Yahoo NFL – Daily Fantasy Football: Week Two Picks

Darrell Waller ($13)

As mentioned with Tyrell Williams, the salaries for week two Yahoo DFS came out before Monday Night Football was played. This means that breakout Raiders Williams and Waller are both relatively underpriced. Certain to be in a high percentage of lineups this week, Waller played 55 of 55 snaps in week one. He managed to haul in seven of his eight targets and even saw snaps out wide in addition to the traditional in line and slot reps tight ends normally receive. Waller looks to be a monstrous play this week in a high total contest against the Kansas City Chiefs. They surrendered eight receptions on nine targets to the tight end position in week one and could allow over 100 yards receiving to Waller this weekend. A converted wide receiver, Waller has the skillset and tools to operate in, and succeed in a high volume role all season. Unless you are looking for a contrarian play at tight end Waller is someone you will want to strongly consider at tight end for this weekends contest.

Ezekiel Elliott ($33)

Despite the Cowboys wishing to keep his workload down in his first game back with the team Ezekiel Elliott still led the Cowboys backfield with a 57 percent snap share. He had the most touches and tied with Tony Pollard for the team lead in carries. Ezekiel Elliott was not spectacular but he took his 13 carries for 53 yards and a touchdown (4.07 ypc). Tony Pollard who was a backup at Memphis to Darrell Henderson, but nonetheless was the recipient of negotiation tactic based praise from the Jones family, predictably faltered in his NFL debut. He mustered only 23 rushing yards on 13 carries (1.84 ypc) while seeing zero targets. Pollard saw just 32 percent of the snaps for a total of 22. With a full week for Zeke to get ready for week two we can expect the workload to go back to the 80/20 to 80/15 range. The most notable line from Pollard’s Week 1 performance was not his terrible yards per carry. Rather it is the fact that he received zero targets while Elliott saw two come his way. Elliott should be much more involved against Washington. Vegas has the Cowboys road contest at a -6.5 spread. If the gameflow holds true to this line Elliott could get all of touches he can handle as the Cowboys look to run out the clock. Elliott is a strong bet to finish as one of the top fantasy producers of the week.

Tennessee Titans D/ST ($14)

The most underrated team in NFL due to their QB issues, their defensive unit should at least be respected. The Titans are loaded enough that they are now in the luxury pick mode in the NFL Draft. They drafted Jeffery Simmons in the first round knowing he would likely never see the field as a rookie. They drafted the supremely talented A.J. Brown in the second round despite just signing slot receiver (where Brown is at his dominating best) Adam Humphries. The Titans sought to bolster their defensive front with the ageless Cameron Wake and rookie from Georgia D’Andre Walker (now on IR). They would draft two more rookies on the defensive end  in linebacker David Long and talented safety Amani Hooker.

The Titans showed up and showed out in week one by tallying five sacks, three interceptions and a safety in week one vs the much hyped Cleveland Browns. This week they are facing off against the Indianapolis Colts and Jacoby Brissett. Brissett was sacked twice and fumbled against the Los Angeles Chargers injury riddled defense, and could find himself in serious trouble against the division rival Titans. Tennessee was the number two fantasy defense in week one. They will look to put up another top five performance this week against Indy and look to be a bargain at their salary.