Happy New Year 3 Jack readers! Do you have some season-long fantasy football league prize money that you’re looking to parlay in a DraftKings contest? Or do you have some angry dollars burning a hole in your pocket after watching the playoffs from the sidelines because you drafted Jordy Nelson, LeVeon Bell, or Jamaal Charles? Well, Johnny G is here to help you with your DFS picks.
Week 17 always has a personality of its own year in year out. Some teams are resting starters (Redskins?) skewing team ranks. A handful of teams are fighting for a playoff berth boosting stats over season-long averages. Other teams have nothing left to lose making consistent fades put up random 5x value stat lines (looking at you Matty Ice).
It’s a tricky week but there are plenty of tantalizing stacks to close the regular season. We are going value on the RBs and focusing salary in the WR category.
I can’t spend my hard-earned money on Matt Ryan, but the Ryan/Jones stack will be popular. On the other sideline, Brees has a good matchup and will have multiple stacks with Sneed a cheap option, Cooks playing well of late and Hightower sure to have high ownership again this week.
Eli/ODB should be huge this week. ODB is coming off the suspension against a mess of a Philly team with no coach.
Note: if word comes in that Forte will have a lighter workload, I’m plugging in Jeremy Langford with no hesitation over Run DMC. He’s $1000 cheaper and a stud when he gets touches. Then we can take the extra money ($1000 + $400 left) and upgrade our D. There’s plenty of salary left to upgrade the defense AND get the Eli/ODB stack in the lineup. Decker is solid by himself, so the only decision is who to swap out for Beckham.
Let me know if you get creative with our suggestions in the comments and give us shout on Twitter & Facebook if you use our lineup below:
DraftKings 1/1/16 NFL Week 17 Lineup – Main Event
| Position | Name | Team | Salary | Projections |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QB | Ryan Fitzpatrick | NYJ @ Buf | 5400 | Yes, playing at Rex's house scares me a little, but I like the 'win & in' scenario better with the confidence of beating the Pats last week. Averaging 300+ and 2 TDs last 4 games. |
| RB | Rashad Jennings | Phi @ NYG | 3700 | Averaging 15.8 FPP last 3 games. At home against a bad defense with no head coach, RJ will see good ownership this week. |
| RB | Darren McFadden | Was @ Dal | 4900 | Averaging 103 yds last 3 games at home against a defense giving up 124 yds/game when their starters aren't resting (which they will be with playoff seeding locked for WSH). |
| WR | Julio Jones | NO @ Atl | 8500 | Consecutive monster games and now he faces the dumpster fire that is the Saints secondary. 13 targets/game and only 6 games scoring less than 20 FPP. Home finale after popping the champagne for the '72 Dolphins. Consider this: JJ is 243 yards shy of the season record going against a CB that gave up 151 last week. |
| WR | DeAndre Hopkins | Jax @ Hou | 8400 | Texans still need to win to clinch the South. DAH has 100 yards from 4 different QBs this year and gets Hoyer back this week. |
| WR | Eric Decker | NYJ @ Buf | 6500 | Stacking with Fitz. Decker has double-digit FPP every week this year. Total # of weeks without a TD for Decker? Only 3. |
| TE | Gary Barnidge | Pit @ Cle | 4700 | An offense that doesn't know that checkdowns are supposed to be the last resort, not a primary option, Austin Davis should keep Barnidge busy. Double-digit FPP 5 straight weeks before Manziel's 13 total completions performance last week. |
| FLEX | James White | NE @ Mia | 5000 | The Pats should be angry after a loss and Miami's bad D is especially vulnerable to pass-catching RBs. |
| DST | Titans | Ten @ Ind | 2500 | Indy's 29th ranked offense passes better than they run, but they're rolling with a lame duck coach and 4th string QB. Save some money & punt with a good matchup. |
| Total | 49600 |
As always, check your lineups before kickoff for last-minute changes and good luck in your GPP and 50/50 DraftKings contests!
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