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Josh Jacobs + Brandin Cooks
- Josh Jacobs ($6,500 DraftKings, $8,600 FanDuel)
- Brandin Cooks ($6,000 DraftKings, $6,300 FanDuel)
This one should be pretty straightforward. Jacobs is likely to be the chalkiest running back play on the week on DraftKings, and for good reason. He’s now seen 26 and 34 opportunities in each of the Raiders’ past two games, which have resulted in DK point totals of 33.3 and 37.5.
He’s making all of the best ball bros who faded him eat it pretty hard just six games into the season. In terms of matchup, it literally could not be better this week for the former Alabama product, as the Texans have allowed the most DK points to opposing running backs on the season. Las Vegas is also a seven-point home favorite, and while Jacobs has been seeing a hefty target share of late, we very much prefer rostering him in games where the Raiders project to be playing from ahead.
The run back here is pretty simple, as Brandin Cooks is still the clear top receiving option in this Houston offense, despite posting a few bad games in a row. Hopefully, with the Texans coming off a bye, they will make a more concerted effort to get him the rock. The Raiders have not been terrible against wide receivers, but they are allowing the seventh-highest catch rate in the NFL to the position, so Cooks could definitely rack up some catches in a spot where Houston should be trailing.
It’s usually much harder to justify a fade on underpriced workhorse running backs such as Jacobs this week, so instead of outright fading him, find a way to get unique with him on your rosters. Sure, there will be plenty of people rostering him with Brandin Cooks, but that number is far fewer than those who will be using him as a one-off.
Dak Prescott + CeeDee Lamb + Amon-Ra St. Brown
- Dak Prescott ($6,700 DraftKings, $7,500 FanDuel)
- CeeDee Lamb ($6,800 DraftKings, $7,700 FanDuel)
- Amon-Ra St. Brown ($7,100 DraftKings, $7,500 FanDuel)
Prescott is set to make his return after missing the past five weeks with a thumb injury. He happens to be coming back at the perfect time because this Lions defense is a complete dumpster fire. Detroit is allowing the most points per game in the NFL by a significant margin while also ranking 31st in rush DVOA and dead last in pass DVOA. It’s a historically bad unit.
The most startling stat that I came across is that they’ve given up the third-fewest pass attempts in the NFL so far this year but the THIRD-MOST DK points allowed to opposing signal callers. That’s not an easy feat to accomplish. Prescott will have all of his weapons back as well for this game, as Michael Gallup was not available in Week 1 and Dalton Schultz was a surprising late scratch last Sunday night due to a knee injury.
Obviously, the engine of the Dallas offense is CeeDee Lamb, who leads the entire NFL in target share, ranks third in targets per route run, and sixth in team air yards share. He is a true alpha and has been showing that even with Cooper Rush. This is a total smash spot for both Prescott and Lamb, and I would expect the latter to challenge for the 100-yard bonus and a touchdown.
You 100% run this back with the Sun God himself, Mr. Amon-Ra St. Brown, who is finally healthy after battling an ankle injury for the past three weeks. The Lions’ bye week gave him a chance to rest up, and he was listed as a full participant in Wednesday’s practice. Prior to getting injured in Week 3, ARSB had accrued 17 receptions on 24 targets for 180 yards and three touchdowns. Even with his nagging injury, St. Brown still sits second in the NFL in targets per route run and 10th in target share.
All three of Prescott, Lamb, and St. Brown are underpriced for their role/matchup and set up as elite plays on the Week 7 main slate.
Leonard Fournette + Bucs D/ST
- Leonard Fournette ($7,700 DraftKings, $8,400 FanDuel)
- Bucs D/ST ($3,900 DraftKings, $5,000 FanDuel)
Tampa Bay’s offense looked egregious last week against the Steelers, but we know Mike Tomlin can have his team ready to play at any time, even when he’s missing multiple key pieces. Furthermore, I am chalking that up as a complete anomaly, and I’d expect a complete bounce-back effort against this doormat Panthers team.
This team is going absolutely nowhere fast. They fired head coach Matt Rhule two weeks ago and then jettisoned Robby Anderson to the Cardinals this week after he essentially quit on the team in Week 6. The trade winds are absolutely swirling around both Christian McCaffrey and D.J. Moore as well, and this team is clearly headed for a rebuild. They’ll be starting P.J. Walker — who is not a starting NFL quarterback — for the second week in a row and have scored a combined 25 points over the past two weeks. Yikes.
Editor’s note: CMC has been traded to the 49ers.
There’s a strong chance Tom Brady and Mike Evans both get going in this spot, but the Bucs are 11.5-point road favorites in this game, and the expectation is that they should build a big lead and ride Lenny Fournette to an easy victory. Fournette is as strong a bet to score a touchdown as there is on this slate, and even with Rachaad White mixing in some, he should challenge for 20+ touches in this game.
The Panthers are absolutely overmatched in every facet of this game, and Tampa Bay’s defense is a really nice way to pay up to be contrarian here at $3,900 on DraftKings. There should be plenty of sacks and turnovers generated by the Bucs in this game, and all we need is for one to be taken to the house, and we’re cooking.
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