LETS RUN IT BACK! For the final time of the 2020 NFL and fantasy football season, Nate brings you his Streamable Defenses of the Week! It was another successful week on that front as each of Nate’s Week 15 options topped six fantasy points, with his top option going for 15 fantasy points. With Championship Week here, the stakes are higher than ever. Let's also not forget that his top options through 15 weeks are now the DST1 on the season. Yes, you read that right, DST 1! Let’s get into the Week 16 suggestions!
The premise of this article is to bring forth three streamable defenses that fantasy football players should look to use for that respective week. To qualify for this series, defenses must be owned in less than 40-percent of Yahoo and/or ESPN leagues. At least one of the suggested defenses will be owned in less than 10-percent of Yahoo and/or ESPN leagues to cater to every fantasy player. You can find last week’s results below and previous week’s results at the bottom of this article.
The Dallas Cowboys’ 15 point Week 15 result propelled Nate’s Streamable Defenses of the Week into the DST1 spot on the season. The Cowboys did this against a battered 49ers’ offense led by Nick Mullens. The Cowboys recorded four total takeaways and two sacks. The Titans used three takeaways to post six fantasy points against the Lions and the New York Jets blanked the Rams in route to eight fantasy points.
Week 15 Results
Dallas Cowboys at San Francisco 49ers - 15 points
Tennessee Titans vs. Detroit Lions - 6 points
New York Jets at Los Angeles Rams - 8 points
Week 16 Suggestions
Arizona Cardinals vs. San Francisco 49ers - Owned in 34% of Yahoo and 39.7% of ESPN leagues
This 49ers team is a mess. It was announced today (Tuesday) that Raheem Mostert and Nick Mullens are both done for the season. This is added to the offensive list that is missing names such as Jimmy Garappolo, Deebo Samuel and George Kittle. This leaves just C.J. Beathard as the team’s lone quarterback with Josh Johnson on the Covid list. The 49ers did go out and add Josh Rosen from the Buccaneers’ practice squad for whatever that’s worth. This 49ers offense has allowed the third most fantasy points to opposing defenses. Play the Cardinals’ defense with confidence.
Houston Texans vs. Cincinnati Bengals - Owned in 18% of Yahoo and 11.4% of ESPN leagues
The Bengals shocked the league with it’s Primetime Monday Night Football victory over the Pittsburgh Steelers. However, the Bengals did post just 17 points in that game. They have allowed the fourth most fantasy points to opposing defenses. This isn’t a fantastic play as the Houston defense is far from impressive, but I think with the matchup, there’s a safe floor here.
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Chicago Bears - Owned in 1% of Yahoo and 0.6% of ESPN leagues
Options for defenses owned in less than 10-percent of leagues for Week 16 are scarce, very scarce. The best of the available options in my opinion (for whatever that’s worth) is the Jaguars who will play host to the Bears. The Bears have allowed the 11th most fantasy points to opposing defenses, which is why the Jaguars make this list. I know Mitchell Trubisky has been playing competent football as of late, but it’s still Trubisky, whose wheels could fall off at any given moment.
Overall Results
Top Options - 138 fantasy points (DST1)
Mid Options - 78 fantasy points (DST19)
Under 10% - 68 fantasy points (DST21)
Week 1 Results
Detroit Lions vs. Chicago Bears - 1 Point
Tennessee Titans @ Denver Broncos - 3 Points
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Indianapolis Colts - 6 Points
Week 2 Results
Cincinnati Bengals @ Cleveland Browns - -2 Points
Seattle Seahawks vs. New England Patriots - 3 Points
Arizona Cardinals vs. Washington Football Team - 9 Points
Week 3 Results
Los Angeles Chargers vs. Carolina Panthers - 4 points
Cleveland Browns vs. Washington Football Team - 14 points
Jacksonville Jaguars vs. Miami Dolphins - 0 points
Week 4 Results
Denver Broncos at New York Jets - 6 points
Arizona Cardinals at Carolina Panthers - 1 point
New York Jets vs. Denver Broncos - 8 points
Week 5 Results
Dallas Cowboys vs. New York Giants - 9 points
New York Jets vs. Arizona Cardinals - 2 points
Washington Football Team vs. Los Angeles Rams - 2 points
Week 6 Results
Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets - 15 points
Washington Football Team at New York Giants - 4 points
Green Bay Packers at Tampa Bay Buccaneers - -1 point
Week 7 Results
Philadelphia Eagles vs. New York Giants - 9 points
Cleveland Browns at Cincinnati Bengals - 7 points
Cincinnati Bengals vs. Cleveland Browns - -2 points
Week 8 Results
Green Bay Packers vs. Minnesota Vikings - 0 points
Tennessee Titans at Cincinnati Bengals - -1 points
Detroit Lions vs. Indianapolis Colts - 0 points
Week 9 Results
Washington Football Team vs. New York Giants - 5 points
Arizona Cardinals vs. Miami Dolphins - 2 points
Houston Texans at Jacksonville Jaguars - 4 points
Week 10 Results
Green Bay Packers vs. Jacksonville Jaguars - 6 points
Detroit Lions vs. Washington Football Team - 4 points
Minnesota Vikings at Chicago Bears - 10 points
Week 11 Results
Cleveland Browns vs. Philadelphia Eagles - 20 points
Cincinnati Bengals at Washington Football Team - 5 points
Houston Texans vs. New England Patriots - 3 points
Week 12 Results
New York Giants at Cincinnati Bengals - 9 points
Seattle Seahawks at Philadelphia Eagles - 9 points
Carolina Panthers at Minnesota Vikings - 19 points
Week 13 Results
Las Vegas Raiders at New York Jets - 8 points
Tennessee Titans vs. Cleveland Browns - -2 points
San Francisco 49ers vs. Buffalo Bills - 2 points
Week 14 Results
Carolina Panthers vs. Denver Broncos - 2 points
Dallas Cowboys at Cincinnati Bengals - 18 points
Washington Football Team at San Francisco 49ers - 23 points