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Week 7 Fantasy Football Defensive Streaming: Attacking the Browns

Blair Ames  —  @Blair_Ames Oct 17th, 2017
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Miami Dolphins

Yahoo Ownership: 5%
numberFire Projected Rank: 9th

Entering last week, it seemed the Miami Dolphins and Jay Cutler were on the brink of becoming a laughingstock, going on the road to play the Atlanta Falcons after barely squeaking by a Matt Cassel-led Titans team.

But the Dolphins engineered a second half comeback, rallying from a 17-0 halftime deficit to win 20-17. Most importantly for our purposes here, the Dolphins D continued its solid play early in the season. Per numberFire metrics, the Dolphins defense has been the 10th-best through six weeks, and now they host a New York Jets team that has given up the 12th-most points per game to opposing defenses.

So far this season, four of the six teams to face the Jets have finished inside the top-12 of weekly scoring. Additionally, Josh McCown has been sacked 19 times, 6th-most on the season, and he's thrown 6 interceptions, 5th-most in the league.

Vegas projected this to be a low scoring game with a 38.5 over/under, the lowest on the week -- but the Dolphins are a 3-point home favorite. While the Jets have been a surprise story early this season, they face a difficult test on the road, and the Dolphins defense could be in for a big day.

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