2024 Fantasy football rankings for defense
Whether you prioritize a roster spot for a specific defense week in and week out, or stream the position via the waiver wire, some thought goes into the D/ST spot in fantasy football.
If you decide to draft it, do you go for the stifling stop-unit, like the Baltimore Ravens and New York Jets? Or maybe you go for the big-play defense, like the San Francisco 49ers and the Dallas Cowboys?
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Even if you don't spend up for a top D/ST option, there are several units out there with upside — even if our analysts don't always agree on which units those are.
Take, for instance, the Chicago Bears, who are ranked anywhere from a top-eight D/ST by Andy Behrens or as low as 14th by Matt Harmon. It's an intriguing sleeper option, given that the Bears are ranked with the third-easiest schedule in 2024 based on projected win totals and the fact that they were the DEF5 from Weeks 11-18 last year.
Or, consider the Raiders D/ST, who quietly finished last year as DEF7 and showed massive improvements in the second half of the season under then-interim-now-HC Antonio Pierce. Our team has this unit ranked anywhere from DEF14 to DEF21, but there's no doubt there's some upside there as long as Maxx Crosby is terrorizing opposing QBs.
No matter where you fall in the draft order, there's an option for you. The only question is — which one will you choose?
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Which defense do you think will break out for fantasy football in the 2024 season?
