Fantasy Football Start/Sit Rankings & Advice: Defense (Week 11)

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Fantasy Football Week 11 Rankings & Start/Sit Advice

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Week 11 Player Notes & Start/Sit Advice

CIN @ PIT: Kenny Pickett has now had back-to-back games with six sacks each. The first was against the excellent Eagles defense, but the second was against the Saints, who are right around average, per Football Outsiders’ DVOA. The Bengals have a better defense than the Saints, so I’m all aboard this week. We’re only 6 games in to Pickett’s career as a starter, but the kind of sack numbers he’s putting up are hard to ignore for any competent defense, and CIN certainly meets that standard.

WAS @ HOU: Davis Mills continues to be one of the best DST targets in the league. He’s good for 3-4 sacks and 1-2 turnovers in most games, and the offense can’t really score points – their only win was 13-6. Washington profiles as a pass-funnel defense: they’re one of the best run defenses in the league, but below average against the pass. I’m not really worried about Mills scoring many points through the air, but I am excited for the Commanders to force him to throw, creating more opportunities for the aforementioned sacks and turnovers.

GB vs TEN: Despite being 6-3, the Titans offense doesn’t score that many points. Three of their wins have come with fewer than 20 points, and their highest mark of the season is 24. Their run-first offense doesn’t create a lot of opportunities for turnovers and sacks. This play is really all about the low points projection – if you can’t find something better, Green Bay probably holding Tennessee under 20 points is a reasonable backup plan.

DEN vs LV: The Raiders are the only team to exceed 20 points against the Broncos this season. Denver’s other opponents have averaged under 15 points per game. While the Raiders putting up 32 points against them in Week 4 is impressive, I don’t see any reason it should happen again. This is a great defense against a below-average offense, albeit one without much sack/turnover upside.