NFL DraftKings November 18 – 3 Sleeper Defenses To Use

When building your NFL DraftKings lineup with the full slate of games at your disposal, here are three cheaper options with great matchups to exploit.

There are six teams on a bye week in Week 11. This eliminates some possible contrarian and sleeper picks at other positions. Though, with the teams that are remaining, there are a few cheap defenses that you can use in your full slate DraftKings lineup.

Four of the top 16 defenses are unavailable, the Buffalo Bills, Miami Dolphins, New York Jets and New England Patriots. In DFS, defenses don’t usually cost a lot but there is a few hundred dollar difference between a top and bottom option. If you’d rather spend that money elsewhere, here are those defenses you can use.

New York Giants, vs. TB

As long as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers stick with Ryan Fitzpatrick at quarterback, opposing defenses will be a sleeper pick. As we saw last week, he threw two interceptions and no touchdowns.

Though, Fitzpatrick threw over 400 yards in that game. The Bucs lack of a true run game is an added benefit for opposing defenses.

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The Giants defense hasn’t scored below zero but they also haven’t scored more than seven points. Playing at home against a poor offense should yield good results for this defense.

New Orleans Saints, vs. PHI

The next two defenses are going to be longshots but they are cheap for a reason. The Philadelphia Eagles offense is not the same as last year’s Super Bowl winning team. The run game is being held together by glue and Carson Wentz is getting pressured.

The Saints bounced back after giving up negative two points to the Los Angeles Rams and scored nine against the Cincinnati Bengals. They have eight sacks and four interceptions in their last three games.

The Saints defense is priced at $2,100. Playing at home against a desperate Eagles team could see another double-digit game.

Atlanta Falcons, vs. DAL

This is the big stretch. The Falcons defense has allowed at least 20 points in three of their last four games. However, they racked up four interceptions and nine sacks in that span.

The addition of Amari Cooper will help Dak Prescott and the passing game and we all know what Ezekiel Elliott can do. Though, the Dallas Cowboys offensive line isn’t that good as they’ve allowed Prescott to be sacked 32 times so far.

At $2,400, the Falcons defense is a bit of a risk but if they can shut down Cooper and contain Zeke (easier said than done), then it is possible for a good game.

These three defenses are priced this low for a reason. They haven’t been consistent options all season but that’s not why you play DFS. All you need is one game for the defense to dominate and they all have good matchups this week for that to happen.