Main’s Mavericks: Low-Salary Boom-or-Bust DraftKings NFL GPP Plays

Main’s Mavericks – Week 3 DraftKings NFL GPP Picks

Main’s Mavericks attempts to search out low-salary, low-ownership DraftKings NFL plays destined to beat their value. As a general rule for this article, I try to target players below $5,000. My goal is to pick low-priced players who I believe can exceed 4-5 times their value (EX: $5,000 player x 4 = 20 DK Pts). Most of my picks I will be using in DraftKings tournaments as boom-or-bust tournament punt options. Saving on these volatile plaers will allow you to pay-up for superstars when building that $1,000,000 lineup.

How I did last week:

Deshaun Watson 4,400 @ CIN – 17.70 (10^th QB)

Alvin Kamara 3,500 vs NE – 8.40 (34^th RB)

CJ Anderson 4,700 vs DAL – 33.40 (1^st RB)

Robby Anderson 3,400 @ BUF – 4.80 (>50^th WR)

Taylor Gabriel 4,000 vs GB – 4.10 (>50^th WR)

Tavon Austin 3,500 @ TEN – 1.80 (>50^th WR)

Charles Clay 3,000 @ CAR – 5.30 (29^th TE)

• Prices courtesy of draftkings.com
• Rankings courtesy of fantasydata.com

CJ Anderson! What a week! He finally got his touchdowns and it paid off handsomely for anyone who jumped on that pick, finishing as the number 1 fantasy RB (priced outside the top 30 for week 2 RBs). We also saw solid days from Watson and Kamara, who gave you great value despite being priced at the bottom of their respective positions. Let’s see if I can actually get a WR to hit this week.

DraftKings NFL – The Picks!

QB:

Mike Glennon 4,700 vs PIT (32^nd Priced QB)

Glennon looked downright pitiful for 45 minutes Sunday against the Bucs. His 4^th quarter was more respectable and he finished the day with 301 yards and 1 touchdown, good for 16.04 DK points (courtesy of pro-football-reference.com). I foresee more garbage time heroics against another poor secondary.

RB:

Duke Johnson Jr. 4,200 @ IND (42^th Priced RB)

Duke Johnson is Hue Jackson’s muse. The utility back lines up in the backfield, the slot, split out, behind center. He does it all. With a young QB at the helm and Hue’s creativity, I love the Duke this weekend against a Colts team that ranks in the bottom half of the league against fantasy running backs (fantasy.nfl.com).

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Darren Sproles 4,000 vs NYG (49^th Priced RB)

Sproles lead the Eagles crowded backfield in snaps, carries, and fantasy points last week. NYG-men have given up 220 rushing yards to opposing running backs through 2 weeks (per fantasy.nfl.com). I love the matchup, and I love targeting pass-catching RBs on teams with young QBs. Wentz will rely heavily on the check downs this week against a stout Giant secondary.

WR:

Ryan Grant 3,500 vs OAK (80^th Priced WR)

The total in the Oakland @ Washington game opened at 54, the highest total this week (per vegasinsider.com). When the sharps set a total that high, it tells me to load up on that game. Ryan Grant is a uber talented WR3, and should get looks in what should be a shootout.

Deonte Thompson 3,500 vs PIT (80^th Priced WR)

Chicago’s receiving corps is terrible. That being said, Glennon loved Thompson in garbage time last week, amassing Chicago’s only touchdown. I assume garbage time is a forgone conclusion this week against Big Ben and the Steelers. I’ll bet on Thompson’s big play potential.

Adam Humphries 3,100 @ MIN (106^th Priced WR)

If Xavier Rhodes locks down Mike Evans and the front 7 locks down TB rushing attack, then this may be my favorite exploit of the week. The 3^rd year slot man is very capable of putting up big fantasy numbers, as we saw last year with 5 games eclipsing double-digit fantasy points (per ESPN.com). I would like to see Bradford starting before I go all in on this play, just because I think a competent Viking club favors TB passing the ball.

TE:

Julius Thomas 3,000 @ NYJ (22^nd Priced TE)

Jets have given up 11/116/1 to TEs over there first 2 games (per fantasy.nfl.com). I would argue that Julius Thomas is a better player than Charles Clay and Jared Cook. Thomas was targeted only 3 times in last week’s win, but I do know that Jay loves his TEs. Great value and one I will exploit hard this week.

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