Bengals D/ST: Start or Sit?

D/ST•vs TB•Fantasy Football verdict

Week 1 vs TB (home)

Preliminary board

Verdicts sharpen as practice reports land.

This week’s verdict

Toss-Up

Toss-up — a middling defensive matchup (No. 21 this week): at home, and 4.4 pts projected vs TB.

Projected

Same in standard, half-PPR and PPR

Projection rank

Proj. DST21

of 32

Started

1%

of leagues · 26 of 32 by lineup share

Opp. sacks / TO

2.4 / 0.9

allowed per game · 2025

Opp. implied total

23.5

22.8 projected allowed

Home / away

Home

vs TB

TB's offense gives up 2.4 sacks and 0.9 turnovers a game (2025), near league average.
Vegas has TB at 23.5 points as 3.5-point dogs.
Under-started: only 1% of leagues have them in, 26th among defenses, against a No. 21 matchup.

Verdicts based on PPR scoring.

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