Fantasy Football Defense Start/Sit Rankings (Week 10)

Here they are—Defense Rankings for Week 10 (2009) to help you decide who to start and who to sit on your fantasy football team.

1. Baltimore Ravens - @ CLE
2. Minnesota Vikings – vs. DET
3. New Orleans Saints - @ STL
4. Denver Broncos - @ WAS
5. Pittsburgh Steelers – vs. CIN
6. New York Jets – vs. JAC
7. Miami Dolphins – vs. TB
8. Tennessee Titans – vs. BUF
9. Arizona Cardinals – vs. SEA
10. Atlanta Falcons - @ CAR
11. Philadelphia Eagles – @ SD
12. Dallas Cowboys - @ GB
13. Kansas City Chiefs - @ OAK
14. Cincinnati Bengals - @ PIT
15. San Francisco 49ers – vs. CHI
16. New England Patriots - @ IND
17. Washington Redskins – vs. DEN
18. San Diego Chargers – vs. PHI
19. Buffalo Bills - @ TEN
20. Chicago Bears – @ SF
21. Green Bay Packers – vs. DAL
22. Oakland Raiders – vs. KC
23. Carolina Panthers – vs. ATL
24. Jacksonville Jaguars - @ NYJ
25. Indianapolis Colts – vs. NE

Denver @ Houston Stats and Notes

We'll have our fantasy outlook for the Broncos/Texans game up soon. Until then, here's a look at some stats and notes of interest for the Dec. 13 game.

DENVER BRONCOS (6-7) AT HOUSTON TEXANS (6-7)

	BRONCOS	TEXANS
SERIES LEADER	1-0
STREAKS	1-0
COACHES VS. OPP.	Shanahan: 1-0	Kubiak: 0-0
LAST WEEK	W 41-7 vs. Chiefs	W 28-14 vs. Buccaneers
LAST GAME	11/7/04: Texans (13) at Broncos (31). Denver QB Jake Plummer passes for 234 yards & 4 TDs & RB Reuben Droughns has 120 rushing yards as Broncos improve to 6-3.
BROADCAST	NFL Network (7 PM CT): Bryant Gumbel, Cris Collinsworth. Westwood One Radio: Dick Enberg, Dennis Green. SIRIUS: 124 (Westwood), 123 (Den.), 126 (Hou.).

NOTES

BRONCOS: QB JAY CUTLER had career-high 4 TD passes & 141 passer rating last week. For career, club is 4-0 when Cutler has 100+ passer rating. Cutler has TD pass in 15 of 18 career starts…In 5 career meetings vs. Hou, RB TRAVIS HENRY averages 88.8 rush yards-per-game (444 yards, 94 att.) with 4 TDs. Rookie RB SELVIN YOUNG posted career-high 156 yards (9.2 avg.) on 17 carries last week. Young attended Univ. of Texas (2003-05)…WR BRANDON MARSHALL had career-high 10 rec. & 2 TDs last week & posted 2nd 100-yard game of season (115). WR BRANDON STOKLEY’s teams are 7-0 vs. Hou. & he has 5 TDs in those games (most vs. any opponent)…Defense posted season-best 5 sacks last week…CBs CHAMP BAILEY (42) & DRE’ BLY (37) rank 1st & 2nd among active CBs for most INTs since 1999. DE ELVIS DUMERVIL tied career-high with 3 sacks last week & ranks 3rd in AFC with 11 sacks…

TEXANS: GARY KUBIAK spent 11 seasons as Broncos offensive coordinator (1995-05)…QB SAGE ROSENFELS is 2-0 as starter in ’07 & has completed 38 of 55 passes (69.1 pct.) for 390 yards with 4 TDs vs. INT & 105.9 passer rating…RB RON DAYNE spent ’05 with Broncos. Texans are 4-1 (.800), when Dayne has 20+ carries. Rookie RB DARIUS WALKER made debut last week & posted 81 total yards (46 rush yards, 35 receiving)…WR ANDRE JOHNSON averages 114.6 receiving yards-per-game at home in ’07…TE OWEN DANIELS ranks 2nd on team in receptions (57) & yards (686), both franchise-highs for TE…Rookie DT AMOBI OKOYE (No. 10) leads NFL rookies with 5.5 sacks. DE MARIO WILLIAMS has 5.5 sacks in past 4 & aims for 5th consecutive game with 1 or more sacks…WR-KR ANDRÉ DAVIS registered 2nd career KR-TD on 97-yard return last week…K KRIS BROWN has converted all 5 50+ yard FG attempts in ’07.