QB: Patrick Mahomes at Denver DraftKings salary: 8,000
RB: Dalvin Cook at Detroit DraftKings salary: 7,300
RB: Miles Sanders at New York (Giants) DraftKings salary: 6,200
WR: Jerry Jeudy vs. Kansas City DraftKings salary: 5,400
WR: DJ Chark vs. Minnesota DraftKings salary: 4,300
WR: Isaiah Hodgins vs. Philadelphia DraftKings salary: 3,500
TE: Travis Kelce at Denver DraftKings salary: 7,600
Flex: Zonovan Knight at Buffalo DraftKings salary: 5,100
DST: Browns Def at Cincinnati DraftKings salary: 2,600
Reasoning: I’ve been trying to double stack the Chiefs all year and my thoughts have ranged from “MVS is running the most routes, eventually he’s going to start getting deep targets” to “Maybe I was too low on Juju to start the year” to “Here comes Skyy!” to “Toney #freed!”. I’ve been down bad enough in this process that I’ve tried to identify who would play the “mecole hardman role” – that schemed touch TD is like trying to find a needle in a haystack amongst this group. This week though, as pointed out by John Daigle…Mahomes is so low rostered that chasing that 2nd piece isn’t as necessary. Anyone who tries to stack this game will likely do so with cheap WRs on both sides and cheap TE cover boy Greg Dulcich, going with just the single stack and running it back with Jeudy probably ensures differentiation. If anybody for Denver is going to give Kansas City enough of a nudge to stay aggressive halfway through the 4th quarter, I’d say it’s Jeudy.
The Vikings/Lions game is the premier one on the slate. Like everyone else I’ll be playing it aggressively. I love that I was able to do so here without the most popular pieces of the game. I’m not completely sold on the Vikings and the Lions have pulled at my heart strings since the summer…with that being said, Dalvin Cook SHOULD be a home favorite RB here. While I understand people’s concerns with his targets lately, he did run his highest percentage of the season last week, and it’s not like his numbers have dropped to rock bottom (9 targets in the last 3 games). He’s dominating RB touches in a great game environment and everybody will play Justin Jefferson and Amon St. Brown over him. An easy way to get different. DJ Chark versus a non confrontational Vikings secondary makes all the sense as a run back.
Went with another under the radar play with risk with the other RB spot. The Eagles passing offense called a BBQ chicken alert last week on the Titans pass defense, opting not to run it at their stout run defense and attack their secondary. This week they face a Giants defense giving up a healthy 5.1 yards per carry. Sanders will need TD(s) to get there but his 5 targets in the last 2 games give me at least a tiny bit more comfort. Isaiah Hodgins has become a near every down player for a Giant offense down on weapons. A negative script seems likely, the Eagles stonewalled the Derrick Henry last week with the return of Jordan Davis and Saquon Barkley could miss this game and funnel a couple more short area targets to Hodgins. He could flirt with 8 to 10 targets at a near minimum salary.
Zonovan Knight has taken full advantage of his recent opportunity. He gives the Jets a hammer element in the run game that meshes well with their defense and isn’t a zero in the pass game by any means. I kinda hope Michael Carter plays, suppressing the rostership of Knight. There’s a chance the Jets believe Knight is their guy.
I’m not gonna try to hustle you at DST, this is a punt play to save salary. When you roster Mahomes and Kelce you gotta hit the clearance rack somewhere. Low key though, this play has a couple paths. After last week’s big win in KC, if there were a let down spot this would be it. A division opponent, one that has beat them the last 4 meetings. The Bengals offensive line has given up the 7th most sacks on the season and if the game goes the shootout route that could be helpful.
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