If you need a lot of points in a hurry for your fantasy football team in Week 8, get your hands on one of these fantasy defenses. These defense rankings show the top four defensive plays that are sure to be valuable.
1. San Diego Chargers
The Chargers are at home against the Raiders. What more do you want? The Raiders are horrible and the Chargers are hot. Expect greatness.
2. Chicago Bears
Although not the dominant defense we’ve gotten used to in the fantasy world, the Bears are still dangerous. They should have success in Week 8 against the Browns.
3. Indianapolis Colts
The Colts …read more

K Ryan Longwell, Minnesota Vikings – While it’s tough to bank on offensive production out of the Vikings, this week should be a good week for Longwell. With Tavaris Jackson playing well and Chester Taylor and Adrian Peterson healthy, the Vikings’ offense is better than it’s been all year. Going up against the Chicago Bears with Kyle Orton at the helm, this promises to be a field goal battle. Expect at least two field goals from Longwell this week.
K Martin Gramatica, New Orleans Saints – With Olindo Mare out for the season with a dislocated hip, the Saints signed Gramatica …read more

K Nate Kaeding, San Diego Chargers – Kaeding has been horrible for much of the season. He turned it around last week with by far his best performance of the season. In Week 13, the Chargers travel to Kansas City to face the Chiefs. The Chiefs defense is stout, especially at home. That should lead to a couple of field goal attempts for Kaeding, who has been good at converting the few attempts he’s had this season.
K Matt Bryant, Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Bryant and the Bucs play against the New Orleans Saints this year, a team that has been …read more

In this point of the fantasy season, kickers and defenses are more valuable than they were earlier in the year. The reason for that is it’s easier to predict how these positions will produce now that we have 11 weeks of games assess. Early on it’s more of a crapshoot but now there’s actually some numbers behind it.
Here are a pair of kickers and defenses that can most likely be picked up off the waiver wire and placed into your team’s starting lineup:
K John Kasay, Carolina Panthers – Even though the Panthers’ offense is a mess with injuries …read more