Are we going to see defense by committee article? (1 Viewer)

[Liquid Tension]

I know the last few years there have been articles on taking (for example) Philly and Cincinnati because as a team they play the weakest schedule and you can pick them up in your your last 2 rounds. Has this been done this year or has someone looked at this? If I remember the article also pointed out the reasons why a certain defense should be improved as well and was a good read.

Thanks.

 

[CA_7]

http://subscribers.footballguys.com/2006/06stuart_dtbc.php

 

[massraider]

Anyone else subscribe to this theory, or used it in the past?

Defense scores well in one of my leagues, and I am intrigued by that article. It seems to me that playing the matchups with team defense has validity, but I've never researched it.

 

[wannabee]

Anyone else subscribe to this theory, or used it in the past?Defense scores well in one of my leagues, and I am intrigued by that article. It seems to me that playing the matchups with team defense has validity, but I've never researched it.

Last year, I know this sounds odd, I picked up defenses of of the waiver that were playing against the Niners, the Packers, or the Texans.I did real well with it. I just chased these teams around picking up defenses to play against these offenses.

 

[Keys Myaths]

Anyone else subscribe to this theory, or used it in the past?Defense scores well in one of my leagues, and I am intrigued by that article. It seems to me that playing the matchups with team defense has validity, but I've never researched it.

Last year, I know this sounds odd, I picked up defenses of of the waiver that were playing against the Niners, the Packers, or the Texans.I did real well with it. I just chased these teams around picking up defenses to play against these offenses.

In a league with 12 teams or less, this is pretty easy to do.

 

[videoguy505]

I followed Chase last season and it worked out well. Started the year strong with Cincy and Detroit. When it became clear that the Bengals were the horse to ride, I ended up dropping the Lions.

 

[Liquid Tension]

I followed Chase last season and it worked out well. Started the year strong with Cincy and Detroit. When it became clear that the Bengals were the horse to ride, I ended up dropping the Lions.

The key in chasing is to go 2-3 weeks in advance so that you can get them early enough. of course you need to play the juggling game with your lineup, but if done right you can make it happen. The bottom line is you need to identify the poor offenses and the at least decent defenses. I think Chase made a big mistake in his ranking of the Bear offense and because of that his numbers are way off. Somehow he has the offense being owrse than last year even though they have their lineman back, Grossman back (huge) and more depth at RB with Benson ready (shoulder should be Ok). Also, they get their rookie wideout Bradley back. Didn't make any sense to me.

 

[The Jerk]

Anyone else subscribe to this theory, or used it in the past?Defense scores well in one of my leagues, and I am intrigued by that article. It seems to me that playing the matchups with team defense has validity, but I've never researched it.

Last year, I know this sounds odd, I picked up defenses of of the waiver that were playing against the Niners, the Packers, or the Texans.I did real well with it. I just chased these teams around picking up defenses to play against these offenses.

I did this as well. I set up a spreadsheet for defenses and kickers on the waiver wire and matched them up with the projections on Lineup Dominator so I could see the upcoming matchups and stay ahead of the waiver wire. If you set up conditional formatting and color code the high and low projections, it's easy to see what weeks each defense can be used without even looking at numbers.It's very useful going into a draft to have a safety net like team defense. If a top defense hangs around long enough, I'll draft them, but if I don't then I can use one of the combinations and feel reasonably good about it. Same can apply for kicker.

 

[GoFishTN]

I followed Chase last season and it worked out well. Started the year strong with Cincy and Detroit. When it became clear that the Bengals were the horse to ride, I ended up dropping the Lions.

Same here. In fact, I've followed Chase's DBC articles the last few years and always ended up with a top notch defense. Of course, as with anything else, you have to see how the season goes and adjust.

 

[Daggeth]

I went with Chase's DBC also last year and it worked out very well for me. I was actually able to drop Det once or twice for a short period in order to take a quick chance on a WW pickup. Nobody ever picked Det up before I could luckily.

The years before this I would follow the other trend in this thread and simply pick up defenses playing against the lower tier of offenses in any given week. This worked out OK also, but there was definitely some planning ahead which had to be done. This would mean that I'd have to hold up to 3 defenses for short periods which once or twice would throw a monkey wrench into my WW pickups.

 

[Chase Stuart]

I think Chase made a big mistake in his ranking of the Bear offense and because of that his numbers are way off. Somehow he has the offense being owrse than last year

I'm not sure what's causing your confusion. My ranking of the Bears offense is straight from Dodds' projections. Which don't you agree with?

 

[MelvinTScupper]

InsidetheStats.com suggesting a New England/Buffalo combo, based on opponents.

 

[videoguy505]

I would love to see follow-up DBC and QBBC articles around week 8, once the SOS is a little clearer and the push for the Fantasy playoffs begins.