Week 14 DFS locks, fades - Lions' D'Andre Swift
Yahoo Sports' Scott Pianowski and Dalton Del Don offer up their DFS locks and fades for this week's slate of games, including a running back who hasn't played since November 15th.
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SCOTT PIANOWSKI: OK, let's give about some DFS advice. Let's give out some winners. This is where we try to find value for the Yahoo DFS board. And we're bringing producer Raghu for his pick. He says if you can get D'Andre Swift cleared in time, he loves him at $18.
I agree. Even though Chicago's a tough match-up, Swift was really spreading his wings before the injury. So I'll sign off on the Raghu pick of 18 on Swift. I like Keke Coutee at 10. And the whole point with that is that it's gonna enable you to load up on other studs.
It's a punt play. You're just looking for him to, you know, do the kind of Sterling Shepard six catch, 65-yard game. Something like that. He probably doesn't have a touchdown equity. But I think you can make a profit on Coutee, and then it enables you to load up.
Because we know with DFS a lot of it is gonna be determinant of if your stars come through. If you got the Henry game last week, you probably needed the Tyreek Hill game to go anywhere.
And the way you can play guys like that, maybe pair them with Patrick Mahomes, is you need a $10 guy like Coutee, so he's one of my picks for this week.
DALTON DEL DON: I'm with you on this Houston offense there. Akins is also the stone minimum $10. Indy has a good defense. That just means they won't be able to run the ball at all. No Will Fuller. Brandin Cooks is just $18 in Yahoo DFS. So love the set up there with Watson, the bad defense.
And obviously the target share is gonna increase for all three. A couple others. Falcons, just $10, the minimum there. I think with more game film on Taysom Hill on the road, they're playing much better defensively. I think that's a sneaky punt there.
And then Jarvis Landry for 15. I chalked up his poor production to he was playing through this rib injury. But also, you know, that wind those three games, I didn't realize-- well, maybe I underrated how much that was a factor because he sure looked healthy last week.
And, obviously, you know, Beckham. And you mentioned that line may be too high, but over-under, what, 54 and a half. So Jarvis Landry at $15, I think, is pretty enticing, as well, in DFS this week.
SCOTT PIANOWSKI: Yeah, I think that totally makes sense. As far as fades go-- look, Keenan Allen, I talked about him earlier. He's just the weekly double-digit targets. But remember, he only had 10 in the Buffalo game and they gave so much work to Ekeler.
They're gonna throw sometimes to Williams, sometimes to Henry. And so I think it might be a case of Allen goes from, like, these 13, 15, 17 target games maybe back to like 10, 11. He's $30.
We know what the Patriots do. They identify somebody and try to take him out. And I think Allen might be the guy that they focus on with bracket cone coverage. I think the Patriots will have a good game plan for Keenan Allen. I don't think he goes off in this spot, and I can't pay $30.
DALTON DEL DON: I'm avoiding Alvin Kamara at 37. I like Derrick Henry at 34 much more. We mentioned it earlier, about just minus 2 receiving yards, two games with Taysom Hill under standard. He's lost four rushing scores to his new quarterback.
Latavius Murray was extra busy last week. That might have been a game script thing. But the Falcons, they may seem like a soft defense on paper, but literally the stingy is defense against fantasy backs the last six weeks.
So Alvin Kamara at that price, no thanks. I'd much rather a Derrick Henry at $34.
SCOTT PIANOWSKI: Derrick Henry's gonna run gloriously to championships this year. It's gonna be unfair. I hope you have Derrick Henry out there because he's gonna be a monster.