QB: Dak Prescott at Minnesota DraftKings salary: 6,600
RB: Dalvin Cook vs. Dallas DraftKings salary: 8,000
RB: Cordarrelle Patterson vs. Chicago DraftKings salary: 6,200
WR: CeeDee Lamb at Minnesota DraftKings salary: 7,500
WR: Devonta Smith at Indianapolis DraftKings salary: 6,200
WR: Ben Skowronek at New Orleans DraftKings salary: 3,900
TE: Logan Thomas at Houston DraftKings salary: 2,800
Flex: Dameon Pierce vs. Washington DraftKings salary: 6,500
DST: Steelers Def vs. Cincinnati
Reasoning: *Insert popeyes cook meme* This week is TOUGH. Value is lacking, making game and even skinny stacks take on a Rubik’s cube vibes. Lots of concessions were made and the first one started with my primary stack. I had Dalton Schultz in to double stack Dak. I tried my hardest to tweak this lineup and keep him but at every turn I needed to save salary. The matchup is such a good one for him and Lamb and despite playing so much zone, the Vikings surprisingly have allowed 41 QB rush attempts this season. I’ll just have to hope for a Peyton Hendershot or Jake Ferguson TD *fingers crossed*
If the Vikings want to continue their winning ways they’ll feed Dalvin Cook early and often and keep Micah Parsons grounded as a pass rusher. Cook’s passing game involvement and usage separation from Alexander Mattison over the last couple weeks made me more comfortable paying this hefty price tag.
Went back to RB in the flex in an attempt to get different and was able to parlay that into a skinny stack with Dameon Pierce and Logan Thomas. Pierce has a fairly tough matchup but his usage rivals most anybody in the league. Even if he’s got to grind out 25 tough carries, he’s got the talent to splash on 3 of them, vacuum in a few catches and find the end zone. He’s still too cheap for his role.
With my other 2 WR plays I landed on guys I just feel good about after battles to try to find another skinny stack. Devonta Smith gets a good matchup versus the zone heavy Colts *hat tip to John Daigle* and don’t have a 1 for 1 player to absorb Goedert’s volume. Many seem to be gravitating Tyler Higbee as a guy that will absorb Kupp’s volume coming off an 8 target game but his role was declining in recent weeks and the Rams’ offensive line has gone from small fire to inferno, he could be doing a lot more blocking. Skowronek was a full time player last week, ran a route on 80% of snaps and will get more slot snaps than anybody else. The Rams run game has had enough problems on their own but now they get a historically very good Saints run defense. Skowronek should be very busy on sunday, busy enough to pay off that 3,900 price tag.
Statistically the Steelers defense haven’t given us much to write home about since week 1 but many of those games have been without TJ Watt. I’m banking on familiarity, the absence of Ja’Marr Chase and the Bengals offensive line as factors that could lead us to a strong performance at a super cheap price point..countering those who look at Joe Burrow as a prime spend down option from the Jalen Hurts/Josh Allen tier.
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