A year ago, you would have been a fool to hold onto the San Francisco 49ers defense and special teams unit in your fantasy football league.
But 2017 marks a new year, a new head coach, new general manager, new defensive coordinator and a slew of new players potentially capable of turning this group into a sleeper pick this season.
Granted, there are plenty of other fantasy options out there for your defense and special teams. You’d be silly to pass up on defenses from the Seattle Seahawks or Houston Texans to grab San Francisco’s unit, which is coming off a historically bad 2016 campaign.