Fantasy Football Defense Streaming Week 10: Supercharged Waivers

Nov 05, 2024

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This is looking like a rough week for streaming defenses. Unfortunately, with four teams on bye we’ll have a few top-end defenses off this week and a decent sleeper. Leaving a bunch of streaming options in bad matchups. This is one of those frustrating weeks where a lot of the best matchups are facing top defenses and a few are just out of our range for streaming viability.

That said, we have a few solid options at the top, and just a fair warning I’m going to take some liberty with our 60% rostered threshold this week to sneak in a team that absolutely is going to go from barely over 60% rostered to universally owned this week.

More Week 10 Streamers: K | TE | QB

Week 9 Review

We had another really solid week as we had three teams (Tennessee, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia) all finish as top 10 defenses on the week. Unfortunately, that means we did get a miss on the Saints this week as they were unable to capitalize on a solid matchup against Bryce Young and the Panthers.

However, we did have three big hits and that’s what this is all about. Drake Maye was able to start and still was fantasy-friendly for Tennessee. Gardner Minshew got benched (again) due to the pressure the Bengals were putting on him. Philadelphia was our top option last week, and while they finished behind Tennessee and Cincinnati, they still were solid last week.

Overall, we’re at 25 hits and 8 misses this year.

Top Defensive Streaming Options for Week 10

Los Angeles Chargers vs. Tennessee Titans

Rostered in 65% of Yahoo Leagues

Ok, so this is kind of cheating for our purposes, but this is a DST that will be closer to 100% rostered by Sunday. The Titans look more competent with Mason Rudolph at quarterback instead of Will Levis, but he’s still turning the ball over. Granted, not quite the hilarious level that Levis was.

Tennessee is still 31st aFPA against opposing defenses so far this year, so this is a great matchup for the Chargers. Surprisingly, the Chargers have been the DST3 so far this season and have had three top 5 fantasy finishes so far this season. This feels like a great spot as a high-scoring defense faces an offense that loves to give up sacks and turnovers and they are close enough to our 60% rostered threshold that I don’t mind sneaking them in.