Streaming Defenses - Week 7

Bob is rolling with his weekly sage advice on which defenses to stream, so read on!

Welcome to Week 7 streams. We had some mixed results last week. I warned you about the Rams but missed on PIT. Boy, are the Steelers terrible? And they were owned in 82% leagues, that had to hurt. Average for highly owned only eked out 8 pts overall, pulled down by a lagging CAR defense. They drop to a stream option in the future. Missed on OAK stream as I cautioned. I’ll not be picking them again. And I missed on dissing KC, but still don’t believe in them yet.

Week 6 Highly Owned
Team	Opp	Owned	Proj Pts	Actual
DEN	@SD	100%	14	11
ARI	NYJ	98%	12	14
CAR	@NO	98%	12	3
NEP	CIN	97%	10	7
SEA	ATL	92%	7	11
LAR	@DET	88%	3	3
HOU	IND	85%	12	8
PHI	@WAS	82%	8	14
PIT	@MIA	82%	12	0
BUF	SF	79%	12	10
Average				8.10
Streams for Week 6
TEN	CLE	6%	12	8
DET	LAR	5%	10	4
WAS	PHI	23%	9	11
OAK	KC	44%	8	1
GB	DAL	48%	8	6
SD	DEN	2%	10/6	13
KC	@OAK	58%	4	12
Average				7.17

Now on to this week. There are some juicy starts on the stream side and some cautions on the highly owned.

Week 7 Highly Owned
DEN	HOU	100%	14	HOU has a way of giving up points to good defs, so start DEN with confidence.
ARI	SEA	99%	12	SEA has yet to meet a good def. Well that changes this week and I predict ARI has a big week, start 'em.
NEP	@PIT	97%	12	PIT has left the building with Big Ben out, this will be nasty for AB and PIT, start the Pats with confidence.
MIN	@PHI	96%	14	You have to start the Vikings even against a stingy PHI. Wentz will struggle again and MIN will put up big points…again.
SEA	@ARI	96%	10	Did you know ARI has surrendered 25 and 16 pts to the Bills and Rams respectively? They will give up big pts to SEA, start 'em with confidence.
BUF	@MIA	88%	12	MIA is averaging 11.5 pts/game to defs, and BUF can tear you apart. Start the Bills big.
PHI	MIN	86%	8	Beware this start, MIN does not turn it over, and protects their QB. MIN is only averaging 5.8 pts to Defs, PHI is a good DEF but temper your expectations.
LAR	NYG	86%	8	The Giants seem to give up avg points to everyone they play. If you're happy with 8 points, start the Rams.
PIT	NEP	86%	2	Again, PIT is highly owned and I don't get it. People they suck on DEF! They had 0, Zero points last week against a top 10 target. Start at your own peril.
Streams for Week 7
HOU	@DEN	78%	10	Broncos are struggling, and have given up 13 points in last 2 games to so-so Defs. I see HOU taking a bite out of them as a good defense. Best stream of the week.
TEN	IND	60%	10	Titans are trending up and the Colts are trending down. IND is a bonafide target now, so start TEN as 2nd best stream.
CIN	CLE	47%	9	CLE is still a juicy target surrendering over 10 pts a game. Playing in Cincy, the Bengals will put DEF points on the board. Third best stream.
BAL	@NYJ	33%	8	I like the road dog this week. The Jets can give up big points and BAL is a capable Def. Start as 4th best stream.
GB	CHI	41%	8	And if you don't have any other options, give the Packers a shot. Chi can be had on defense and GB is getting better and better. 5th overall stream.

As always, good luck and keep streaming.