We really don't permit smoking in the office, so we sent 'Mickey The Crab' out on the street to round-up the collectiveopinion of the 2026 fantasy football community. Despite having generally poor interpersonal skills, Mickey did an admirable job of conversing with most of the fantasy experts he metup with and we are happy to present his findings here in the Top 200 'Man on the Street' Consensus Rankings.
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2026 Top 200 Expert Consensus Rankings DEF Only -September 4, 2026

Rank Team Position Bye
Week		 Average
Ranking		 Highest
Ranking		 Lowest
Ranking
# 1 Houston Texans DEF 8 164.43 119 255 118
# 2 Seattle Seahawks DEF 11 175.57 148 258 128
# 3 Denver Broncos DEF 10 180.86 143 259 127
# 4 Los Angeles Rams DEF 11 180.86 156 263 126
# 5 Philadelphia Eagles DEF 10 194.43 124 264 151
# 6 Minnesota Vikings DEF 6 200.43 140 267 170
# 7 Los Angeles Chargers DEF 7 205.14 155 276 187
# 8 Baltimore Ravens DEF 13 205.14 164 275 188
# 9 Jacksonville Jaguars DEF 7 211.29 172 272 191
# 10 Pittsburgh Steelers DEF 9 211.57 155 268 181
# 11 New England Patriots DEF 11 215.86 172 271 161
# 12 Green Bay Packers DEF 11 238.50 160 346 211
# 13 Buffalo Bills DEF 7 239.17 184 300 202
# 14 Kansas City Chiefs DEF 5 239.86 197 297 226
# 15 Detroit Lions DEF 6 252.17 187 357 195
# 16 Cleveland Browns DEF 11 257.67 163 359 241
# 17 San Francisco 49ers DEF 8 277.50 231 307 214
# 18 Chicago Bears DEF 10 281.00 214 376 216
# 19 New York Giants DEF 8 288.40 193 390 235
# 20 New Orleans Saints DEF 8 291.33 247 383 707
# 21 Atlanta Falcons DEF 11 293.60 191 370 326
# 22 Indianapolis Colts DEF 13 296.60 218 370 420
# 23 Tampa Bay Buccaneers DEF 10 314.20 216 375 394
# 24 New York Jets DEF 13 327.00 205 405 540
# 25 Dallas Cowboys DEF 14 327.75 276 408 221
# 26 Tennessee Titans DEF 9 331.00 238 389 770
# 27 Carolina Panthers DEF 5 346.50 286 388 663
# 28 Arizona Cardinals DEF 14 364.67 292 413 406
# 29 Las Vegas Raiders DEF 13 370.50 301 403 678
# 30 Washington Commanders DEF 7 378.00 298 410 421