Week 2 Fantasy Football Defensive Streaming: Sticking With the Eagles

Baltimore Ravens

Owned: ESPN 9.5%, Yahoo 7%
numberFire Projected Rank: 17th

After stifling Tyrod Taylor and the Buffalo Bills in Week 1, the Baltimore Ravens head to Cleveland to take on the tanking Browns and new starter Josh McCown. This is a bit of an odd situation since you would assume a team forced to start their backup quarterback would be an ideal team to stream defenses against, but in the Browns' case, the 37-year-old McCown might actually be an improvement over Griffin.

McCown started eight games for the Browns last season and posted a respectable 0.10 Passing NEP per drop back (the league average was 0.11) while averaging 263 yards per game to go along with 12 touchdowns and only 4 interceptions.

Against the Bills in Week 1, the Ravens sacked Taylor twice while only allowing seven points. The Ravens were a top-10 scoring defense and should be able to find success against the Browns' offensive line, which conceded three sacks against the Eagles. While McCown did protect the football in his eight starts last season, he took a beating, getting sacked 23 times in those games.

The Ravens-Browns matchup features a 43.5 projected point total with the Ravens listed as 6.5-point favorites. Joe Flacco and company should have no problem finding success against the Browns' defense, leading to McCown and the Browns playing from behind with a group of receivers still missing Josh Gordon.