Tuesday, August 25, 2015

FanDuel Value Plays Coming into Focus for Week 1

Even with more than two weeks before the NFL season officially kicks off, there is plenty of action with FanDuel lineups for Week 1. Here are a few strong candidates to be widely used as value plays:

Eddie Royal ($5,000)

Kevin White is out of the picture and Royal should have a free run of snaps. To aid the argument for Royal as a bargain basement WR3, the Bears' game script is likely catch-up mode against the Packers.

Davante Adams ($5,500)

The Jordy Nelson injury is a huge boon for Week 1 and Davante Adams' FanDuel appeal. Adams goes from a worthy flyer to an auto-play as the No.2 (or even the No.1) target for Aaron Rodgers against a questionable-at-best Bears defense.

Tyrod Taylor ($5,000)

Taylor has extreme rushing appeal (40 yards in the first half alone against Cleveland in the preseason) and is in a dead heat to wrestle away the starting job from ho-hum incumbent Matt Cassel. The Colts provide a likely positive game script for the Buffalo offense to play catch-up and have Taylor doing what he does best - scramble - in Week 1 for DFS owners.

Vincent Jackson ($7,200) and Austin Seferian-Jenkins ($4,700)

More injuries for the Tennessee defense and they will face a forest of oversized Tampa Bay targets in Mike Evans, Vincent Jackson, and Austin Seferian-Jenkins in Week 1. Jackson is a touchdown regression lover's dream for 2015 and more than $1,000 less than Evans with the same enticing matchup. Jackson fits well as a cheap WR1 or quality WR2 in FanDuel lineups. Seferian-Jenkins is a near minimum salary and another strong contrarian play to Evans' salary range.


3 comments:

  1. Any thoughts on Royal vs Adams? I like Rodgers more at QB of course, but thinking it's possible that GB gets up big early on still and just keeps running in the second half.

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    1. One of those interesting questions. Rodgers is the best QB in the NFL, and Adams could blow up any week. But game script probably means Royal will see more action because the Bears will be coming from behind. Right now Adams seems to be the chalk play, which means that Royal could be a nice differentiator in GPP lineups.

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  2. Any thoughts on Royal vs Adams? I like Rodgers more at QB of course, but thinking it's possible that GB gets up big early on still and just keeps running in the second half.

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