Taking down massive GPP tournaments like these can be a challenging feat that requires knowledge of both the players you are drafting and the opponents you are playing against. Beating a field with hundreds, of thousands, of entrants can be a daunting task, but correctly drafting players with low ownership percentages, that are also in good spots to produce, is a recipe for success. Below, we'll be highlighting our GPP-specific projections to provide you with players at each position who can produce and also be below 20% owned, preferably lower.
Blake Bortles
Picking on the Chargers lackluster defense with running backs is popular, and for good reason since they're allowing the most fantasy points per game to running backs. For that reason, expect T.J. Yeldon to be one of the highest owned players this week. A nice pivot off of the popular back who will provide you exposure to the Jags' juicy team over/under total is their signal caller. Like last week, one of my GPP plays is a swerve off of the popular exposure to a big team over/under total. Last week, gamers were all over the Raiders QB and WR combos, and I suggested pivoting to Latavius Murray. Murray found pay dirt, and while that's about the only good nugget from his statistical output, he did prove to be the better play than his more popular teammates. I'm not suggesting Bortles will be the better play than Yeldon, I'm merely suggesting he could be, or he could be at least his equal. Keep in mind, the Jaguars run a pass-happy offense that's thrown the ball 387 times and run the ball 236 times. Bortles is averaging 244.7 yards passing per game with 20 touchdown passes and a meaningful 21.2 yards rushing per game. He's still a work in progress, but he's been an excellent source of fantasy points this year and possesses the type of high ceiling GPP gamers should be actively hunting out to fill out their rosters.
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