QB: Lamar Jackson at New York (Giants) DraftKings salary: 8,100
RB: Joe Mixon at New Orleans DraftKings salary: 6,900
RB: Rhamondre Stevenson at Cleveland DraftKings salary: 6,000
WR: Mike Evans at Pittsburgh DraftKings salary: 7,000
WR: George Pickens vs. Tampa Bay DraftKings salary: 4,600
WR: Marquez Callaway vs. Cincinnati DraftKings salary: 3,900
TE: David Njoku vs. New England DraftKings salary: 4,000
FLEX: Mark Andrews at New York (Giants) DraftKings salary: 7,000
DST: Falcons Def vs. San Francisco DraftKings salary: 2,500
Reasoning: Similar to previous weeks i tried to find the higher end QB whose falling under the radar from a rostership perspective. One difference is I opted not to run back my Lamar-Andrews stack. Barkley would have been an obvious one but that trio would have been a lot of salary to use on any game, let alone one I don’t think will absolutely shoot out. Wan’dale at 3,600 was a consideration but talk of him being eased in squashed that.
Rhamondre is a no brainer lock for me this week and the Njoku fits on the cheap and starts a matchy matchy feel to the lineup.
Playing two of the popular RBs is certainly doable but challenges my general sensibilities. I opted to chase Joe Mixon’a plus usage in hopes of a multiple TD day. Marquez Callaway burned me before but I’m back on the train as a cheap run back for the ultra thin Saints receiver group.
Evans and Pickens round out my first week of school outfits-esque approach of matching skinny stacks throughout. We know what Evans ceiling is and while Pickens doesn’t have the same matchup, the attempts should be plentiful and Kenny Pickett has already shown a willingness to give him chances to win on the boundary. Chunk plays have a chance to follow.
The Falcons defense was honestly just hey, I got 2,500 left. SF controlling the game with their run game and defense is the likely course of action here but offensive line injuries and a bad throw or 2 from Jimmy G could get us there .
I’ll likely have a variation of this lineup with Jamarr Chase instead of Mixon and another one of the cheap RBs. I’m not crazy about the cheaper WRs this week but I found 2 that fit this build. At that same time, it’s hard to ignore the projection differences compared to say an Eno Benjamin (cap tip to TJ Hernandez). Something to keep in mind when you’re building.
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