Rankings have been updated to take players out from Thursday's Packers-Bears game.

We've split up our fantasy football rankings by traditional IDP (individual defensive players) positions: defensive line, linebacker and defensive back. Because scoring systems can vary greatly in IDP formats, these rankings will be based on the following scoring criteria:

Solo tackle: 1.5 points

Assisted tackle: 0.75 points

Tackle for loss: 2 points

Sack: 4 points

Interception: 5 points

Forced fumble: 4 points

Fumble recovery: 4 points

Defensive TD: 6 points

Safety: 2 points

Passes defensed: 1.5 points

In the headers of the rankings below, our three analysts will be abbreviated: Mike Clay (MC), Jim McCormick (JM) and Tristan H. Cockcroft (TC)

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Top 50 defensive linemen for Week 1 PLAYER TEAM MC JM TC AVG 1. Joey Bosa LAC 2 2 1 1.7 2. Aaron Donald LAR 3 1 2 2 3. J.J. Watt HOU 5 3 3 3.7 4. Cameron Jordan NO 1 8 4 4.3 5. Danielle Hunter MIN 4 4 6 4.7 6. DeMarcus Lawrence DAL 7 7 5 6.3 7. Calais Campbell JAC 8 6 8 7.3 8. Trey Flowers DET 6 12 7 8.3 9. Myles Garrett CLE 12 5 9 8.7 10. Dee Ford SF 9 10 11 10 11. DeForest Buckner SF 11 11 10 10.7 12. Bradley Chubb DEN 10 13 12 11.7 13. Frank Clark KC 18 9 13 13.3 14. Melvin Ingram LAC 15 14 14 14.3 15. Carlos Dunlap CIN 19 17 15 17 16. Jadeveon Clowney SEA 16 16 21 17.7 17. Jurrell Casey TEN 17 19 18 18 18. Chris Jones KC 24 18 17 19.7 18. Justin Houston IND 13 30 16 19.7 20. Jonathan Allen WAS 21 22 20 21 21. Everson Griffen MIN 22 25 19 22 22. Marcus Davenport NO 14 33 22 23 23. Cameron Heyward PIT 20 24 26 23.3 24. Brandon Graham PHI 34 15 27 25.3 25. Olivier Vernon CLE 28 26 23 25.7 26. Dante Fowler Jr. LAR 23 34 25 27.3 27. Fletcher Cox PHI 35 20 30 28.3 28. Ezekiel Ansah SEA 26 36 24 28.7 29. Jerry Hughes BUF 32 27 31 30 30. Derek Barnett PHI 33 28 33 31.3 31. Geno Atkins CIN 31 29 38 32.7 32. Grady Jarrett ATL 27 38 34 33 33. Damon Harrison DET 36 37 28 33.7 33. Daron Payne WAS 25 44 32 33.7 35. Yannick Ngakoue JAC 37 31 37 35 36. Michael Bennett NE 39 23 44 35.3 37. B.J. Hill NYG 29 47 35 37 38. Ndamukong Suh TB 41 42 29 37.3 39. Stephon Tuitt PIT 38 41 41 40 40. Nick Bosa SF 49 21 NR 40.3 41. Kawann Short CAR 30 49 43 40.7 42. Linval Joseph MIN 40 48 36 41.3 43. Leonard Williams NYJ 45 45 39 43 44. Denico Autry IND 50 35 49 44.7 44. Ed Oliver BUF NR 32 NR 44.7 46. Trent Murphy BUF 47 NR 42 46.7 47. Sheldon Richardson CLE NR 40 50 47 47. Josh Allen JAC NR 39 NR 47 49. Sheldon Rankins NO NR NR 40 47.3 50. Vince Biegel MIA 42 NR NR 48

Top 50 linebackers for Week 1 PLAYER TEAM MC JM TC AVG 1. Darius Leonard IND 1 2 1 1.3 2. Luke Kuechly CAR 2 3 2 2.3 3. Bobby Wagner SEA 5 1 3 3 4. Kwon Alexander SF 3 8 5 5.3 5. Cory Littleton LAR 4 9 4 5.7 6. Tremaine Edmunds BUF 7 5 6 6 7. Leighton Vander Esch DAL 10 4 7 7 8. Deion Jones ATL 8 6 8 7.3 9. Lavonte David TB 6 12 9 9 9. Demario Davis NO 9 7 11 9 11. C.J. Mosley NYJ 14 10 10 11.3 12. Jaylon Smith DAL 13 11 12 12 13. Devin White TB 12 14 15 13.7 14. Eric Kendricks MIN 11 20 13 14.7 15. Devin Bush PIT 15 13 17 15 16. Jordan Hicks ARI 16 18 14 16 17. Anthony Hitchens KC 17 17 16 16.7 18. Alec Ogletree NYG 24 16 18 19.3 19. Zach Cunningham HOU 23 19 19 20.3 20. Jayon Brown TEN 21 22 20 21 21. Vontaze Burfict OAK 19 25 25 23 22. T.J. Watt PIT 22 26 24 24 22. Fred Warner SF 27 24 21 24 24. Joe Schobert CLE 30 23 22 25 25. Raekwon McMillan MIA 18 37 23 26 26. Myles Jack JAC 39 15 29 27.7 26. Patrick Onwuasor BAL 20 36 27 27.7 28. K.J. Wright SEA 25 33 26 28 29. Tahir Whitehead OAK 26 31 30 29 30. Nick Vigil CIN 33 30 28 30.3 31. Matt Milano BUF 29 32 33 31.3 32. Chandler Jones ARI 36 21 39 32 33. Benardrick McKinney HOU 32 39 32 34.3 34. Christian Kirksey CLE 47 27 31 35 34. Todd Davis DEN 34 35 36 35 34. Jerome Baker MIA 28 42 35 35 37. Von Miller DEN 31 38 37 35.3 38. Nigel Bradham PHI 40 28 43 37 39. Denzel Perryman LAC 35 48 34 39 39. Adrian Phillips LAC 37 40 40 39 41. Kyle Van Noy NE 42 41 41 41.3 42. Anthony Barr MIN 38 50 38 42 43. Haason Reddick ARI 43 44 42 43 44. Kenny Young BAL NR 29 NR 43.7 44. Thomas Davis LAC 44 43 44 43.7 44. Preston Brown CIN NR 34 46 43.7 47. Jahlani Tavai DET 41 45 NR 45.7 48. Shaun Dion Hamilton WAS 48 NR 45 48 49. Ryan Kerrigan WAS 45 NR 49 48.3 50. Rashaan Evans TEN 49 47 50 48.7