QB: Tom Brady at Carolina DraftKings salary: 6,300
RB: Joe Mixon vs. Atlanta DraftKings salary: 7,000
RB: Ken Walker at Los Angeles (Chargers) DraftKings salary: 5,800
WR: Mike Evans at Carolina DraftKings salary: 6,900
WR: CeeDee Lamb vs. Detroit DraftKings salary: 6,800
WR: Amon Ra St. Brown at Dallas DraftKings salary: 7,100
TE: Cade Otton at Carolina DraftKings salary: 2,700
Flex: Garrett Wilson at Denver DraftKings salary: 4,500
DST: Giants Def at Jacksonville DraftKings salary: 2,900
Reasoning: This week I struggled to find ways to get different in the ways I’m accustomed. There aren’t a lot of cheaper WRs to feel great about and while I do have some I’m intrigued by and will play on Sunday, I didn’t want to give you guys and gals shaky plays.
One of the easy under the radar plays to get to this week is Tom Brady. The Bucs disappointed in a prime blow up spot last week, something that will leave a sour taste in people’s mouth but I’m always looking to cash in when people let emotion overtake logic. Mike Evans’ TD upside is always high and Cade Otton is a cheap full time piece of an offense that should score plenty. I’ll play a variations of this lineup with Godwin and Fournette mixed in. Your eyes aren’t deceiving you, I will not stain my lineup with any Panthers run backs (At least not publicly).
Once I pick a QB, I’m on my Silky Johnson to every other QB on the slate. Not only am I hating, I’m building that hate into my lineups. Joe Burrow is shaping up as a popular play this week so I love getting leverage on him by playing Joe Mixon.
The CeeDee Lamb-Amon Ra St. Brown skinny stack should be a popular one so I opted to go with D’Andre Swift instead. With the Cowboys monstrous pass rush, the safest way to attack them is via the short pass or the run, Swift checks both those boxes.
In another attempt to get different I went RB in the flex with Ken Walker. I love him this week going up against a Chargers defense that still has not interest in playing the run. He’ll get healthy looks versus that 2 high defense and he played enough on passing downs to not be the zero people have assumed he’d be.
Wink Martindale versus a young QB is a matchup I’ve attacked in the past. Trevor Lawrence has been inpatient as a thrower this season and will see tons of blitzes and exotic looks in this game. In 6 games played, T-Law has thrown 4 picks and lost 4 fumbles.
Update: Due to D’Andre Swift being unlikely to play. I’ve made the following pivots.
D’Andre Swift and Alec Pierce out
Amon Ra St. Brown and Garrett Wilson in
I keep the Dallas-Detroit skinny stack going. I thought about going to Jamaal Williams here but wasn’t crazy about the wide receivers I was landing on either from a rostership or upside standpoint. ASB will pick up even more short area targets sans Swift.
Garrett Wilson is one of the shaky plays I referenced above but Swift’s absence pushes me in that direction. He’ll play more with Elijah Moore on pto and Patrick Surtain will probably play more snaps lined up on Corey Davis? We’ve seen Wilson flash on multiple occasions this season and his talent is significant enough to rise above tricky circumstances.
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