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I thought about putting WFT at #5 over the Ravens. Something in my gut is telling me the Ravens won't be top 5.
Agree, especially after losing Peters. That’s a big hit to the secondary. Should still be too 10 though.
Two other teams that could creep into the top 5 are NE and Buffalo. Like I said, it's a crap shoot from one year to the next.
I like both as streaming defenses. Not sure either finish as top fantasy defenses however.
The NE defense was lights out early in 2019, then weren't quite the same late in the regular season. The Fitzmagic game to put KC in the driver's seat comes to mind. Also, the Jets had Gase and Darnold, while Josh Allen wasn't the Allen of 2020 & 2021. I think Wilson and the Jets are an improvement. Miami has more weapons now, but Tua is still unproven. I think the NE defense will be good, but not like 2019.
They looked easy to score on in week 1, but yes, the Bucs are probably a good streaming defense, but I'm not so sure they are top 5.
Through 8 games in 2019, the NE defense averaged 24 ppg when the #3 team in the league was averaging 13. They fell off and were close to average the rest of the way, but they scored triple most teams in the early going.
I wasn’t that impressed with their secondary in their opener, and Sean Murphy-Bunting dislocated his elbow (ow!) which won’t improve it much.
That's a good schedule for the NE defense. But Jones is no Brady yet, so there is a risk of more NE turnovers leading to opponent points. Brady only had 8 INTs in 2019.
Dallas is going to score on everyone. That’ll be the best offense Tampa faces all season.
I think basing NE on last year when multiple starters "sat out" is unrelated to predicting 2021.
I’m not sure I completely buy this narrative.
The Chiefs were shut down in the SB because their starting OL was a mess and couldn't play. Give the Chiefs their starting OL and that game is completely different.
Possible. I just see Mahomes & Co on par with the Cowboys offense & the Dallas OL isn’t exactly World-beaters. Wasn’t that the whole reason everyone keeps saying they went so pass happy?
2018 2019 2020
LAR 2 5 1 8
BAL 3 4 5 12
PIT 13 3 3 19
BUF 5 9 9 23
NEP 7 1 16 24
KCC 6 10 11 27
NOS 14 7 6 27
IND 18 12 2 32
CHI 1 17 19 37
MIN 8 8 25 41
SEA 10 16 15 41
WAS 12 22 7 41
SFO 31 2 10 43
TBB 30 6 8 44
PHI 22 13 13 48
TEN 11 14 27 52
MIA 16 32 4 52
JAC 9 18 28 55
NYJ 19 11 26 56
DEN 17 20 22 59
GBP 24 15 20 59
CAR 27 19 14 60
HOU 4 26 31 61
LAC 15 25 23 63
DAL 21 21 21 63
CLE 23 27 17 67
ARI 25 30 12 67
NYG 29 23 18 70
ATL 28 24 24 76
DET 20 29 32 81
CIN 26 31 29 86
LVR 32 28 30 90
Hoping so..had the same ideas about facing young qb’s and after waiting on D while others snatched up the usual thought of top Ds, I invested in the Pats in 2 leagues.
They were really good, but also note that their opponents in Those 8 games were comically terrible.
Their first half schedule was absolutely ridiculous. They played Darnold's backup because he had mono. I'm pretty sure they faced at least 1 more backup QB, if not two. And all of those opposing offenses were bad even with their starters.
I don't get the Cowboys pick (homer?). Wasn't their defense atrocious last year? What have they done to make you feel they will be the #2 defense?
I Agree with most of your NE points, except I think NE will be run first this year. Double tight ends will be their preferred base offense. I know Hunter and Smith are better at pass catching than blocking, but both are almost certainly better at blocking than almost any WR out there. And with the balanced set the opposing defense won't be able to overload one side of the field.
I get it from a playing catch-up perspective, but at the end of the day they are going to give up a lot of points and I couldn't in good faith rank them as a top fantasy defense.
That's the narrative that is getting put out there by the sports media, but if the way they've had Jones practicing and playing in the preseason, that's not what they are going to do. Jones has absorbed a ton of the offense and they have him playing with pace and running a fast paced offense (ie, not slow and plodding and not a lot of time in huddles). There have been comparisons that as this stage Jones has a better understanding of the playbook than Brady did at the start of his career (that doesn't mean he is Brady, only that he seems to understand the schemes and complexity a little more).
We’ll see how it shakes out, but I’m thinking this may be a product of how bad Ten will be on offense this year more than anything else. All I heard about all offseason was how comically bad Zona’s secondary was going to be this season.Looking for a logical place to ask this and this is the closest I could find so cut me some slack.
I watched the AZ-TEN game yesterday. That D line in AZ is scary. Is there a chance we are missing simething ranking them or is it TEN has no O line?
The D Line or Chandler Jones? Jones ate Lewans lunch for 5 of the 6 sacks. I don't think they are a good defense.Looking for a logical place to ask this and this is the closest I could find so cut me some slack.
I watched the AZ-TEN game yesterday. That D line in AZ is scary. Is there a chance we are missing simething ranking them or is it TEN has no O line?
Off this week definitely have to think about the Cardinals and Saints. But I'm with you on the streaming part, which is why I targeted Denver in my draft for weeks 1-3, and then I'll deal with the rest later. Patriots would be worth a look once Gilmore is back. But unless we're talking the '85 Bears I'm not carrying a second DST to cover a bye week, which is another reason I am streaming at least at the start of the season.
