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Daily Dose: Week 17
Plenty of Season Remains
12/26/14


Now that most season-long leagues are complete, it is all about the daily fantasy game. The best part of DFS (NFL style) is there is still twenty percent of the season to go as you can play DFS all the way through the playoffs. Like last week, this week will offer some challenges on which teams and players will give maximum effort in games that might not mean anything in the standings.

Las Vegas scoring lines for Week 17:
  • Detroit (19.75) at Green Bay (27.25)
  • Jacksonville (15.25) at Houston (25.25)
  • Cincinnati (22) at Pittsburgh (25.5)
  • Indianapolis (27) at Tennessee (19.5)
  • Cleveland (17) at Baltimore (25.5)
  • Buffalo (19.75) at New England (24.25)
  • NY Jets (18) at Miami (24)
  • Carolina (22) at Atlanta (25.5)
  • Chicago (19) at Minnesota (25)
  • San Diego (19.5) at Kansas City (22.5)
  • Philadelphia (25) at NY Giants (28)
  • Dallas (27.25) at Washington (21.75)
  • New Orleans (25.25) at Tampa Bay (21.25)
  • St. Louis (14) at Seattle (27)
  • Arizona (15) at San Francisco (21.5)
  • Oakland (16.75) at Denver (30.75)

Bye: N/A
Salaries: (FanDuel/DraftKings)

Quarterbacks

Matt Ryan (8,800/7,700) – Ryan now has four games in a row scoring the 3 point bonus on DraftKings for exceeding 300 yards passing. With Julio Jones back at practice on Friday and further on the mend, look for Ryan to have another good day at home in a game that determines the NFC South.

Russell Wilson

Wilson has a remarkable 842 yards rushing this season.

Russell Wilson (8,600/7,500) – Last week Wilson had his second 300-yard passing game. His first came against St. Louis back in Week 7. While St. Louis has been pretty good against opposing QB’s, they were carved apart by Eli Manning at home last week. I would not expect another 300 yard performance out of Wilson this week but 50 yards rushing will make up for what he lacks in passing yards.

Teddy Bridgewater (7,500/5,900) – In his last three games Bridgewater has thrown for over 300 yards twice and thrown 2 touchdowns twice. Bridgewater is a solid salary relief value play against a Bears defense that gives up top 10 points to opposing quarterbacks.

Running Backs

C.J. Anderson (8,300/7,000) – Anderson has been racking up fantasy points in Denver’s new run first attack. This week he gets to face an Oakland defense that is giving up the third most points to opposing running backs. Do not expect the same game flow as last week that allowed him to get 8 catches, but he should see 20 to 25 touches out of the backfield.

Matt Asiata (6,400/5,000) – Asiata is coming off his third multiple touchdown game of the season. In his last four games he has averaged over 19 touches and in his last two games he has scored over 20 points in PPR scoring. This week he gets to face the Bears defense that is giving up top-5 production to opposing running backs.

Alfred Morris (6,700/4,600) – Morris has much better splits with Robert Griffin III under center and he has solid career stats against Dallas. RG3 is listed as questionable so downgrade Morris is RG3 does not go.

Chris Ivory (5,000/3,600) – I would never recommend adding a Jet skill position player to your cash game lineup, but if you are looking for a dart through in a tournament, Ivory has a shot. In the last four games he has averaged over 14 touches per game so his volume gives him the potential to pay off his near minimum salary.

Wide Recievers

Kelvin Benjamin (7,400/6,200) – Back in Week 11 against the Falcons, Benjamin posted 9 catches for 109 yards and a touchdown. The Falcons continue to give up top-10 production to opposing receivers. Benjamin has a safe floor with a higher ceiling in a projected shootout to determine the NFC South.

DeSean Jackson (7,000/5,800) – Jackson can be a feast or famine start dependent upon his big plays. Last week he had two of them allowing him to cross the 100-yard receiving mark. While Dallas has been pretty good against opposing wideouts, Jackson should faceoff against Brandon Carr who gives up plenty of big plays.

Charles Johnson (6,100/4,600) – Johnson is yet another play targeting the Bears defense. In Week 11 against Chicago, Johnson caught 6 balls for 87 yards. Johnson is my top value play at his DraftKings salary this week

Doug Baldwin (6,100/4,800) – In his first meeting against St. Louis Baldwin had 7 catches for 123 yards and a touchdown. This time around he is set up for even more targets as Jermaine Kearse (hamstring) is out for the game.

Tight Ends

Greg Olsen (6,400/5,600) – Despite only having 1 catch on 3 targets last week, Olsen still is second in targets among tight ends. Atlanta poses a tough match-up for the tight end position but look for Carolina to find a way to keep Olsen involved.

Martellus Bennett (5,700/5,300) – Bennett had just 1 catch for no yards for us last week, however, this week he gets Jay Cutler back under center. The Vikings are a top-10 defense for opposing tight ends.

Defenses

Houston (5,400/3,200)
Arizona (5,200/3,100)
Denver (5,200/3,500)

Good luck this week!

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