Streaming Defenses: Week 16

It's a special Tuesday, I've got two posts for you tonight. First up, Bob's take on defenses that you might want to roll with this week. 

Well it’s championship week, and if you’re reading this you’ve made it to the pinnacle, and I hope I’ve helped in some small way. At this point of the season you are probably locked into one of the top defenses and will ride them to the final outcome. But there may be some unlikely teams in the finals due to the disastrous week 15 for QBs. So some of you may not have the best matchup. First let’s look at week 14 stats:

Week 15				Top Performers
Team	Projected	Actual		Ravens*	23
Ravens	14	23		Bengals	19
Giants	14	11		Bills	18
Packers	12	10		Patriots	18
Vikings	12	6		Chiefs	18
Average	13	12.5
AVG		10.8
% 0wned		13
Rec % owned		12.4
Bad % Owned		15

The Ravens killed it and the Giants and Packers held their own. The Vikings were a disappointment however and the streamers only averaged 12.5 points. Normally a good week, since the overall average was only 10.8. But the highly owned teams kicked it in and averaged 13 points in a week that saw a lot of QBs stagger. The Bills and 49ers surprised as not recommended starts. But overall, the highly owned did well.   So what’s in store for this week?

Player	Pts	Avg	% Owned	Opp	Comment
Seahawks	156	11.1	97%	@ARI	6th best start, Cards are stingy, but SEA is peaking
Cardinals	174	12.4	90%	SEA	Start but temper expectations
Lions	169	12.1	89%	@CHI	4th best start, CHI is down and out, may even see new QB
Eagles	195	13.9	88%	@WAS	1st best start, WAS is a DEF giving machine right now
Patriots	163	11.6	85%	@NYJ	3rd best start, it's the Jets
Texans	172	12.3	84%	BAL	Start but temper expectations
Rams	160	11.4	82%	NYG	5th best start, Rams can still bring it
Ravens	158	11.3	82%	@HOU	7th best start, Ravens are on a roll, and now a new QB
Bills	196	14	81%	@OAK	2nd best start, OAK is still a good DEF target
49ers	150	10.7	81%	SD	I don't like this matchup, the Niners may have given up.
Chiefs	131	9.4	74%	@PIT	I don't like this matchup, avoid if possible
Packers	156	11.1	59%	@TB	1st best stream, the Pack are seeing red this week and will take it out on TB
Giants	126	9	41%	@STL	2nd best stream, Giants D can disrupt the Rams
Titans	108	7.7	23%	@JAC	3rd best stream, unlikely start but big upside against the most generous DEF pts giver

The highly owned teams look to do well again this week, but I don’t like the 49ers or Chiefs.

First best stream is one I recommended last week, and the Packers have an even juicier matchup this week.  Look for the Pack to rebound and do it on DEF. Expect 14 points with upside.

Second, once again, the Giants have a good matchup against a generous Rams team. In fact, both could do well, but the Giants will do better. Expect 12 points.

And for my final recommendation of the year, the Titans. The Titans??? Yep, they have nothing to play for except respect, and they have the ‘first round pick in the draft’ Jags. Don’t expect the Jags to give up that pick. They go out with a whimper and yield a ton of points to the Titans, to the tune of 12 points with upside.  

This will do it for my articles to the FFLibrarian for this season. Watch for more new exciting articles in the months to come from the FFLibrarian. We’re already strategizing new ways to help our readers even in the off season. 

And a fond thank you to Sara and the gang of 4 contributors this year, it’s been a real pleasure to work with you all and look forward to next year…