Defense - have Saints, other waiver wires better?

[thmarine]

I picked up the Saints DST in draft.

The following are available on waiver wire:
Patriots
Bears
Chargers

Would you take any of those three over Saints?

[runningchoc]

I've been pairing the Saints with the Dolphins D. It's all about matchups, and if you can carry 2 on your roster, the matchups look like this:


BUF | SF | NYJ | CAR | ARI | TB | CLE | CIN | CAR | TEN | SEA | OAK | CLE | STL | BUF | DET


It's all about matchups right though. The Bears and Chargers both have much better matchups this week than the Saints do. If you're not gonna roll 2 D's on your team(which is quite understandable), then I would drop the Saints for the Chargers. The first 6 weeks of the season for the Chargers goes: KC, Jac, Sea, Ari, Oak, StL. That's a nice opening schedule for your D.

[kswiss]

I agree with runningchoc, in that you benefit by having 2Def teams and play the matchups. If you have a throwaway spot, you could do well by picking up San Diego. However, I don't think you need to drop the Saints flat out to pick up a different team for this week.