The Cardinals should provide solid fantasy production early this season

by Jared Smola

When it comes to fantasy defenses, I say screw ‘em!  They’re incredibly volatile from year-to-year, and you can almost always find a top-10 unit on the waiver wire.

That’s why we recommend waiting until one of the last couple rounds of your draft to snag a defense.  Take just one and then play the matchup game over the course of the year.

If you’re down with that strategy, here are 4 units you should be able to grab with your last pick that have favorable early-season schedules.  Rack up the fantasy points those first few weeks, and then drop the defense before its first tough opponent.  I’ll post another edition of this article around Week 5 taking a look at defenses with juicy upcoming matchups.

Listed in order of preference…

Arizona Cardinals

Week 1 – vs. Carolina

Week 2 – @ Washington

Week 3 – @ Seattle

Week 4 – vs. New York Giants

Week 5 – @ Minnesota

* DROP *

Week 6 – BYE

Week 7 – vs. Pittsburgh

Cincinnati Bengals

Week 1 – @ Cleveland

Week 2 – @ Denver

Week 3 – vs. 49ers

Week 4 – vs. Buffalo

Week 5 – @ Jacksonville

* DROP *

Week 6 – vs. Indianapolis

Tennessee Titans

Week 1 – @ Jacksonville

Week 2 – vs. Baltimore

Week 3 – vs. Denver

Week 4 – @ Cleveland

* DROP *

Week 5 – @ Pittsburgh

Oakland Raiders

Week 1 – @ Denver

Week 2 – @ Buffalo

Week 3 – vs. New York Jets

* DROP *

Week 4 – vs. New England

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