Fantasy football: The ideal mock draft for the 2019 NFL season

Round 14: DST Dallas Cowboys

In fantasy football, defenses are to be drafted in the second-to-last round and then usually streamed during the season. There is always a run on defenses in previous rounds, which works to our advantage as additional position players drop to our draft spot.

Defenses are also generally hard to predict at the beginning of the season, so there’s little advantage to drafting one earlier than you are forced to. If you’re drafting early in the month and your draft allows it, selecting a position player now and snatching a defense off the waiver wire before Week 1 begins is often a smart option.

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Because we’re forced to, we will select a defense in our ideal fantasy football mock draft — and that team is the Dallas Cowboys. Dallas will likely be available in most drafts, and the Cowboys have a good schedule to start the 2019 season.

Dallas kicks off the season as 7.5-point home favorites against the New York Giants, before heading to Washington in Week 2. In Week 3, the Cowboys are slated to be heavy home favorites against the Miami Dolphins.

We love home teams who are big favorites against inaccurate or young quarterbacks, making the Cowboys our first streaming defense of the season.