Daily Fantasy football: Top 5 DraftKings value plays for Week 11
By Jay Marsdale
Finding good value when creating your ideal daily fantasy football lineup is key to winning on any given week. There are several players who fall into this category ahead of these Week 11 games. Look for these players when constructing your team this weekend.
DraftKings and daily fantasy sports are taking over many fans’ lives. They allow for a truly interactive fantasy football experience especially. Every week millions of fans take their best shot at creating the perfect lineup of fantasy football players.
In order to afford the star players that are likely to produce big this week, we must find the cheaper priced players to fill out our lineups. There are quite a few options in Week 11.
Value plays are going to consist of players who are priced under $5,500 on DraftKings this week. These players are going to afford you the space necessary to build a winning lineup.
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One way to find these types of players on a weekly basis is to look for injuries within the league. Injuries are never a good thing, but they provide daily fantasy football players with opportunity. Backups who get extended time due to injury usually outperform their expectations and help players win.
Another thing to look for is undervalued production on poor teams. Just because a player’s team isn’t winning games, doesn’t mean he is useless in daily fantasy circle. More often than not, those players get more chances and outscore players on winning teams.
We have five potential value players for you to consider before setting your lineup for Week 11.
No. 1: RB Jamaal Williams (GB) $4,900 vs. Baltimore
The Green Bay Packers have been devastated by injuries this season, the biggest being the loss of quarterback Aaron Rodgers. Last week Green Bay lost not only their starting running back Ty Montgomery, but their backup Aaron Jones as well.
That leaves Jamaal Williams as the only back left.
Williams is in a great position this weekend to outperform his DraftKings price. Once Montgomery and Jones exited the game last week, Williams was given the keys to this offense. He ran the ball 20 times for 67 yards against a decent defense in Chicago. This week he has gotten a full week to practice with the starters and will turn those touches into far more production against the Ravens.
His 67-yard game last week doesn’t exactly turn heads, and that is part of the reason why his price stayed so low this week. Any starting running back in the league is a value at under $5,000.
Green Bay is going to be leaning on Williams with backup quarterback Brett Hundley looking shaky in his first few starts this season. Williams is in line for around 25 rushes and all the goal-line touches.
Daily fantasy football running backs need to find the end zone. Williams is going to have ever chance to do that this weekend.