Here are my early looks at my Draftkings line ups this week...
Sun Contest
LINE 1
Kirk Cousins- With a slate that has so many options for top Qbs I feel like Cousins is some what of a sneaky play. He is playing in the game with the highest projected point total but against a guy some believe may make a run at MVP. Kirk has a prime match up against not only a bad but banged up Oakland secondary. At a pretty cheap price and what should be moderate ownership he is 1 of the 3 Qbs I am using this week.
Kirk Cousins- With a slate that has so many options for top Qbs I feel like Cousins is some what of a sneaky play. He is playing in the game with the highest projected point total but against a guy some believe may make a run at MVP. Kirk has a prime match up against not only a bad but banged up Oakland secondary. At a pretty cheap price and what should be moderate ownership he is 1 of the 3 Qbs I am using this week.
I. Crowell- WOW what a bust last week. That Ravens defense came through for them when it mattered and this pick from last week didn't do much. This week has a much much friendlier match up so I am going to take advantage of the fact most people will be off this guy. The Colts run defense is nothing to admire despite giving up only 44 yards to vet Chris Johnson. I am looking for the Crow and this Browns offensive line to assert more control than the Cardinals did with out 2 of their starting offensive linemen.
Johnathan Stewart- I know a lot of people are going to scoff at me for saying this put McCaffery is struggling to run between the tackles. While his pass catching ability is valuable the dude is not a grinder or chain mover by any means. Stewart is and believe it or not he can also catch the ball out of the backfield. He is the primary back there Carolina and I know he will continue to get his carries. His 15 attempts for 40 yards was embarrassing but that Bills defense was really up to the task. Carolina will be up in this game and so feeding J Stew will be an obvious choice for a team that just lost probably its 2nd most valuable offensive weapon.
Antonio Brown- I'm not even playing here. Brown needs to be on your team no matter the chalk. Ben is noticeably worse on the road and unless you have Bell or have a games stack, Brown is the obvious option. TE Jesse James will be hampered in this match up against a Bears defense that is down right bad. I expect a ton of of the Killah Bs here to keep the winning ways going in the Steel City.
Jarvis Landry- I will debating this play all week long. While Landry did receive the majority of the targets in the passing game, I can't help but realize what the Raiders did last week with Crabtree and Parker fits that mold. I may just do 2 line ups with Parker in this spot.
Terrelle Pryor Sr.- This is set up to be a juicy match up for Pryor. The Raiders secondary is bad. The Jets are not very good and they manage to take advantage of injuries and inexperience. A nice stack to go with Cousins. Hopefully a winning combination.
Zach Ertz- Why would I go anywhere else? The Giants are bad but they do have some decent CBs and so that leaves Ertz in another good spot to put up big numbers. He seems to really have it together this year and we should expect a big one if he stays healthy.
Rashard Higgins- With Colemen going down you think this already eh Browns team just got more eh right? Insert Higgins who is ready to step up in a big way this week. He came into last weeks game and had the most targets. Who is playing QB is worth a check. His cheap price offers a good amount of cap relief.
Eagles- Not going to lie... I really do not want to play these guys here. They have a beat up secondary with their front 7 being the high light of the D. I do like to stack my TE with my defense otherwise I would be on the Packers, Steelers, and even Chiefs.
LINE 2
Aaron Rodgers- 2 things I wouldn't want if I was the Bengals right now. 1 get Rodgers at home and 2 coming off a bad loss.Yeah I know they may not have Jordy and or Cobb. That doesn't matter to me. Rodgers will find a way to make things happen via the air whether Montgomery has 15 receptions or not.
LeVeon Bell- Boy o boy has Bell not lived up to his name so far this year. I won't get into snap counts and play percentages here. The Bears defense is just bad and won't be able to hold onto the ball. Big Ben is not as good on the road so I expect a ton of Bell and Brown here. I am choosing to go with Bell in this line.
T. Montgomery- Not to much to say here guys. We all know who Montgomery is and what he means to Green Bay. He is pretty much lock week in and week out and just eat the chalk.
Mohamed Sanu- This is just as much of gut feel as a smart play. OBJ was injured last week and maybe more of a decoy but the Lions did an amazing job with his coverage. No doubt Jones will go off but the Lions are going to live and die by stopping him. That opens to the door for Sanu to do the killing. Sanu was on the field for every snap that Jones was. He is the steady #2 option for Ryan and I feel a good week coming for him.
DeVante Parker- I know that Landry got a ton of the targets last week but this is a copy cat league and I expect Parker to turn in a similar performance that Crabtree did. He is the taller WR with the jump ball style goal line targets he gets we need to start him. I am riding with Parker this week even if last week he didn't do much.
Rashard Higgins- (see above)
Jack Doyle- This guy is obviously one of Jacoby's favorite targets. He played 70 of 71 snaps and saw 8 targets leading the team in receiving. Now he faces a Browns defense that gave up 2 TDs to Jesse James in week 1. He is one of my favorites this week.
DeSean Jackson- I said it last week with Martavis Bryrant and I am going to say it this week with Jackson. If you are going to beat the Vikings passing the ball its going to be vs Trey Waynes and Terrance Newman. They are awful covering deep and when you get them in man coverage which you will with Evans on the other side you will win.
Steelers- I know I said I like to match my TE with my defense but I would be insane to roll with the Colts D. Well maybe not insane but just no. So I play the chalky Steelers here. Being chalky is not bad. Every week so far you would be cashing big if you just played the highest trending players. The Bears are bad and I would not be surprised if TJ has 3 or 4 sacks.
I typically do 5-7 lines per week in a contest I feel good about. These 2 are line ups I will be using along with others. A lot of players I did not include that I will be getting exposure to this week.
