We got back on track a bit in Week 11, finishing with six of the top 10 defenses called correctly. The Texans, Ravens, Rams, and Cowboys weren’t that out of the blue, but the Dolphins and Steelers were a bit of an outlier prediction for me, and I trusted the model on those.

I will say, I had the Steelers around 17th before there were reports on Saturday that there would be wind gusts up to 30 mph, so this is a reminder to keep checking these rankings as the week goes on. This time of year, we’re going to see lots of players who are banged up and might normally play start to sit if their teams are out of contention. That will change rankings a lot in the middle of the week.

That can also make rankings difficult because it’s hard to know if we want to trust past production or lean into the

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