Sub-$350k defenders (with poll)

[Andrew]

I'm needing a sub $350k defender to afford Bartel -> Jelwood. The player I bring in would likely be bench cover, but I'll roll the dice on starting them ahead of Ibbotson. Looking at the run home, Freo, Melbourne & Gold Coast have the best, yet the players picked also stand out as being the best options anyway, bar Butler who has to be the biggest smokie of the list (decent last 2 games).

I was leaning towards Charlie Dixon, but the dual position of Watts linking up with Staker is interesting me, particularly when he plays GWS then Gold Coast. He actually tonned up 2 weeks ago v Brisbane and has a last 5 game average of 72 - however, that goes up to 86 if you remove the Geelong game in the middle of those 5 games. He would also leave me a handy $35k in the bank.

What do you think? I wish I had the extra coin for Ellis but that being said, watch him spud v Hawthorn this week...