Kicker and Team Defense Rankings – 2012 Fantasy Football Preview

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Jan 14, 2012; San Francisco, CA, USA; San Francisco 49ers free safety Dashon Goldson (38) returns an interception against the New Orleans Saints during the first quarter of the 2011 NFC divisional playoff game at Candlestick Park. The 49ers defeated the Saints 36-32. Mandatory Credit: Cary Edmondson-US PRESSWIRE

In order to round out your fantasy football rosters, most leagues require a kicker and a team defense. While these positions are usually picked at the tail end of the draft, they ar important. As we round out our season preview rankings today, we’ll look at Kickers and defenses.

Earlier this week we’ve ranked QBs, RBs, WRs, and TEs. Throughout the rankings, our panel has been comprised of Jeff Magina and Tonni Shook of The Landry Hat and Steve Copps, Matt Tuckness, and Zach Thompson of FantasyCPR. The Season Preview will continue as team previews and sleeper profiles get added to our free draft kit which will appear in the top bar of the site this weekend. Here’s the final two composite rankings from the bloggers of FanSided:

Rank Team Composite
1 San Francisco 49ers 1.8
2 Houson Texans 4.4
3 Philadelphia Eagles 5.2
4 Chicago Bears 5.4
5 Baltimore Ravens 6.8
6 Pittsburgh Steelers 7.6
7 Seattle Seahwaks 7.8
8 Dallas Cowboys 10.6
9 Green Bay Packers 11.0
10 New York Jets 11.4
11 New York Giants 11.6
12 Detroit Lions 11.8
13 Buffalo Bills 12.8
14 Cincinnati Bengals 13.0
15 Kansas City Chiefs 13.2
New England 13.2

June 12, 2012;Owings Mills, MD USA;Baltimore Ravens kicker Billy Cundiff (7) during mini camp at the team facility in Owings Mills. Mandatory Credit: Evan Habeeb-US PRESSWIRE

Rank Player Team Composite
1 Mason Crosby GB 3.60
2 Sebastian Janikowski OAK 3.80
3 David Akers SF 5.60
4 Stephen Gostkowski NE 6.00
5 Dan Bailey Dal 6.20
6 Alex Henery Phi 7.80
7 Garrett Hartley NO 8.20
8 Matt Bryant Atl 8.80
9 Jason Hanson Det 10.20
10 Matt Prater Den 10.40
11 Rob Bironas Ten 10.60
12 Robbie Gould Chi 12.00
13 Neil Rackers Was 12.40
14 Nate Kaeding SD 12.40
15 Mike Nugent Cin 12.60

Topics: D Rankings, Fantasy Football 2012 Preview, K Rankings

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