Hi all and welcome to your third week of advice from FFLibrarian writer, Bob, who always brings his streaming defense genius our way. Enjoy and good luck!
Wow! What a week for surprises, disappointments, and
clarity. Did anyone see the Jaguars beating Miami? There went a lot of survival
pools. Romo going down? That’s got to fry FFLibrarian writer Jen Ryan, the ultimate Cowboys fan. But
there was some clarity on the Defensive side of things. The Jets are even better
than advertised, and the Broncos could be the revival of the Orange Crush. Speaking
of crush, our top defenses really dropped a doogie. And the streams weren’t
that much better.
Below are the results of week 2 using MFL stats and Fantasy
Sharks scoring. Suggested streams are outlined in Blue. Owned and started are in Green for start, Yellow for temper
expectations, and Red for
look elsewhere. Our streams did decidedly better than the widely owned teams,
but it was a shallow victory. The real winners were the teams that weren’t
highly owned OR suggested streams.
|
Rank
|
Team
|
Points
|
|
1
|
Broncos
|
24
|
|
2
|
Browns
|
23
|
|
3
|
Cardinals
|
22
|
|
4
|
Cowboys
|
20
|
|
5
|
Jets
|
16
|
|
6
|
Patriots
|
16
|
|
7
|
Buccaneers
|
14
|
|
8
|
Chiefs
|
14
|
|
9
|
Bengals
|
13
|
|
11
|
Eagles
|
10
|
|
12
|
Packers
|
10
|
|
13
|
Saints
|
9
|
|
15
|
Panthers
|
8
|
|
17
|
Texans
|
8
|
|
22
|
Rams
|
7
|
|
23
|
Bills
|
6
|
|
25
|
Lions
|
5
|
|
26
|
Seahawks
|
5
|
|
30
|
Dolphins
|
3
|
|
31
|
Ravens
|
3
|
So what did we learn? As far as targets it got muddier this
week as well. The Jags made Mia Def look really bad, so they go down to ‘watch’
status. The Browns proved that the Titans are back on the list of targets. WAS
also showed some consistency and found a game plan to confound the feared Rams
front seven. Was goes to ‘watch list’.
Did other targets emerge? Boy, did they!!! But our new
targets have one thing in common: wounded or battered QBs. With Romo down and a
running game that has disappointed, his replacement will see a lot of pressure.
Dal definitely goes on the watch list. And could things go anymore wrong for
the Bears? Cutler is going to miss some time and Clausen is going to be running
for his life. Chi goes straight to my target list. Brees will probably play, but
is hurt, and the New Orleans offensive line is the cause of his malady. They lost to
TB…they go straight to my target list. Stafford is hurt, and will underperform
if he starts, Det goes on the ‘watch’ list.
With those observations in mind what does Week 2 look
like? Here are some links to early streaming advice. They may or may not align
with my analysis below.
- The Fake Football's Dreaming of Streaming: Week 3
- NFL.com's Week 3 waiver wire: Streaming defenses to target
- numberFire's Fantasy Football Defensive Streaming: Week 3 Edition
Here are the ownership numbers and projections for Defs this week
of the ‘owned’ defenses. Owned being better than 80%.
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