Week 16 Fantasy Football Defensive Streaming: Buy the Bears

Arizona Cardinals

Yahoo Ownership:
numberFire Projected Rank: 6th

Based on ownership, either the Bears or Redskins are probably available in your league, but if you're digging really deep, the Cardinals are worth a look at home against the New York Giants.

Although Eli Manning carved up a solid Philadelphia Eagles defense last week, he's been pretty good to fantasy defenses on the season. In 9 of 13 starts, Manning has either taken multiple sacks or committed multiple turnovers. Since the Giants' Week 8 bye, three of the six teams to face the G-Men in a game started by Manning have finished as a top-12 option.

Meanwhile, the Cardinals defense has been a top-10 defense in two out of their past four games -- both of which were home games. And while the Cardinals rank just 16th in the league in sacks (32), they do have the 7th-most quarterback pressures on the year (91), which means Manning may be in for yet another multi-sack game.

This game has a 39.5-point over/under, which is the second-lowest of the week (as of now). The Cardinals are a 4.0-point favorite and make for an enticing deep-league streaming option.