Defensive Team By Committee (DTBC) can be an effective approach in fantasy football. While other teams spend middle round draft picks on the Ravens or Bears, an owner going DTBC will wait until the final rounds to grab a mediocre defense with a good matchup in week 1. As the season wears on, they’ll pickup defenses week to week depending on the matchup, because a mediocre defense with a great matchup is as good of a play as a great defense with a mediocre matchup.
Last week, my top three picks were the Bucs, Bengals and Dolphins. Tampa Bay was the defense of the week, holding the Falcons to just three points while scoring two return TD (one interception along with the franchise’s first ever return TD). Starting the Bucs was the difference in a couple of my semifinal playoff games. Meanhwhile, the Bengals laid an egg and the Dolphins played pretty well.
Here are a few defenses that have nice matchups this week and are available in at least 40% of ESPN leagues (in order of strength of play):
TB (@ SF), TEN (vs. NYJ), ARI (vs. ATL), DET (vs. KC) and KC (@ DET).
Good luck!
