K.C.
32	Carolina Panthers	at Den.

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