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4 Defenses to Target in Your Fantasy Football Drafts

Matt Kupferle  —  @MKupferle Aug 24th, 2016
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Carolina Panthers

If you're looking for a quick plug-and-play option over the first few weeks, look no further than the Carolina Panthers.

After the first few weeks, there are some landmines, but the first two weeks are pretty tasty: Carolina will face the Broncos in Week 1, and then they'll face another equally mediocre offense in the San Francisco 49ers in Week 2.

Either Blaine Gabbert or Colin Kaepernick will be throwing passes for the 49ers to start the year. These two quarterbacks ranked 40th and 41st out of 46 quarterbacks that took 100 drop backs or more in 2015 in Passing NEP per drop back.

While the Panthers did lose Josh Norman to free agency in the offseason, this scheme is built on the speed of Luke Kuechly and Thomas Davis, two Pro Bowl and All-Pro linebackers.

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