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Fantasy football rankings for Week 1: D/ST
Daniel Dopp explains why the Cardinals' defense is a solid waiver target in Week 1 for fantasy managers that didn't draft a top-tier defense. (0:27)
ESPN's weekly defense/special teams (D/ST) fantasy football rankings are an aggregate of our eight rankers. Listed alphabetically, they are Matt Bowen, Mike Clay, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Daniel Dopp, Eric Karabell, Liz Loza, Eric Moody and Field Yates.
Rankings for the week will be published every Tuesday and weigh the skill of the defense and the quality of that week's matchup, and are updated throughout the week for news and emerging analysis.
2025 fantasy football: IDP draft strategy, Travis Hunter factor & players to target
If you've played fantasy football for any length of time, you know it's a game filled with acronyms. PPR, ADP, FAAB, IDP … record scratch.
Wait, what?! You don't know IDP? Have a seat, my friend, we're about to do some learnin'.
Let's start with the basics. IDP stands for Individual Defensive Player. It's just what it sounds like. It's a fantasy league that usually dispenses of the D/ST (Defense/Special teams) spot in place of — you guessed it — individual defensive players.
Like all other fantasy formats, roster sizes and configurations can vary across leagues. Most beginner leagues include as few as three spots. More advanced leagues can add up to 11 IDP slots. The more defensive slots your league showcases, the higher the difficulty level. But it also opens a lot more strategy options.
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2025 Fantasy Football Rankings: Justin Boone's top defenses for this season
Justin Boone won the FantasyPros Most Accurate Expert Award in 2019 and has eight top-10 finishes in the competition. He now brings his rankings acumen to the Yahoo Fantasy audience after recently joining the team as an analyst. He will consistently be refining his draft rankings during training camps, the preseason and leading up to the season.
And be sure to follow the links below to see his latest redraft rankings at every position.
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