Mixon and Bengals Defense May Be On The Rise

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(09-25-2017, 09:34 PM)THE PISTONS Wrote: Backs that catch passes in fantasy are huge because you can shut them down in the running game and they can still get you points pass catching...especially in PPR leagues.

I did look to see if Mixon was still available in my league and he wasn't.

The Bengals Defense on the other hand...for whatever reason doesn't seem to do well in fantasy. It's kind of hard to pinpoint but they aren't one of the Top 10-15 fantasy defenses.

Now against the Browns...they should have a big day.

Not hard to pinpoint at all. The Bengals with a lead in the first half shut it down and go conservative in the 2nd half.

So if you're sitting on like 3 points scored against with 4 sacks in the first half... then they shut it down, go into prevent, and allow the defense to score 20-30 points, trading points for time on the clock in hopes of just clinging onto the lead by the end.

All of a sudden your first half of good points turns into an overall meh. It's the same reason why most Bengals players are shitty choices in fantasy football. Tom Brady throws for 500 yards and 5 TDs and the Pats win like 42-10.

Dalton throws for 200 yards and 3 TDs in the first half, and they shut it all down to go conservative and he finishes 260 yards, 3 TDs. Same with RBs. Hill had that monster game against the garbage Browns and he only got like 9 carries despite getting 168 yards. Another team would have given him another 16 carries or so and he'd have 300 yards.

Marvin believes in clinging onto leads conservatively and not hurting people's feelings. That leads to VERY few big days for any Bengals player or defense in fantasy.