The journey to Sunday is a long, arduous trip that meanders through countless obstacles as fantasy owners set out on a quest to build the perfect lineup. Injury reports, workload concerns, and weather interference are of the countless factors that weigh into the decision to start or sit a player and that’s before getting to the meat of evaluating player performance.
With all the tireless effort fantasy owners put into crafting weekly lineups, team defense decisions (and to a lesser extent kicker decisions) deserve the same attention as the tight end that will be scooped up off the waiver wire in Week 9 to fill-in for Travis Kelce.