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Fantasy football rankings for Week 12: D/ST

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Why Tristan H. Cockcroft is urging managers to pick up the Commanders D in fantasy (1:20)

Tristan H. Cockcroft explains why he is advising fantasy managers to pick up the Commanders defense before their Week 12 matchup. (1:20)

ESPN's weekly defense/special teams (D/ST) fantasy football rankings are an aggregate of our eight rankers, listed alphabetically. They are Matt Bowen, Mike Clay, Tristan H. Cockcroft, Daniel Dopp, Eric Karabell, Liz Loza, Eric Moody and Field Yates.

Rankings for the week will be published every Tuesday and weigh the player's skills and role in the offense, as well as the quality of that week's matchup, and are updated throughout the week for news and emerging analysis.