Fantasy Football Talk- 2017

[The Franchise]

Do I drop the Eagles defense for the Bucs defense to start this week?

I have the Steelers defense as well.

Bucs schedule (plus being their bye week is already done)

vs. Bears
@Vikings
vs. Giants
vs. Pats
@Cardinals
@Bills
vs. Panthers
@Saints
vs. Jets
@Dolphins
@Falcons
@Packers
vs. Lions
vs. Falcons
@Panthers
vs. Saints

Eagles schedule

@Chiefs
vs. Giants
@ Chargers
vs. Cardinals
@Panthers
vs. Redskins
vs. 49ers
vs. Broncos
@Cowboys
vs. Bears
@Seahawks
@Rams
@Giants
vs. Raiders
vs. Cowboys

[ChiefGator]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

Do I drop the Eagles defense for the Bucs defense to start this week?

I have the Steelers defense as well.

Well, the one week you KNOW you will use your backup defense the Bucs play the Saints. I don't love that matchup. The Bucs are a very good defense though, so I might still think about picking them up if they are on the waiver wire.

I don't actually love the Steelers either.. they finished in the bottom half of the defenses last year in my scoring format. I think they live on name only at this point, especially since the Steelers blow everyone out and the other team tends to get more points against them just because they have to.

I would consider, or at least keep watching, the Jags defense. No one is talking about them, since they are shrugging off the first game as Houston is that bad. The Jags got TEN sacks.. TEN! Recovered three fumbles, an interception, and scored. That is not just a bad opponent, that is excellent defensive play as well. They are a very good, athletic defense at all levels, and are finally getting competent coaching it seems. And the Jags are going to be running much more this year, which will shorten games and keep scoring low. I think they end up a top five defense by the end of the year. ( NOTE: I am not a Jags fan at all.. but I was forced by local TV and Irma to watch the game last weekend. )

Jags play the Bengals on the Steelers bye week.

[The Franchise]

Originally Posted by ChiefGator

Well, the one week you KNOW you will use your backup defense the Bucs play the Saints. I don't love that matchup. The Bucs are a very good defense though, so I might still think about picking them up if they are on the waiver wire.

I don't actually love the Steelers either.. they finished in the bottom half of the defenses last year in my scoring format. I think they live on name only at this point, especially since the Steelers blow everyone out and the other team tends to get more points against them just because they have to.

I would consider, or at least keep watching, the Jags defense. No one is talking about them, since they are shrugging off the first game as Houston is that bad. The Jags got TEN sacks.. TEN! Recovered three fumbles, an interception, and scored. That is not just a bad opponent, that is excellent defensive play as well. They are a very good, athletic defense at all levels, and are finally getting competent coaching it seems. And the Jags are going to be running much more this year, which will shorten games and keep scoring low. I think they end up a top five defense by the end of the year. ( NOTE: I am not a Jags fan at all.. but I was forced by local TV and Irma to watch the game last weekend. )

Jags play the Bengals on the Steelers bye week.

Jags aren't available. I have them in my other league.

I could drop the Steelers and pick up the Bucs.

The available defenses right now are:

Bengals
Bucs
Cowboys
Chargers
Colts
Redskins
Lions
Giants
Bills
Titans
Falcons
Bears
Browns
Dolphins
49ers
Packers
Jets
Saints

[ChiefGator]

Originally Posted by Pestilence

Jags aren't available. I have them in my other league.

I could drop the Steelers and pick up the Bucs.

The available defenses right now are:

Bengals
Bucs
Cowboys
Chargers
Colts
Redskins
Lions
Giants
Bills
Titans
Falcons
Bears
Browns
Dolphins
49ers
Packers
Jets
Saints

I think that defenses, unless something major happens, can be evaluated by past performance ( I know, I know.. the Jags.. but I think enough changed there to merit the re-evaluation. )

Just looking at how they ranked over the last two years, these are the best defenses from your list. Note: This only includes defensive plays, not special teams.

1. Eagles
2. Steelers (only team on the list that got worse last year, from #8 to #15 by my scoring)
3. Giants
4. Bucs

Giants and Bucs both finished very good last year ( #4 and #7 by my scoring ).

The Giants get the Rams on the Steeler's bye week.