Fantasy Football Defense Streaming Week 2: Seahawks Look to Fly High against New England

Sep 10, 2024

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It was a pretty ugly Week 1 in the NFL as we only saw 35 passing touchdowns across the full 16-game schedule. There were 37 passing touchdowns in Week 1 in 2023, but as recently as 2021 there were 61! We also saw our first kick return touchdown under the new rules. All-in-all it was a pretty eventful Week 1 on the defensive front.

Looking ahead to Week 2, there were a few big injuries that will have an impact on the defensive landscape this week. Packers QB Jordan Love, 49ers RB Christian McCaffrey, and Rams WR Puka Nacua all left early or missed out entirely and all three are impact players for fantasy. We’ll try to target widely available fantasy defenses in this article and I’ll also find a few deeper-league options as well.

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Week 1 Review

We’ll get the bad out of the way first. The Bengals finished with 2 points and tied for 27th on the week in fantasy scoring. Cincinnati as a whole looked completely off and the Bengals couldn’t get to Jacoby Brissett or slow down Rhamondre Stevenson.

We had some big hits though, as the Bears finished as DST1 on the week with a defensive touchdown and special teams touchdown to finish with 24 points. The Chargers were DST4 on the week with 14 points as they held the Raiders to 10 points while creating three turnovers and four sacks. The Seahawks finished with 9 points and were tied for 9th in scoring this week. Overall, three hits and one miss.