4 FanDuel Defenses to Target in Week 14

Cincinnati Bengals

FanDuel Price: $4,600
numberFire Projection: 8.8 FanDuel points

The Cincinnati Bengals round out our FanDuel targets for Week 14 in their matchup with the Chicago Bears.

The Bears offense has been dismal all season, ranking as the fifth-worst, per numberFire metrics. This has made them a fantasy-friendly target, and over the past four weeks, three of four teams to face the Bears have finished the week as a top-nine defense. Rookie quarterback Mitchell Trubisky has been sacked multiple times in three of those four games, and he's also committed multiple turnovers in two.

The Bengals have been a solid, albeit unspectacular fantasy defense for much of the season. But over their past four games, they've finished inside the top-12 in weekly scoring twice. They've also been one of the league's best in pressuring the quarterback, which is really where we get our fantasy points from -- sacks and forced turnovers. On the season, the Bengals rank fourth in the league in quarterback hits (82) and fifth in sacks (34).

Vegas has given this game a 38.5-point over/under, the lowest total on the Week 14 slate, but the Bengals are a 6-point favorite. In a home matchup against a rookie quarterback who has taken 21 sacks through eight starts, the Bengals defense should be able to once again post a productive fantasy day.

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