Unlike a pretty dope Drake album, if you’re reading this, it’s not too late. You have more life in your fantasy football season, which should make your views from the top of the standings a grand one.

Although your season has so far gone according to plan, the real season has just begun. And if you feel like nothing was the same in my Stream-O-Matic article, it’s because I’ve had a bit of a comeback season of my own in my personal life. It’s been an insanely hectic November and December, which means I give you lazy intros with album title references.

Anyway, here is the Stream-O-Matic for Week 14. Additionally, I have included some early rankings for Week 15. You can thank me later. If you feel like I can’t naturally get ‘scorpion’ in here, I just did.

Take care.

2018 Fantasy Football Week 14 Defense Stream-O-Matic

Scoring

I use a traditional rotisserie scoring style commonly used in fantasy baseball season-long leagues to give point totals to each team.

Categories

The categories for the chart are listed below along with links to websites that I use to find this data.

Own% : Ownership percentages based on ESPN leagues gives us an idea of who is available. This doesn’t factor into the standings.

: Ownership percentages based on ESPN leagues gives us an idea of who is available. This doesn’t factor into the standings. Location : Generally speaking, defenses play better at home than on the road. Thus, a five-point advantage is given to all home teams.

: Generally speaking, defenses play better at home than on the road. Thus, a five-point advantage is given to all home teams. Wind : The only weather element that has shown a direct correlation with point totals is winds in excess of 15 MPH. Another five-point bonus is awarded to teams playing in such windy conditions.

: The only weather element that has shown a direct correlation with point totals is winds in excess of 15 MPH. Another five-point bonus is awarded to teams playing in such windy conditions. Vegas : Using Vegas odds, the spread and over/under generates a projected game score that the bettors go against. This game score portrays what the game flow could look like and, therefore, which fantasy football defenses are in a good position to succeed.

: Using Vegas odds, the spread and over/under generates a projected game score that the bettors go against. This game score portrays what the game flow could look like and, therefore, which fantasy football defenses are in a good position to succeed. oSAC% : To gauge how good (or bad) an opposing offensive line might be, look at the sack percentage for that team’s offense. Not only are some offensive lines bad, but some quarterbacks don’t show the ability to avoid the sack.

: To gauge how good (or bad) an opposing offensive line might be, look at the sack percentage for that team’s offense. Not only are some offensive lines bad, but some quarterbacks don’t show the ability to avoid the sack. oINT% : The opponent’s interception percentage obviously helps in streaming a defense. Turnover percentage is not used here because fumbles can be a little fluky and turnover percentage uses both fumbles and interceptions.

: The opponent’s interception percentage obviously helps in streaming a defense. Turnover percentage is not used here because fumbles can be a little fluky and turnover percentage uses both fumbles and interceptions. FPPG : I use ESPN defensive scoring rankings to determine a ranking of the fantasy football defenses.

: I use ESPN defensive scoring rankings to determine a ranking of the fantasy football defenses. DVOA: Probably the most popular tool for evaluating defenses, the DVOA efficiency ratings are utilized to give a strong baseline to the rankings.

Stream-O-Matic Chart

Overall Defense Own% Opp Location Wind Vegas oSAC% oINT% FPPG DVOA 132.5 Bills 57.4 NYJ 5 0 30 13 30 23.5 31 126.0 Broncos 62.9 SF 0 0 24 19 27 26 30 118.0 Jaguars 67.4 TEN 0 0 22 32 21 15 28 115.0 Cowboys 34.9 PHI 5 0 26 15 20 22 27 110.0 Patriots 56.2 MIA 0 5 27 27 17 17 17 110.0 Titans 60.8 JAX 5 0 32 30 19 10 14 104.0 Saints 46.5 TB 0 0 13 11 31 25 24 102.0 Rams 96.7 CHI 0 0 12 20 23 28 19 100.5 Redskins 63.5 NYG 5 0 19 26 11 23.5 16 99.0 Chargers 79.4 CIN 5 0 31 7 12 21 23 99.0 Steelers 58.2 OAK 0 0 25 25 4 27 18 98.0 Bears 97.3 LAR 5 0 7 16 6 32 32 98.0 Giants 5.9 WAS 0 0 29 23 28 7 11 95.0 Vikings 85.1 SEA 0 0 10 28 3 29 25 94.0 Lions 11.6 ARI 0 0 28 21 32 8 5 93.0 Cardinals 23.2 DET 5 0 20 18 18 11 21 93.0 Texans 91.6 IND 5 0 17 1 13 31 26 92.0 Colts 27.5 HOU 0 0 8 29 15 18 22 88.0 Jets 16.1 BUF 0 0 23 12 26 14 13 88.0 Ravens 78.1 KC 0 0 4 9 16 30 29 87.0 Chiefs 69.2 BAL 5 0 15 14 22 19 12 87.0 Browns 10.7 CAR 5 0 11 10 29 12 20 81.0 Seahawks 29.5 MIN 5 0 21 6 14 20 15 78.0 Packers 55.7 ATL 5 0 18 24 8 13 10 63.0 Panthers 60.3 CLE 0 0 16 4 25 9 9 61.0 Eagles 57.5 DAL 0 0 14 31 2 6 8 47.0 Dolphins 25.9 NE 5 5 6 2 7 16 6 39.0 Bengals 14.9 LAC 0 0 3 17 10 5 4 37.5 49ers 5.2 DEN 5 0 9 8 5 3.5 7 37.0 Raiders 1.5 PIT 5 0 2 3 24 1 2 31.0 Falcons 6.5 GB 0 0 5 22 1 2 1 26.5 Buccaneers 2.1 NO 5 0 1 5 9 3.5 3

Defenses on Bye Week: NONE!

Optimum Score: 150

Top Defenses for Week 15

Alright, optimistic owners need to be looking ahead to next week’s defenses as well. I ran the Stream-O for next week and here is the early top 11:

There’s not a ton of opportunity here to stash defenses. I would just be sure to check out your league activity board to see if any of these defenses were dropped on waiver day.

The Broncos defense is rapidly becoming available in leagues for some reason. The Seahawks may have been dropped after a couple of weird performances, but they’ll be fighting for a Wild Card berth next week and I doubt they let Nick Mullens throw for 400+ yards a second time. The Jaguars-Redskins matchup is going to be a slugfest and great for fantasy defenses.

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