Fantasy Football, Week 5: High value plays for DraftKings
By Dylan Broady
Calvin Ridley, Atlanta Falcons – $5,800
One of the most important aspects of playing daily fantasy is making sure you stack your quarterback with a running back or a wide receiver or even a tight end. This move allows your team to gain more points in a really good matchup.
As already stated the Atlanta Falcons take on the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 5. This game should be a shootout. We will go over the main stat lines for this game just to confirm how big selecting these players could be for your lineup.
Let’s start with Calvin Ridley. This rookie phenom came onto the scene Week 2 against the Carolina Panthers. He hasn’t shown any signs of slowing down in this fast-paced offense led by red-hot quarterback Matt Ryan.
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Through four games, Ridley has amassed 264 receiving yards and six touchdowns on 15 receptions and 21 total targets. Most of his production has come in the last three games. Now he f\goes against a Steelers defense giving up 420.5 yards, 304.8 receiving yards and a total of 29 points per game.
The Atlanta offense will look to get off to a hot start and keep the pedal down all game long against a defense who can’t seem to stop a nose bleed. Ridley will benefit from Julio Jones being a all field threat. This offense is a pick your poison and live with it nightmare every time you line up.
Prediction: 95 receiving yards, 1 touchdown, 7 receptions