Are you playing weekly fantasy football yet? Avoid the injuries and restart your season by giving Draft Kings weekly fantasy football a try. Whether you are playing for a championship this week or missed the playoffs, there is still plenty of time to make this the greatest fantasy football season ever with a big win over at Draft Kings!!
It's championship week for most of our seasonal leagues and what better way to hedge your final matchup than to use your opponents lineup in a DFS game. I love doing this as it assures me that I will walk away a winner one way or another when all is said and done.
This week I really do not like any of the higher end RB's and thus will not be paying for anybody other than maybe Jamaal Charles. Thus, I will be speding some seriously cash on my WR's in DFS this week. That means a lot of Calvin Johnson and Dez Bryant for my lineups this week.
Remember that this week you absolutely must be around in the prededing hour before the 1 PM EST kickoffs in order to capitalize on the likes of Julio Jones, DeMarco Murray, DeAndre Hopkins, T.Y. Hilton and Julian Edelman being ruled out. If/when any of these guys are made inactive, some amazing values will then open up to us this week. But you have to be ready to move quickly. If you need any help remember that me and Ted Schuster will be hanging out in the Fantasy Alarm Gameday Chat Room so by all means pop in and ask your questions.
Here is the DFS NFL Playbook for Week 16:
QUARTERBACK
Player | Team | DraftKings | Fanduel | Comments |
Aaron Rodgers | Packers | 9,000 | 10,000 | Rodgers is VERY familiar with Lovie Smith's defense |
Drew Brees | Saints | 8,300 | 9,100 | Career QBR of 96.3 with 35 TD's against the Falcons |
Matthew Stafford | Lions | 7,000 | 8,200 | Bears give up most points to QB's |
Johnny Manziel | Browns | 5,500 | 6,600 | GPP play only, can't be as bad as last week, will be low owned |
RUNNING BACK
Player | Team | DraftKings | Fanduel | Comments |
Jamaal Charles | Chiefs | 8,000 | 8,900 | Expecting a huge rebound game from Charles this week |
Marshawn Lynch | Seahawks | 7,000 | 8,600 | Cheap price for rare RB who averages 20 points per game |
C.J. Anderson | Broncos | 6,900 | 7,800 | Bengals give up 3rd most points to RB's |
Joique Bell | Lions | 6,000 | 7,300 | Averaging 23.1 points over last 3 games |
Fred Jackson | Bills | 5,500 | 6,700 | Raiders give up 2nd most points to RB's |
Isaiah Crowell | Browns | 4,300 | 6,300 | Multi TD upside along with great salary relief |
Pierre Thomas | Saints | 3,800 | 5,700 | Falcons give up most points to RB's |
WIDE RECEIVER
Player | Team | DraftKings | Fanduel | Comments |
Antonio Brown | Steelers | 8,800 | 8,900 | The surest thing in fantasy football |
Calvin Johnson | Lions | 8,700 | 9,200 | Went for 11-146-2 last time he faced the Bears in week 13 |
Dez Bryant | Cowboys | 8,600 | 8,600 | Another big game coming for Dez |
Emmanuel Sanders | Broncos | 7,200 | 8,100 | Great time to buy low on Sanders and Broncos offense |
Kenny Stills | Saints | 5,700 | 6,100 | Falcons give up the 4th most points to WR's |
Andre Johnson | Texans | 4,600 | 6,400 | Hopins likely out, Ravens give up most points to WR's |
Steve Smith | Ravens | 4,100 | 6,600 | Texans give up the 2nd most points to WR's |
Donte Moncrief | Colts | 4,100 | 5,900 | Wayne is useless, T.Y. may sit leaving only Moncrief |
TIGHT END
Player | Team | DraftKings | Fanduel | Comments |
Rob Gronkowski | Patriots | 7,000 | 7,800 | Feels like a big Gronkowski game against the Jets |
Jimmy Graham | Saints | 6,300 | 7,100 | Saints best player should have best game in biggest game |
Travis Kelce | Chiefs | 4,600 | 5,600 | Kelce's playing time increasing and has great matchup |
Dwayne Allen | Colts | 3,800 | 5,400 | Love Allen this week with T.Y. out & Wayne hurt |
DEFENSE/SPECIAL TEAMS
Player | Team | DraftKings | Fanduel | Comments |
New England | Patriots | 3,300 | 5,600 | Bill Belichick Vs Geno Smith |
St. Louis | Rams | 3,600 | 5,300 | Eli likely to turn it over a bunch this week |
Miami | Dolphins | 2,800 | 4,800 | Best DST value on Draft Kings |
Cleveland | Browns | 3,200 | 4,600 | Cam isn't 100% and Panthers offer little else |
KICKER
Player | Team | DraftKings | Fanduel | Comments |
Justin Tucker | Ravens | N/A | 5,000 | Never pay for a kicker |
Mason Crosby | Packers | N/A | 4,900 | See above |
Greg Zuerlein | Rams | N/A | 4,700 | See above |