Touchdowns: Defense versus Special Teams

Q:  Our fantasy football league splits up defense and special teams.  A special
teams touchdown (punt return, kick return, blocked field goal return) gets
your team 10 points.  Giving up one of these makes you lose 10 points.   A
defensive touchdown is worth 5 points.  The last two years, ala Chicago
Bears, we have had a “missed field goal returned for a touchdown”  We have
placed it as defensive touchdown.  In your opinion, would you classify this
as a defense or a special teams touchdown.

P.S. Our league commissioner has a team involved so it would be
inappropriate for him to make a ruling.

A:  I agree 100%, this is a defensive touchdown.  The simply way to split up defense and special teams is to comprise the latter of kick and punt returns only.  A field goal block is simply one of many possible results of a defense’s performance - like a sack or an interception.  That the offense has decided to kick instead of run or pass does not change the classification of the defensive unit to the special teams unit.