2019 Fantasy Football Defense Against the Position Part 1 – By John Bush

These teams figure to have the easiest 2019 Schedule as rated by my algorithmic DAP metrics

• ATL
• CIN
• CLE
• KC
• MIA
• OAK
• SF
• TB

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Easy Schedules

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These teams figure to have the hardest 2019 Schedule as rated by my algorithmic DAP metrics

• BAL
• CHI
• DAL
• DEN
• HOU
• JAX
• MIN
• PIT
• TEN

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Hardest Schedules

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DAP Analysis

The defense against the position (DAP) has been used for quite some time to understand a team’s defense vs specific offensive positions in their opponents. We are forced to use last season’s data for the first few weeks in 2019.

In your summer drafts, however, we must use some guides to understand the potential season of each team in 2019. DAP Analysis is the easiest method for that purpose. Consider DAPS to be a rough guide for tiebreaking in drafts.

These tables lay out my DAP method for each Team’s season via numerical annotation and colorization. Each position is scored from positive (easy) to negative numbers (hard). These metrics imply a tough or easy schedule listed teams.

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Easy Passing Tough Rushing

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Easy Rushing Tough Passing

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Balanced Schedules

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Example Usage. 

I list the players via ADP or your rankings etc and just add Easy/Tough/Medium. I use to break ties if any.

Barkley stands out as the true number 1 with a nice 2019 upcoming.

Bell vs Mixon vs Connor – Mixon has an easier schedule. 

#	Name	Pos	Team	Bye	DAP Rushing
1	Saquon Barkley	RB	NYG	11	Easy
2	Ezekiel Elliott	RB	DAL	8	Tough
3	Christian McCaffrey	RB	CAR	7	Tough
4	Alvin Kamara	RB	NO	9	Tough
5	Melvin Gordon	RB	LAC	12	Easy
6	David Johnson	RB	ARI	12	Easy
7	LeVeon Bell	RB	NYJ	4	Tough
8	Joe Mixon	RB	CIN	9	Easy
9	James Conner	RB	PIT	7	Tough
10	Dalvin Cook	RB	MIN	12	Tough
11	Todd Gurley	RB	LAR	9	Medium
12	Damien Williams	RB	KC	12	Easy

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Fun Research in my textbook!

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Textbook on Kindle

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My current PPR rankings

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ppr-power-rankings-part-2/

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