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Week 15 Fantasy Football Defensive Streaming: Flying With the Falcons

Blair Ames  —  @Blair_Ames Dec 13th, 2016
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Houston Texans

Owned: ESPN 44%, Yahoo 44%
numberFire Projected Rank: 1st

By now, you probably know the drill. Whichever team is facing Blake Bortles and the Jacksonville Jaguars most likely makes sense as a defense to stream. The Houston Texans and their seventh-ranked defense gets the honor this week.

These two teams last played in Week 10. Bortles threw two touchdowns, but also committed two turnovers and was sacked twice. In that matchup, the Texans finished with the fifth-best defensive performance.

While the Houston defense has fallen flat -- they haven't finished better than the 14th in defensive scoring in any week since -- the Jaguars have continued to be generous to opposing defenses. Two of the past four teams to face the Jaguars have finished with a top-three defensive performance.

Vegas has listed this game with a 39-point over/under, one of the lowest point totals of the week, but the Texans have opened as 6-point favorite. If Houston gets out in front early, betting against Bortles is always a reasonable proposition.

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