NFL DFS Bargain Bin: Week 10 Sunday Slates
NFL DFS Bargain Bin: Week 10 Sunday Slates Wide Receivers
Brandin Cooks, HOU at CLE ($5,600-DK/$6,300-FD)
Cooks continues to be priced very reasonably for a player who’s logged between nine and 12 targets in four consecutive games, a span during which he’s also recorded at least 68 receiving yards and scored a touchdown on three occasions. The chemistry with Deshaun Watson that wasn’t quite there on a consistent basis early after a summer without preseason games now seems to be evident on a week-to-week basis, making the veteran speedster an appealing option against a vulnerable Browns secondary.
Cleveland has given up 264.6 passing yards per game, along with a 64.9 percent catch rate, 15.0 receptions,188.3 receiving yards and 1.5 touchdowns per game to wideouts. Cooks should be heavily involved once again at various depths of target Sunday, and the fact Houston is passing at the eighth-highest percentage (62.32) in the league only strengthens his case.
Tim Patrick, DEN at LVR ($4,900-DK/$5,500-FD)
Patrick is another big-play threat at receiver that won’t break your bank, and like Cooks, he’s also in a Week 10 game environment and matchup that could prove to be fertile ground for fantasy production. Patrick notably saw nine targets in Week 9 against the Falcons following his return from a one-week absence, proving the fitness of his previously ailing hamstring by playing a whopping 60 snaps in the contest. He’ll now tangle with a Raiders squad giving up 318.3 passing yards per home game, along with a 66.4 percent catch rate to wideouts.
Patrick has been a big-play asset for rapidly improving second-year quarterback Drew Lock, posting seven grabs of greater than 20 yards among his 27 receptions and boasting a robust average depth of target of 14.7 yards while garnering 25.0 percent of the team’s air yards. Patrick could certainly play a sizable role in what should be a back-and-forth divisional battle, and with Las Vegas giving up the second-highest average yards per attempt (8.2) of any team on its home field, the speedster could be in for multiple downfield targets.
Josh Reynolds, LAR vs. SEA ($3,500-DK/$5,000-FD)
Stacking multiple wideouts against the Seahawks’ highly vulnerable secondary has often been a shrewd strategy, as Seattle continues to allow the most passing yards per game (362.1) in the league. While Reynolds’ teammates Cooper Kupp and Robert Woods are also certainly in play and noted as alternative options below, the fourth-year receiver could make for an excellent ultra-cheap and low-owned alternative in larger-field tournaments.
Reynolds has notably logged a total of 17 targets over the last pair of games, and even though that’s led to a relatively modest 8-96 line, the young veteran is seeing a solid 25.7 percent of his team’s air yards on the season and averaging an impressive 14.6 yards per grab. Reynolds has also logged between 50 and 77 snaps from scrimmage in his last three games and will get a crack at a Seattle secondary that has drawn the most wide-receiver targets (245) in the league by far, while also giving up the most receptions (176), receiving yards (2,236) and second-most receiving TDs (13) to the position.