Under the Radar (Sleeper) Fantasy Football Defenses

Looking for sleepers in your draft come August?

Bruno Boys Greg will analyze who he feels should have a strong fantasy football showing in 2009, giving you his position by position under the radar picks over the next few weeks. These are players who won’t be highly touted on draft day, but should produce at a level higher than their average draft position.

This week, he covers the DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAM position.

Chicago Bears D/ST - After once being so dominant, the Bears defense from a fantasy football standpoint has been a low end D/ST 1, high end D/ST 2 for the last couple seasons.

With the addition of quarterback Jay Cutler  the team will not have to rely solely on their defense to win games, which should help them be more aggressive.  This could result into creating more sacks and turnovers because the defense knows that the offense has the fire power to bail them out if they take the risk and get burned. 

Given that the Bears were worth a start at times the last couple years, they could result in a must start this season. 

Look for them to get back to their old form of a couple seasons ago, but the price won’t be as high for fantasy owners as Chicago is being drafted in the last round of most mock drafts.

Seattle Seahawks D/ST - The Seahawks defense is another unit who has always been steady on defense, but had a down year in 2008.

Nothing seemed to go right for the Seattle Seahawks in 2008 and that includes their defense. 

That has definitely changed because in 2009 things are looking bright.

They brought in defensive tackle Cory Redding (trading linebacker Julian Peterson) and drafted the best defensive player in the draft, linebacker Aaron Curry out of Wake Forest. 

You can probably draft Seattle defense late in your draft or snag them off the waiver wire and watch them become a D/ST 1 once again.

San Diego Chargers D/ST - Last year at this time we were talking about this team being the #1 defense in the entire league.  They had a ton of talent and playmakers that could change the game in so many different ways. 

Then they imploded. 

Injuries and replacing the coordinator had the team sink to the bottom half of defenses in the league. 

Now the Chargers have Ron Rivera, the former Chicago Bears defensive coordinator, running the defense and everyone seems to be healthy. 

This team has the makings of a defensive unit that will be back to performing as a top 5 fantasy football defense by the end of the 2009 season.

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