Fantasy Football 2017: Start Em, Sit Em for Week 2
SIT ‘EM
D/ST. Patriots. Patriots D/ST. 5. player. 47.
The Patriots were supposedly going to have a solid defense this year, but they didn’t deliver against the Chiefs. The Pats defense gave up a whopping 42 points and looked lost in the fourth quarter.
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This week, the task doesn’t get any easier for New England, as they’ll travel to New Orleans to face the Saints. Any time a defense is facing Drew Brees, it’s a good idea to bench them. Brees didn’t light it up against the Vikings last week, but he did get a lot of garbage time yards near the end (including a late touchdown to Coby Fleener).
After seeing the Patriots defense struggle against the Chiefs, just imagine what Brees and his offense could do to them. This is not a defensive unit that I would give up on, but it’s definitely not one I’d roll with for this weekend. You should be able to drop them and pick them up later if need be.