Fantasy Football, Week 5: High value plays for FanDuel

Week 5 gave us a lot more insight on who we can trust each and every week in our lineups. Let’s take a look at the best value plays for this week on FanDuel.

As we open up each new chapter in the 2018 NFL season, we get to peel back more and more layers of each NFL team. Week 5 presents some great matchups we need to take advantage of. If you’re new to playing daily fantasy, you’ve come to the right place. We can teach you everything you need to know so you’re ready for gameday.

For any beginners and or first-time players of FanDuel: You select a contest. Each contest will cost X amount of dollars to enter. Each contest will tell you how much you can win for each placing. Something else really cool about FanDuel? They will give you a $20 deposit bonus when you make your first deposit. That deposit has to be at least $5.

After you get all of that squared away you enter a contest of your choosing and pick a dollar amount. Select your lineup, stay under the $60,000 cap and hope for the best. So let’s dive in and take a look at FanDuel’s Week 5 highest-value plays.

Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Steelers – $8,400

Ben Roethlisberger and the Pittsburgh Steelers have had to overcome a lot of adversity this season. With the absence of star running back Le’veon Bell, the Steelers have aired the ball out each and every week. Week 5 presents the perfect matchup against the Atlanta Falcons and their 28th-ranked defense.

Roethlisberger has had success without Bell thus far, can’t really say the same for the team as a whole. The defense is a disaster, the offense doesn’t click the same without Bell and James Conner has been a viable fill in but he’s not as talented as Bell. The Steelers will have to get off to a hot start against the Falcons on Sunday to even stay in the game.

Through four weeks, Roethlisberger is the league leader in passing yards with 1,414, and also leads the league in passing yards per game with 353.5. Paying the high price tag for Roethlisberger this week will be worth it, as the Falcons have had shootouts in three out of the four games they have played thus far.

In Week 4, Roethlisberger and the Steelers struggled to get anything going against a good Baltimore Ravens’ defense. Roethlisberger went 27-of-47 for 274 yards and one touchdown, adding one interception. In Week 5, Roethlisberger will have a much better opportunity and will look to take full advantage of a weak Falcons secondary.

So far, the Falcons defense has allowed 403 total yards per game, 284 passing yards, 119 rushing yards and 30.5 total points per game. This matchup has every indication to be a wild shootout with a lot of scoring. The Steelers and Falcons offenses are ranked sixth and seventh, respectively.

Prediction: 400 passing yards, 4 touchdowns, 1 INT