Hopefully we all have some money left to play with after the week 1 bill collector came through. There is so much to review and then so much to look forward to in week 2 thanks to overreaction and underreactions ahead.
The obvious chiefs stack was good enough to take down the big tournaments. Just had to be creative with the other pieces to get there. Also had to be accurate on defense, as the cheap ones came through in a major way. So did Detroit. I may add some detail to optimal percentages and what not here throughout the week. For now, heres a look at the overall best lineup built on DK last week:
1 dollar in a 20 max ends up paying 20,000 for some lucky fella. A cheap value defense, top projected stack and essentially two contrarian moves otherwise in this thing. For the most part, only around 3 players in each position produced high scores and therefore it was difficult if you didnt find your way to half of them.
This page is based on being contrarian to the public and in week 2, I dont even have to look to say that Wentz will be highly owned vs Detroit this week. Hurts just hurt em. Detroit made it a shootout. Wentz was the top value QB on the slate next to Mahommes being top overall. It is exactly what we look for right? Wrong! We look for leverage against the field. Not saying Wentz wont be a great play based on those factors, but I have a few other names I'm interested in.
Going back to Hurts? Yes I will. He had a great game and I believe it is largely in part due to his pass protection. No one really touched him and he was highly accurate. In fact, my friends at https://go42picks.com/ informed me that Hurts was the most accurate passer of week 1. Not only that, he left points out there on the field and could have scored better. That is the situation I'm looking at.
Joseph Burrow - Now this man was chalky going into the week if I recall correctly. Pittsburg humbled the whole city of Cincinatti. The offensive line is potentially better but certainly need time to be better. The amount of points left on the field were pretty high here and that pass pressure was the deciding factor. If he sees less pressure, I am going to see more Burrow in my player pool.
Trevor Lawrence - this guy continues to be a big time usage guy on my chart. He gets touches inside the redzone and obviously outside it too. One of these weeks he is going to win someone a lotta money if he connects to his WRs. Speaking of, Kirk is looking like the new number 1 there and so that makes for a great value stack.
Mariota - surprise, these guys are low owned darts with lots of opportunity for points. I am surprised at what they did to New Orleans. A very sneaky stack with him and Cordelle in the future of my lineups. Both high usage plays who havent seen their points realized yet. Opportunity is everything in these early weeks.
Full discloser, both Wentz and Hurts are on this list but for having great pass protection expectations last week and may contribute to their last week's success. Looking at the matchups this week will be key.
Looking at the opportunity vs actual scores, it starts to paint the picture for me. It seems that Burrow and the Bengals should have scored over 30 pts but instead Pitt destroyed them from the inside out. If they face a team that lays less pressure (Dallas?), just maybe this is how they achieve their 30 pt potential.
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