Fantasy Football, Week 5: High value plays for FanDuel

JuJu Smith-Schuster, Pittsburgh Steelers – $8,000

Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster has quickly become one of Ben Roethlisberger’s security blankets.

One of the main strategies that works out more often than not in daily fantasy is stacking your quarterback with one of his skill position players. This allows you to gain even more points, especially in a good matchup such as this. You always want to find a good stack at a good price.

So why not stack Roethlisberger with Antonio Brown? Well, Smith-Schuster comes in $1,000 cheaper and will get you the same amount of production. In Week 4, Smith-Schuster managed 60 yards receiving on four of 11 targets. Brown managed 62 total receiving yards.

Through four games ,Smith-Schuster has 416 receiving yards, one touchdown and 31 total receptions. Compare that to Brown’s 29 receptions and 272 total receiving yards and you start to get the picture that Smith-Schuster is not only a bargain, but an obvious choice considering how much attention Brown receives from opposing defenders every week.

Brown does have two more touchdowns than Smith-Schuster, but don’t let that scare you away from such a bargain in Week 5. Smith-Schuster has benefited from Brown being double-teamed every game, and will once again reap the benefits of that against the weak Falcons defense Sunday.

Prediction: 125 receiving yards, two touchdowns