Author: Ben Russell

QB: Drew Brees FanDuel – $8,300 DraftKings – $7,600 Drew Brees and the Saints head to Lambeau Field in a game which is projected to be the third-highest scoring game on the main slate. The Packers pass defense has shown great improvement from last year but still do not shape up to be a unit I would be scared to target. Two weeks ago, Dak Prescott showed that this defense is beatable, racking up 288 all-purpose yards along with four touchdowns. With Aaron Rodgers out for this game, I do not expect the Packers to possess the ball too much,…

QB: Matthew Stafford FanDuel – $8,500 DraftKings – $6,500 Plenty of people will be on Deshaun Watson this week with a nice matchup at home versus Cleveland, but game flow could potentially hurt his upside. Instead I am looking to pay slightly more for a guy in a better matchup and an even higher ceiling. Matt Stafford loves playing in domes and he will be headed down to New Orleans to take on the 29th ranked pass defense, who have been getting lit up by QB’s for the past several years. This game has extreme shootout potential and it has…

Coming into the season, the New York Giants had very high expectations. Their 2016 campaign ended after a devastating loss to the Green Bay Packers in the playoffs, and after returning nearly every player from the defense and addressing some of their most needed areas of improvement on the offensive side of the ball, fans thought this could be a great year. Unfortunately for Giants fans, this is not the case. The Giants have started the year with an atrocious 0-5 record and remain as one of just the three teams without a win this season. The root of their…

QB: Deshaun Watson FanDuel –   $7,500 DraftKings – $6,200 There really are no obvious plays for me at the QB position in week five, but Deshaun Watson pops off the page for me as a nice contrarian play that you can get at an affordable price. He also brings extreme upside. Watson showed last week that he can put up numbers like any other quarterback in the league, and now he finds himself in a nice matchup at home against the Chiefs, who have allowed 992 yards in the air thus far, which ranks them as the sixth-worst team against…

Although we are just four weeks into the season, it is never too early to discuss who has impressed us the most. This year, it seems that there has been a surplus of talent across the league, so it may be hard to determine who has been the best at each position thus far, but I’m going to try my best. QB: Tom Brady Starting off at the quarterback position, Tom Brady, as many would have expected, has been the most impressive QB this season. After a disappointing home loss week one to the Chiefs, Brady has fired back strong…

QB: Russell Wilson FanDuel – $7,900 DraftKings – $7,300 After coming off of his best game of the season, Russell Wilson now has a dream matchup in week four versus the Indianapolis Colts, who rank 30th in the league against the pass. With inconsistent offensive line play and a banged up receiving group, Wilson does not have everything going his way. But at home with this price tag in this matchup, he shapes up well to be a good starting QB for DFS in all formats. Some people will be rolling with the likes of Trevor Siemian and Deshaun Watson,…

Deciding on who the face of each sport is in America can be heavily debated because the term is incredibly vague. Is it based upon how many titles you’ve won, how much charisma you’ve had over the course of your career, or individual achievements? To some, one of these could matter much more than another, and to others, they all could factor in equally. Although everyone could hold different standards to award someone with the title of the being the face of their respective sport, we all tend to agree on who it is, or at least two players that…

QB: Matthew Stafford FanDuel – $8,100 DraftKings- $6,200 This week in DFS, there are not too many elite plays at the quarterback position. My favorite play that I believe has a nice floor and an incredibly high ceiling is Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford. He’ll be at home against the Falcons, who ranked as the third-worst team against the pass in 2016 and have not looked much better this year. Atlanta, already with numerous unanswered issues on the defensive side of the ball, will be held without All-Pro outside linebacker Vic Beasley in this one due to a hamstring injury from…

Sunday 1:00pm ET Broncos -3 Bills +3 The 2-0 Broncos are headed to upstate New York to take on the 1-1 Buffalo Bills in what should be one of the lower scoring games of the weekend. Even though picking road teams against the spread is not my favorite thing to do, this happens to be my favorite pick and the one I am most confident in this weekend. The Broncos are coming off a very impressive 42-12 victory against the Dallas Cowboys, who are one of the top teams in the NFC. The biggest question mark they had coming into…

QB: Tom Brady FanDuel – $9,200 DraftKings – $7,900 Tom Brady might seem like an obvious play at quarterback this week, but there is no reason to not pay up for a QB with such good value plays at all the other positions. Brady did not look as sharp as he normally does in the season opener, but there’s no better team to rebound against than the New Orleans Saints. In 2016, the Saints were the worst team in the league against the pass, letting up a total of 4,380 passing yards. In their first game this year against the…