Getting Defensive: Week 3

Philadelphia Eagles v New England Patriots

Sometimes the more things change, the more they stay the same.

It wasn’t supposed to be that way for the New York Jets . The team made arguably the biggest splash of the entire offseason by trading for Aaron Rodgers . The Jets offense was going to be more prolific and less punchline.

But then Rodgers went down with an Achilles tear – and Zach Wilson became the team’s starting quarterback again.

Last year, with Wilson running the show part of the year, the Jets were 25th in the league in total offense and 29th in scoring offense. Eighth in fantasy points allowed to team defenses. The year before that, they were seventh.

Last week against the Dallas Cowboys , that inept offense was back at it. The Jets managed just 215 yards of total offense. New York turned it over four times. Wilson was sacked three times. The Cowboys were fantasy’s third-highest scoring defense.

The Jets have become an offense to target aggressively with fantasy defenses again. With edge-rusher Matthew Judon and the New England Patriots coming to MetLife Stadium in Week 3, last year’s highest-scoring fantasy defense is one of this week’s top plays.

THE NO-DOUBTERS

Dallas Cowboys (at Arizona Cardinals)

At this point, you can just about Gorilla Glue Micah Parsons and the Dallas defense into this section of this column – two weeks into the season, the Cowboys have outscored their opponents 70-10 and Dallas has been all but unstoppable defensively. Edge-rusher Micah Parsons can’t be blocked, Stephon Gilmore and Trevon Diggs might be the best duo at cornerback in the NFL. While the Cardinals have been more competitive than most expected, we’re still talking about a winless team that will be a massive underdog.

San Francisco 49ers (vs. New York Giants)

It’s gotten lost somewhat in how well Dallas has played defensively this year, but the 49ers are nothing to sneeze at defensively either. Granted, the team came down to earth a bit last week…

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Publish date : 2023-09-19 09:42:00

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