Streaming Defenses - Week 2

More Bob, please. He nailed the Vikings call last weekend, so read on to see who he suggests for Week 2.

Welcome back fellow streamers. Hope you were able to pickup MIN last week. What a nice stream eh? In fact, if you streamed one of the five I recommended last week you did better than 3 of the top 6 drafted Defs. For those of you wondering where I’m getting my data, I’m taking the data from MyFantasyLeague.com, and using the scoring from the Fantasy Sharks leagues. It’s a basic system but adds points for points or yards allowed. If you want to see the actual breakdown go here.

Here’s the breakdown of Week 1 results.

Week 1 Results
Top ADP			Top Streams
DEN	9		MIN	24
ARI	9		LAR	4
SEA	12		GB	9
CAR	12		NYJ	12
KC	2		PHI	13
HOU	13
Average	9.5			12.4

Just another week where Streaming Defenses can beat even the highest rated Defenses.

What are other things we learned this week:

• Titans are a valid target. Mariota looked terrible and their Offensive Line couldn’t keep him protected.

• Browns are a valid target. And now their great hope at QB is out for maybe 2 months, what a shock!

• 49ers aren’t the target we thought, and the Rams aren’t as good as many others thought.

• The Chiefs’ Defense isn’t what they were last year without Houston and Mauga.

• Vikings, 49ers, Packers, Ravens, and Jets defenses looked good although the Vikings played a prime target.

• First time QBs did pretty well: Trevor Siemian, Dak Prescott, Carson Wentz so targeting them may be folly. The Tyrod Taylor bandwagon may have lost a wheel and the Bills may have just emerged as a new target, they did not look good. Substitute QBs such as Case Keenum and Shaun Hill aren’t good and could be targets if the teams don’t go to their prized acquisitions.

•  IND and NO can’t protect their QBs and their defenses are unstartable, even with good matchups. They can be targets against better defenses, but DET and OAK didn’t take advantage.

So what do we have this week? First of all, we resort back to our widely-owned teams for analysis, where a team owned over 80% is considered widely owned, and don’t qualify as a streaming defense. This week we have 9 widely owned teams.

Week 2 Widely Owned
Team	Opp	Proj Pts	Owned	Analysis
CAR	SF	15	100%	Great matchup for the tough defense, start with confidence
DEN	IND	15	100%	Another great matchup, start with confidence
SEA	@LAR	15	100%	And yet another great matchup, top 3 defenses are facing top targets, start with confidence
ARI	TB	9	99%	Not as good a matchup as the other top three but a decent start, temper expectations
HOU	KC	9	96%	I like HOU this week against KC. The Texans did really well against the Bears and I expect about the same this week at home against KC.
KC	@HOU	3	94%	Nope, I don't like the KC defense this week, and not until some injured Def players return, this is a trap
LAR	SEA	3	93%	Rams have floated down to mediocre after watching them give a meager team big yards on the ground.
NE	MIA	7	89%	NE showed great heart against ARI, a high powered offense. Maybe there's more to NE than what meets the eye. This is a start but temper expectations.
MIN	GB	8	86%	This is a tossup, after the Jags gave them a run for their money, but the Vikings are a better defense. Start but temper expectations.
Week 2 Best Streaming Defenses
NYJ	@BUF	12	37%	The Bills look to be a big target and the Jets had the most sacks last week. Start them as a #1 stream while you can get them.
BAL	@CLE	14	8%	Only owned in 8% leagues, held Bills to one touchdown and now meet the number one target. #2 best stream this week.
NYG	NO	9	10%	NO is now a target in spite of their scoring prowess, the Giants have improved a lot as evidenced by holding Zeke to low numbers. #3 start
GB	@MIN	9	52%	The GB offense didn't look stellar against the Jags, but their defense was good. Now they go against a bad QB in either case. #4 start of the week

I don’t expect the streams to outperform the top 5 widely owned Defs because the top five all have great matchups and 4 of them play at home. But my 4 top streams will outperform the rest of the widely owned, except possibly MIN.

There you have it. Make a waiver and make a difference.