Fantasy Football Start/Sit Rankings & Advice: Defense (Week 10)

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Fantasy Football Week 10 Rankings & Start/Sit Advice

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Week 10 Player Notes & Start/Sit Advice

NO @ PIT: Five weeks in, Kenny Picket has developed into an excellent DST target. He has thrown just two passing touchdowns compared to 8 interceptions. His 2.4 sacks per game isn’t the highest, but that includes 6 against the Eagles in Week 8, so we know the opportunity is there for a good pass rush. Any competent defense is a good play against the Steelers, and the roughly average Saints are exactly that.

LV vs IND: Speaking of developing quarterbacks, Sam Ehlinger has been pretty terrible in his two weeks as a starter. Last week he took an incredible 9 sacks from the Patriots. New England’s defense is quite a bit better than that of the Raiders, but an offense this bad can’t be ignored. Seeing what a lesser defense can do against Ehlinger will be a valuable data point in judging his viability as a DST target, and I intend to find out in my own lineups.

NYG vs HOU: Davis Mills has been a good, but not great, DST target all season, with three sacks being the norm, and three multi-interception games so far. The Giants defense is nothing special, but they aren’t bad enough for me to really doubt starting them in a matchup like this.

TEN vs DEN: If I had told you a couple years ago that two of the worst quarterbacks in the NFL would be Russell Wilson and Aaron Rodgers, you wouldn’t have believed me. But here we are. Wilson hasn’t had fewer than three sacks in a game since Week 1, and has led the Broncos to more than 20 points only twice, peaking with 23 in a Week 4 loss to the Raiders. The Titans happen to have the best run defense in the league according to Football Outsiders’ DVOA metric, and are competent against passing too.