I have Carolina, but am worried about going up against Priest this weekend. Any suggestions on hot teams?
I had Carolina in one of my leagues too. I picked up Denver who should do well against Jacksonville this week. Washington would be a decent play against the Giants too.
[i]Originally posted by mineshaft[/i]@Sep 17 2004, 10:44 AM [b] I have Carolina, but am worried about going up against Priest this weekend. Any suggestions on hot teams? [/b]Depends on who's available in your league. Throw some teams out there that you could acquire. If most of the "good" ones are gone, you could take a chance on a team like Seattle who looked surprisingly strong on defense last week.
Washington is a good choice if you can get them but I think the Giants play them close this weekend. I’m just suggesting some teams who I think may be available and ignoring some obvious choices due to them likely being spoken for. I definitely wouldn’t go with Carolina’s defense this week. Priest Holmes and Trent Green will eat them alive. One good thing is that they’ll be on the field for a long time so there will be more opportunities to pick off a pass/force a fumble. But I think the Chiefs may very well hang 28+ on the Panthers this weekend.
If you are just looking for a single-weekend fix, then just look at matchups and go with a defense that’s playing at home and facing a team with a weak running game.
JCL–how about the 49ers this week against NO or Dallas against the Browns?
Dallas would be a decent play… better than the Panthers this week anyways. I wouldn’t touch San Fran though.
Here are all of the current available defenses in my league. I am a rookie at FF so your help would be much needed.
Minnesota (Min - DEF) [ Add ] @Phi 144 1610 17 1 0 2 0 0 0 6 W (Sep 20) Watch
Pittsburgh (Pit - DEF) [ Add ] @Bal 155 77 21 3 2 2 0 0 0 11 FA -
St. Louis (StL - DEF) [ Add ] @Atl 164 1611 10 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 FA Watch
Atlanta (Atl - DEF) [ Add ] StL 167 115 19 3 1 1 0 0 0 8 W (Sep 19) Watch
New Orleans (NO - DEF) [ Add ] SF 168 1908 21 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 FA Watch
Jacksonville (Jac - DEF) [ Add ] Den 170 93 10 1 0 2 0 0 0 9 FA -
Chicago (Chi - DEF) [ Add ] @GB 174 1609 14 2 1 0 0 1 0 7 FA Watch
Oakland (Oak - DEF) [ Add ] Buf 186 1907 24 2 0 1 0 0 0 4 FA Watch
Indianapolis (Ind - DEF) [ Add ] @Ten 197 1612 27 2 1 1 0 0 0 6 FA Watch
Denver (Den - DEF) [ Add ] @Jac 204 1917 24 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 FA Watch
New York (NYG - DEF) [ Add ] Was 213 1926 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 FA Watch
New York (NYJ - DEF) [ Add ] @SD 220 76 24 1 1 1 1 0 0 11 FA -
Green Bay (GB - DEF) [ Add ] Chi 227 137 14 2 1 1 0 0 0 7 FA Watch
San Francisco (SF - DEF) [ Add ] @NO 251 1613 21 4 1 0 0 0 0 6 FA Watch
Cincinnati (Cin - DEF) [ Add ] Mia 254 1915 25 1 0 1 0 0 0 3 FA Watch
Cleveland (Cle - DEF) [ Add ] @Dal 263 21 3 3 2 1 0 0 0 16 FA -
Houston (Hou - DEF) [ Add ] @Det 264 1925 27 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 FA Watch
Arizona (Ari - DEF) [ Add ] NE 275 136 17 0 1 2 0 0 0 7 FA Watch
San Diego (SD - DEF) [ Add ] NYJ 278 75 20 2 2 2 0 0 0 11 FA Watch
I could also get Seattle who plays at Tampa
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I’m assuming you’re in a salary cap (or similar) league if all of those defenses are available.
If you’re looking for a good one-week matchup, go with Dallas or Miami. Miami only gave up less than 100 yards to Tennessee who normally throws for a ton. Palmer will struggle against that coverage. They are a little weak on the run but should be able to keep Rudi from having a huge day.
Jacksonville is another good option. They shut down Buffalo’s running game so I wouldn’t look for Griffin to repeat the superb rookie performance he had last week, especially on the road. Denver will probably look to throw and that could be good news for J’Ville.
Dallas is a good choice too, though they got completely picked apart last week. However, that was Culpepper and Dallas won’t give up that kind of performance this weekend.
I think you’d be fine with any of these three but personally, I’d probably give a slight lean towards Jacksonville, followed by Miami and then Dallas. And yes STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING SAN FRAN…on both sides of the ball.