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NFL DFS bargain bin: Divisional round

By Juan Carlos Blanco

KANSAS CITY, MO - JANUARY 20: Kansas City Chiefs running back Damien Williams (26) scores a touchdown on a 23-yard catch and run with 7:45 left in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship Game game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs on January 20, 2019 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)
KANSAS CITY, MO - JANUARY 20: Kansas City Chiefs running back Damien Williams (26) scores a touchdown on a 23-yard catch and run with 7:45 left in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship Game game between the New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs on January 20, 2019 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO. (Photo by Scott Winters/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images) /
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NFL DFS bargain bin: Divisional Round Wide Receivers

Deebo Samuel, SF vs. MIN (DraftKings-$5,200/FanDuel-$6,100/FantasyDraft-$10,700/Yahoo-$19)

Samuel’s teammate Emmanuel Sanders is also going to be a popular choice, but the rookie is very reasonably priced in his own right for the amount of upside he brings. Samuel finished off the regular season with a 102-yard effort versus the Seahawks, his third instance of eclipsing the century mark on the campaign. The high-ceiling first-year wideout also brings the added bonus of logging occasional carries, and he finished the regular season with three rushing scores on 14 attempts overall.

The Vikings make for an appealing target, as their defense allowed 249.6 passing yards per road contest, which ranked them in the bottom half of the league. Minnesota also yielded the second-most catches to wide receivers (231) this past season, along with 18 touchdowns. Additionally, the Vikings gave up the fourth-highest catch rate (66.0) in the league, and Samuel certainly has the game-breaking speed to pay off his price on a couple of big plays.

Allen Lazard, GB vs. SEA (DraftKings-$4,500/FanDuel-$5,400/FantasyDraft-$9,300/Yahoo-$13)

The Chiefs’ Sammy Watkins is also very intriguing at his reasonable salaries across the industry, but Lazard carries plenty of appeal in his own right after finishing the regular season with 17 combined targets over his last two games. To have Aaron Rodgers’ trust to that degree carries plenty of weight, not to mention plenty of value in a matchup against Seattle’s vulnerable secondary.

The Seahawks have given up 250.3 passing yards per road game this season and postseason, and they allowed 19 passing touchdowns overall and a 64.0 percent catch rate. Like Samuel, Lazard has the type of elite speed that can help him pay off his price on just one play, and the second-year wideout should be in line for plenty of targets Sunday with no surer option than him behind No. 1 receiver Davante Adams.

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