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Have you checked the small fantasy football boxes, like kicker? Don’t forget to look at the full list for defense. But if you need an update after the three Christmas Day games, here are a couple of last-minute defense and special teams streaming options, and one to avoid, for NFL Week 17.
The main defense off the board is Denver. And, boy, did the Broncos ever lay a championship-week egg. They were extraordinarily disappointing. Thanks a lot, Sean Payton, for going conservative. And it nearly cost his team a win.
It’s all about the opponent. And this week, quarterback Brady Cook looks like a shaky target for the Patriots to attack. Cook has offered three bad games, throwing one touchdown pass and tossing six interceptions.
And … wait for it … 17 sacks in thee games. Feast, Patriots, feast. What’s not to like? Pick six? Strip sack?
Mike Vrabel won’t hold his defense back. They will be aggressive.
Meanwhile, the Jets are holding out hope that Cook’s pocket awareness will improve, according to the New York Post.
“He’s just continuing to understand what we’re trying to accomplish on every play,” Jets offensive coordinator Tanner Engstrand said. which I think he’s actually done a pretty darn good job of, but then also understanding the things we can and can’t do on every single play. Just for example, say on a third-and-15, we can’t take a sack even if we’re scrambling out of the pocket. We just got to throw the ball away. Or if we see a hot [read], we got to get the ball out hot and just some of those things and some of the situational football that we got to continue to improve upon.
“He knows this is a great opportunity for him, just as it is for any of the other players out there. They’re always trying to put forth their best performance on a daily and weekly basis. And for the evaluation process.”
The start-em list doesn’t seem as safe this week. And this is one of those situations where the defense is facing a capable offense.
However, let’s look at what the Seahawks’ defense has done on the road this year. They have been D3, D5, D5, D8, D26, D23, D1. Yes, two clunkers, but otherwise pretty impressive.
The Panthers’ ability to run the football (No. 12 in the NFL) causes some concern. But the Seahawks are No. 3 against the run. So they should be able to force Bryce Young to put the ball in the air.
Enthusiasm is high for the Seahawks as a whole as they enjoy a second straight good season under Mike Macdonald. He said the team is ready for the end-of-season challenge, according to Seahawks.com.
“It’s like, it’s great,” Macdonald said. “Yeah. I mean, we got our goals. We want to win games. We want to make the playoffs. In order to...
