3 FanDuel Defenses to Target in Week 6
Baltimore Ravens
FanDuel Price: $4,000
numberFire Projection: 8.3 FanDuel points
With a coaching staff overhaul and an offensive philosophy change, big things were predicted for the Tennessee Titans' offense in 2018. Through five games, it juist hasn't happened.
Marcus Mariota and company have scored just 17.4 points per game, leaving only the Bills, Cardinals, and Cowboys scoring fewer points. They have scored more than 20 points one time while posting fewer than 12 points twice. The main culprit has been a disastrous passing game that is averaging 186.5 yards per game.
Granted, Mariota has been dealing with an elbow injury, but when he has been on the field he has been terrible. His interception rate of 3.9% is a career-worst, and only rookie Josh Allen has a worse Passing Net Expected Points per attempt than Mariota (-0.08). Unfortunately, Week 6 will be a rough one as well as Tennessee faces the Baltimore Ravens and their second-ranked defense, according to our schedule adjusted metrics.
Baltimore leads the NFL with just 15.4 points per game allowed. In four of five games, their opponents have scored 14 or fewer points. A complete unit, the Ravens rank in the top-10 of NFL defenses in sacks (15), QB hits (32), interceptions (5), and yards allowed per game (303.8). They have scored 11 or more FanDuel points twice this season and are projected for a top-six total this week.
The Titans are 2.5-point home underdogs while carrying the fifth-lowest implied point total (19.25) of Week 6, making Baltimore an exceptional value ($4,000) on Sunday's main slate.
Dale Redman is not a FanDuel employee. The views expressed in his articles are the author's alone and do not necessarily reflect the views of FanDuel.
