Herlin ranks all 32 team defenses for Week 2 fantasy purposes, with Tampa Bay's defense on top against Deshaun Watson's Browns and Miami's defense last at San Francisco, providing projected points allowed, sacks, turnovers and fantasy points for each.

One checkable claim, graded on its own against what actually happened.

The call scored 61.2 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.

1 checkable claim in this take

Each one is scored on its own against the published methodology. A pundit naming several outcomes is graded on each, not on all-or-nothing.

• Fantasy Defense RankingsSep 15, 2026

  32 fantasy defenses ranked for Week 2

  “Week 2 D/ST Rankings & Projections — table ranking all 32 team defenses for Week 2”

  Close · 61Scored 61.16a naive guess scored 50+21.65 skill
  How this was scored

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  naive:

  a coin-flip ordering scores 50

  scope:

  week 2

  skill:

  21.65

  method:

  spearman

  placed:

  32

  season:

  2026

  scoring:

  standard D/ST

  accuracy:

  61.16

  baseline:

  50

  difficulty:

  1.94

  weeks in the season:

  18

  could not place:

  0

  defenses ranked:

  32

  weeks left when called:

  17

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