What do I need to make the leap from a playoff team to a title contender? Well, I need a defense that will score me more points and the ability for explosive plays.

Hence selecting 4 defensive players in the first 8 rounds of the draft.

The strategy was supported in Tom’s season preview “on D, his DL is lacking but his LBs and DBs are strong.  His D and Kelce will score him some points”

I was sure that my defense was gonna be a problem – well it is a problem – for me.

Here’s how the bottom of the defense scoring table stands with 1 game to come tonight:

Pretty miserable state of affairs. Let’s look at how my top 4 draft picks are getting on – especially 2nd round pick and first selected defender in the draft; Minkah Fitzpatrick:

So this week has pushed me over the edge – good offensive performance but 15 points on defense…….outscored by a single Amish player. It wasn’t just Alex Smith squirming and worried at every snap by the presence of Aaron Donald.

Anyway – coming up next week…… “The Lionheart’s offense is gonna be a problem”