Week 15 Fantasy Football Defensive Streaming: Stream the Saints

Arizona Cardinals

Yahoo Ownership: 40%
numberFire Projected Rank: 15th

Since a crushing defeat in Week 11 against the New Orleans Saints, the Washington Redskins' season has quickly spiraled downward. The Redskins are losers of three straight, and most importantly for the prospects of this article, fantasy defenses have been feasting on the Redskins' offensive struggles. Each of the past three teams to face the Redskins have finished as a top-10 fantasy defense.

This week, it's the Arizona Cardinals who get a chance to tee off against the Redskins' injury-ravaged offensive line that may choose to shut down left tackle Trent Williams for the final three weeks of the season. Over the past three games, the Redskins' line has given up 12 sacks and 21 quarterback hits. Kirk Cousins has taken multiple sacks in every game, which have caused him to commit five turnovers over the past three -- four interceptions and one lost fumble.

That's bad news for Cousins as the Cardinals rank in the top-half of pressuring the quarterback. Although the Cardinals rank 16th in sacks (31), they do rank 7th in quarterback hits (85), which suggests their sack total should be a bit higher.

The Cardinals are actually a road underdog in this matchup as the Redskins are favored by 4.5 points. Despite the Cardinals not meeting our preference of being a home favorite, the matchup is ripe against a struggling Redskins offense.