Top 4 Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Pickups: Defenses (Week 10)

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Fantasy Football Waiver Wire Targets: Defense

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Written by Pat Fitzmaurice

Detroit Lions: 47% rostered

• Next Opponents: @HOU, JAX, @IND
• True value: $3
• Desperate Need: $5
• Budget-minded: $1

Analysis: Consider spending an extra buck or two on the Lions, since you could potentially ride them for the next three or four weeks. Detroit gets a Week 10 matchup against Houston, whose offensive line has crumbled. The Texans have allowed 14 sacks over their last three games, including eight last week against the Jets. Then, the Lions face the hapless Jaguars in Week 11. Week 12 brings a matchup against the Colts and immobile, interception-prone QB Joe Flacco (assuming Indy hasn’t turned back to error-prone young QB Anthony Richardson by then). And in Week 13, the Lions get a pretty good matchup against the erratic Bears. The Detroit defense entered Week 9 ranked sixth in fantasy points per game at 9.4, then got an interception return for a touchdown against Jordan Love and the Packers.

New York Giants: 6% rostered

• Next Opponents: @CAR, BYE, TB
• True value: $1
• Desperate Need: $2
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: The Giants’ defense has been a respectable unit this season. It went into Week 9 tied for 10th in fantasy points per game at 7.5 and has piled up 35 sacks. This week, the Giants draw the Panthers and beleaguered second-year QB Bryce Young. Carolina has averaged 12.5 points per game in Young’s four starts, and Young has thrown six interceptions. The Giants are a peachy one-week matchup play for anyone looking to stream a defense in Week 10.

Atlanta Falcons: 9% rostered

• Next Opponents: @NO, @DEN, BYE
• True value: $1
• Desperate Need: $1
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: This is strictly a matchup play. Atlanta’s defense has recorded only 12 sacks all season and was averaging 4.8 fantasy points per game entering Week 9. But the Falcons have a Week 10 meeting with the division-rival Saints, whose passing game is in bad shape with WR Rashid Shaheed out for the season with a knee injury and WR Chris Olave highly unlikely to play in Week 10 after being carted off the field on Sunday with a concussion. New Orleans had given up the seventh-most fantasy points to opposing defenses entering Week 9.

Arizona Cardinals: 3% rostered

• Next Opponents: NYJ, BYE, @SEA
• True value: $1
• Desperate Need: $1
• Budget-minded: $0

Analysis: After sacking Bears QB Caleb Williams six times on Sunday, the Cardinals will now face 40-year-old Aaron Rodgers, who’s been sacked 20 times this season and has thrown seven interceptions.