Start Eagles D/ST over Ravens D/ST — Week 1 Start/Sit Verdict

Start the Eagles — the opponent scoring and home-field edges are too wide to ignore.

Eagles D/ST faces the lower-scoring offense (20.5 implied points to 23.0) and plays at home. the Ravens's edge is the projection, 6.8 to 6.3. The gap is narrow.

Ravens D/ST

D/STBALvs IND

6.86.86.8 Projected Points

Sit

Eagles D/ST

D/STPHIvs WSH

6.36.36.3 Projected Points

Toss-Up

Why Ravens D/ST

Sit

Sit — a bottom-tier defensive matchup this week (No. 6): 6.8 pts projected vs IND.

IND's offense gives up 2.1 sacks and 1.4 turnovers a game (2025), near league average.
Vegas has IND at 23 points as 3.5-point dogs.
Started in 80% of leagues, 6th among defenses, in line with a No. 6 matchup.

Why Eagles D/ST

Toss-Up

Toss-up — a middling defensive matchup (No. 9 this week): at home, and 6.3 pts projected vs WSH.

WSH's offense gives up 2.3 sacks and 1.4 turnovers a game (2025), near league average.
Vegas has WSH at 20.5 points as 5.5-point dogs.
Started in 78% of leagues, 7th among defenses, in line with a No. 9 matchup.

Head-to-head stats

Metric	Ravens D/ST	Eagles D/ST
Projected points	6.86.86.8	6.36.36.3
Projection rank	Proj.DST6	Proj.DST9
Started in	80% of leagues	78% of leagues
Opponent sacks allowed / game	2.1(2025)	2.3(2025)
Opponent turnovers / game	1.4(2025)	1.4(2025)
Opponent implied total	23.0	20.5
Home / away	Away	Home
Start/Sit record	—	0–0+1 toss-up