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We’re coming off our second straight week of nailing seven of the top 10 defenses in fantasy football. Perhaps it’s just luck or perhaps the tweaks to the BOD Formula by adding in the PFF Pass Rush Production rate and Forced Incompletion Rate are helping the formula to be a bit more accurate. Combine that with starting to get a sense of the true talent level of all these teams and maybe we’re settling into a groove (of course, I just jinxed it).
We had mid-week bumps for the Saints and Eagles due to some injury news for their opponents, so make sure you check back here as the week goes on, and we’ve continued to have success with the Packers despite the overall consensus rankings not buying into them as a top unit. That’s hopefully going to carry over in Week 7 because the BOD formula adjusted for weekly matchups has a few good defenses in bad matchups still ranked high, so we have a real decision point of trusting the defense or going for worse defenses in better matchups. I’ve always tended to lean towards trusting the floor of a good defense, but this week will put that to the test.
On Sunday, we also saw the Giants and Lions continue to assert themselves as defenses we need to be taking seriously, but the Lions also will have to deal with the devastating loss of Aidan Hutchinson, who fractured his fibula. It’s hard to say exactly how much we should ding them for losing the favorite for NFL Defensive Player of the Year, and those are the manual calculations that could sway a few of these rankings until we get a big enough sample size.
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As a final reminder, what you’ll get each week in this article is not just my rankings but also my thoughts on why teams are ranked how they are. Tier One will the my “elite” plays of the week. Tier Two…
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Publish date : 2024-10-15 13:26:29
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