Which defense should i draft

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Much more on that later. Any strategy can work if you hit on the right pick, but considering you're likely to drop your defense at some point during the season -- be it because of byes or a bad matchup -- it doesn't make sense to invest too heavily in one.

Letting a good one fall to you or simply playing matchups throughout the year will help you maximize value at other positions during your draft. Chances are in many real drafts, they'll go higher than that, but either way, the Bucs and Steelers are following about picks later. The Ravens are going a few picks after that. All have major upside thanks to solid pass-rushes and big-play guys on every level.

Either way, it will look good on paper to draft any of these teams, but you run into issues right away with two of them. Will you feel comfortable playing Pittsburgh and Tampa against the high-powered attacks of Buffalo and Dallas, respectively, in Week 1? If you draft Baltimore, you will probably be sitting it in Week 2 against the Chiefs. Again, this isn't to say these defenses are worthless. For Pittsburgh and Tampa, that would mean using a second-to-last-round pick on a defense with a favorable Week 1 matchup, but that's fine.

Just know what you're getting into and plan accordingly. Injuries hurt this unit last year, but we should expect a bounceback campaign in with star defensive end Nick Bosa among those set to return. This is a defense you can confidently draft and start Week 1 vs. There likely will be some regression with Anthony Walker, Denico Autry, Justin Houston and Malik Hooker among their key offseason departures, but they should still finish as a top defense this season.

Tre'Davious White, Jordan Poyer and Micah Hyde should once again put up big numbers in the secondary, and this front-seven is nothing to scoff at either. Miami's defense jumped to the No.