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Early Week 7 Pickups

I didn't really have any really good matchup to tell you about as far as kickers or defenses last week, mostly because I did not see any good matchups for free agent kickers and defenses. That ended up proving itself because no defense really stood out this weekend (as of Sunday night).

For week 7, I see two defensive matchups that I like and these teams should be available in your league. The Seattle Seahawks are at home against the Arizona Cardinals. The Cardinals offense has shown little on the road and Seattle is very good at home.

My second pick would have to be the Washington Redskins playing on the road against the Chicago Bears. The Bears are proving that they are who we thought they were. Their offense is looking just as terrible as they were at any point last season. Worse yet, their defense did not show up (fantasy points wise) and only got points from a return TD. Check out the home page for more advice.

Early Week 5 Pickups

If you are playing the Pittsburgh Steelers defense, your going to need another defense this week. There are two really good matchups this upcoming weekend. The Chicago Bears are playing the Carolina Panthers and the Bears defense may have to take the game over if the offense plays like it did on Sunday night. Also, the San Diego Chargers are playing against the Oakland Raiders. Either matchup should be an ideal fantasy matchup.

The best matchup this weekend probably has to be the New Orleans Saints defense going to Arizona, but the Saints haven't yet shown the dominant defense that they had last year.

Defense Advice for Bye Weeks

I would keep any of the elite defenses on my roster through a bye week. If you notice anyone dropping one of the following defenses, you may want to pick them up for later use: Pittsburgh Steelers, New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, Baltimore Ravens, Minnesota Vikings or New Orleans Saints.

Current Team Defense Fantasy Football Stats

Top Fantasy Team Defenses

Name	Pts Allow	Sacks	Safe	Int	Fum	TD	Blk	Ret TD
Pittsburgh Steelers	50	11	0	6	6	1	0	1
San Diego Chargers	65	15	1	7	4	1	0	0
New England Patroits	96	7	0	7	1	3	2	2
Seattle Seahawks	75	11	0	5	3	1	0	2
Tennessee Titans	68	16	1	4	3	0	0	1
Green Bay Packers	73	16	0	5	2	1	0	0
Saint Louis Rams	52	9	0	4	6	0	1	0
New York Giants	78	16	0	5	4	0	0	0
Chicago Bears	68	4	0	4	7	0	1	1
New York Jets	61	8	0	4	5	0	1	0

Pre-Draft 2010 NFL Fantasy Football Team Defenses

Rank Defense Team Bye

1 New York Jets NYJ 7

2 Philadelphia Eagles PHI 8

3 Green Bay Packers GB 10

4 Minnesota Vikings MIN 4

5 New Orleans Saints NO 10

6 Pittsburgh Steelers PIT 5

7 San Francisco 49ers SF 9

8 New York Giants NYG 8

9 Cincinnati Bengals CIN 6

10 Baltimore Ravens BAL 8

11 Dallas Cowboys DAL 4

12 Oakland Raiders OAK 10

13 Chicago Bears CHI 8

14 Miami Dolphins MIA 5

15 Washington Redskins WAS 9

When it comes right down to it, I see many people drafting a Team defense way to early on in a lot of fantasy football drafts. Any time you see the Jets Defense go off the board before the 12th round, what you should be saying is "Yeah, more decent WR and RB picks for me.

The truth of the matter is, I've found that any time that I pick a defense in the middle rounds thinking that I got one of the best, it almost always backfires on me.

You go into the season only thinking about how good the defense is. Unfortunately, the defense can fall apart with injuries or your opponent beats you heads up with a defense he just picked up that has a good matchup.

If you ride one defense for the entire year during your fantasy season, the best that you will do is on average about 2 to 3 points per week better than the 10th - 12th best defense. This means that you are not gaining a lot of advantage, except maybe the one or two games that you can steal against your opponent with a huge game from the defense.

Case in point - in two of my three drafts I picked a defense at the end of the draft. I then found out that Chicago's Defense is playing at home against the Detroit Lions. Chicago has done well at home against the Lions and usually gets up by a couple of TDs early. This leads to more chances at sacks, fumbles and interceptions. Also, Chicago is a threat to score on the special teams as well. I then dropped my drafted defense and picked up the Bears.

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