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If your fantasy football needs are a good wide receiver or perhaps a tight end, check those stories out. But if you need defense and special teams help, here are the rankings for Week 10 of the 2025 NFL season.
Once again, there is a big dog at the top of the defensive rankings. And this week it’s a very big dog. The Denver Broncos have a sweet matchup against the punchless offense of the Raiders.
Not only is Sena Payton’s defense good, but it is playing well right now. In particular, they came up big against the Texans deep in the red zone, according to denverbroncos.com.
“Regardless of the situation, wherever the ball is put on the ground, we’ve got to play the football,” safety Talanoa Hufanga said. “Early on in the game, we had the goal-line stand that we had, forced them [into] a fourth-down penalty. That was a testament to the guys that, regardless of where the ball is at, they didn’t get into the end zone today.”
And the Broncos played well up front, head coach Sean Payton said.
“If you want to know one thing, we controlled the line of scrimmage,” Payton said. “We felt like there was a big advantage for us in this game, our front vs. their offensive line.”
Clearly, the Broncos have the NFL’s top defense at this point, according to linebacker Jonathon Cooper.
“I don’t think anybody really forgot about us,” Cooper said. “… I think we have the best defense in the league. I’m going to keep saying that and keep standing on that week in and week out. We definitely came out and showed some of that today, and what’s crazy is, I think we can be even better.”
The Broncos have been a top-10 defense three times this year. That came against the Titans, Bengals (without Joe Burrow or Joe Flacco), and Jets. Those are three bad offenses, and the Broncos took advantage. Look for that to happen this week, too.
Another good choice is Detroit. They will take on a Commanders’ team that is decimated by injuries. Marcus Mariota will take over at quarterback for the Commanders, which is a significant downgrade from Jayden Daniels — even though Mariota is serviceable.
Plus, Terry McLaurin is still out, Noah Brown is still out, and Luke McCaffrey is out for the season. And Deebo Samuel looks a few steps slow. So who will catch passes and move the chains, let alone get into the end zone?
It looks like a feast for the Lions’ improving defense. The Lions have finished as a starting defense in 12-team leagues five times this year, including four of the last five games they’ve played.
The Cleveland Browns look like an interesting choice. They were largely ignored early in the season, but finished as the No. 1 defense against the Dolphins and No. 6 against the Patriots. The latter...
