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The team defense can be a major contributor to your fantasy team, depending on your league’s scoring system. Sacks, interceptions, and fumble recoveries quickly add up and lead to a dominant defensive game. If your team DEF crushes its opponent, it may even score the elusive shutout, worth 10 big fantasy points. If your defense gets lit up and gives up lots of points, many leagues penalize you for their performance. The special teams unit can also score you a quick 6 by returning a kick or a punt for a TD, but it’s very rare.

The following list breaks down the default scoring for team DSTs on Yahoo!:

 Sack: 1 point

 Interception: 2 points

 Fumble recovery: 2 points

 Touchdown: 6 points

 Safety: 2 points

 Blocked kick: 2 points

 Kick/punt return TDs: 6 points

 0 points allowed: 10 points

 1 and 6 points allowed: 7 points

 7 and 13 points allowed: 4 points

 14 and 20 points allowed: 1 point

 21 and 27 points allowed: 0 points

 28 and 34 points allowed: –1 point

 35+ points allowed: –4 points

Defensive touchdowns aren’t common, but they have a huge fantasy impact when they occur. For example, if a linebacker makes an interception, it’s worth 2 points, but if he runs it back for a touchdown, he gets another 6 points. Any time you can score 8 fantasy points on one NFL play, that is a sweet play!

On average, a team defense should score around 5 to 10 points in a good week. But a great week (15 to 30 fantasy points) or a terrible week (0 to –5 fantasy points) can decide a game. Every season, coaches will draft the projected top-three defenses early — from Round 8 to 12. The problem is that team defenses rely on so many variables, making their performances hard to predict and their value rarely worth such early round selections. You have 32 team defenses to choose from and less than half will be drafted. Thus, you’ll have a chance to stream a productive unit with a good weekly matchup during the season, even if you wait until a later round and miss out on a highly ranked DEF in your draft.