Letting Colossus do its thing on DraftKings for this week, running zero filters, other than narrowing out a few guys who are up in the air for Sunday's contests.
Andy Dalton has turned into a cash game staple this season, wait what? The guy has been matchup proof so far this season, and he has plenty of weapons to work with. At $5,700 on DK, it is once again hard to avoid with the streak he is on.
Lions-Bears is a game some people could sleep on, but with the teams ranking in the bottom ten in team defense, this could be a game for offense. While I wouldn't recommend many players for cash games, Matt Forte is an exception. He is the Bears' workhorse in the passing game, and on the ground. $7,100 is not a bad price for him either.
Charcandrick West is going to be a popular value play this week, and at $4,000 he won't have to do much to return value. Minnesota ranks 29th in rushing defense, per Football Outsiders.
DeAndre Hopkins is on a tremendous tear, capitalizing on his league leading targets, and I like that Brian Hoyer is under center this week. For $7,700 he has the upside as the big names. Larry Fitzgerald continues to get things done, with 490 yards, and six touchdowns. Now if only the Steelers can keep this game close, because the Cards are running it up on their opponents fairly early. Allen Hurns continues to be a true WR2 in the Jags system, which is actually providing a nice passing attack for us to use. As for Julian Edelman, I am a little iffy on him. The Pats will put up a ton of points, but I actually rank the two backs, and Gronk ahead of Edelman.
If the Giants are without a wideout or two, Larry Donnell is a great value tight end. If they do play, for just $2,800 in this Giants' passing attack, he is still a solid play. The Jets are one of my favorite defenses this week, facing Kirk Cousins and company.
Dion Lewis is the new addition, and his price jumped a little, but still not bad with how they are using them. However if this game gets out of hand early, and he doesn't capitalize on points, it will likely be Blount time the rest of the way. He is a medium risk play.
The Chiefs would be wise to lean on Jeremy Maclin, and I believe they will do so. With the full point PPR on DK, Maclin had an average line in week 5, but it looked good with DK scoring. That is the advantage of playing him here, and he carries upside granted Alex Smith gets it together.
No surprise here, the Pats are one of the top stacks on the board. They will be a popular play due to the Colts defense being horrendous, and the whole deflategate happenings. But the Pats are good enough to mess with the Colts, and could probably hand the ball off 40 times and win this game. That is in the back of my mind, and to possibly separate yourself, I like switching Blount for Edelman. It is a great GPP pivot, because it is a contrarian strategy.
Colossus came up with some solid value plays around this stack, because it is expensive.
The running back situation has good cafe value, and we know about West already. Giovani Bernard is an interesting play because he is out-touching Jeremy Hill, and has some upside in the passing game. $4,600 is not a bad price for him, especially with a full point PPR.. The Hopkins-Hurns-Donnell duo is back, which I am a big fan of.
Colossus had to reach for a cheap defense in this stack, and pulled the Lions. A Cutler pick six would be nice, but they have been bad all year.
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