Here are our final set of Kicker and Defense/Special Teams Rankings heading into the season. Note that the Giants/Redskins game has already been played, but we thought we would give all of you one last rank since we do not include kickers and defenses in our Year-round Fantasy Player Rankings.

Defenses/Special Teams

1. Vikings
2. Patriots
3. Chargers
4. Steelers
5. Bears
6. Cowboys
7. Giants
8. Ravens
9. Cardinals
10. Jaguars
11. Seahawks
12. Colts
13. Packers
14. Eagles
15. Buccaneers
16. Bengals
17. Broncos
18. Titans
19. Bills
20. Jets

Kickers

1. Nick Folk
2. Stephen Gostkowski
3. Nate Kaeding
4. Ryan Longwell
5. Shayne Graham
6. Rob Bironas
7. Phil Dawson
8. Josh Scobee
9. Josh Brown
10. Mason Crosby
11. Adam Vinatieri
12. Robbie Gould
13. Neil Rackers
14. Jason Hanson
15. David Akers
16. Matt Bryant
17. Matt Stover
18. Kris Brown
19. Jeff Reed
20. Jason Elam