Chop's NFL Top-10's: Week 6
Welcome to my NFL Top 10 for Week 6. This article is my opinion on the upcoming week. I will rank my Top 10 players, based on expected performance and salary for the week using a different sites numbers each week. Again, my rankings factor in salary so this isn’t just a list of top 10 projected scorers, but is instead an estimate of value, based on player salary. Hope you enjoy and this information helps you with your research.
Chop’s Top-10 Quarterbacks on Fanduel This Week
| 1 | Drew Brees | $9700 | 2 | Peyton Manning | $10800 | 3 | Tony Romo | $8800 |
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| 4 | Tom Brady | $8400 | 5 | Aaron Rodgers | $9400 | 6 | Colin Kaepernick | $8500 |
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| 7 | Robert Griffin III | $8200 | 8 | Philip Rivers | $7600 | 9 | Cam Newton | $8300 |
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| 10 | Eli Manning | $7000 | ||||||
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Quarterback Quick Hits
- #1 – Drew Brees – NO@NE This one has big time shootout written all over it. The Saints have no running game so Brees will be great in this one
- #2 – Peyton Manning – JAC@DEN How much are you willing to pay for peace of mind, guaranteed production? He’ll have his easy 4 TD’s and 300 yards by half
- #3 – Tony Romo – WAS@DAL Coming off a 500 yard game it gets equally as juicy with this matchup.
- #4 – Tom Brady – NO@NE Mentioned the shootout already. Brady is getting his weapons back and he is not too happy with that horrid game in Cincy.
- #5 – Aaron Rodgers – GB@BAL Price is what drives Arod down to #5 on this list. He is a top 2 or 3 option every week.
- #6 – Colin Kaepernick – ARI@SF Price drop makes him look really nice this week. Arizona is good against the run, but not necessarily against the running QB.
- #7 – Robert Griffin III – WAS@DAL coming off of a bye week and being in the hole with their record, you can rest assured that RG3 will be dominant against a suspect Cowboys secondary. He may even run a little. Imagine that
- #8 – Philip Rivers – IND@SD He salvaged his Sunday night game with 2 TD’s late. Without any running game in this one he will wing it 40 times. I am not sold on the Indy defense just yet
- #9 – Cam Newton – CAR@MIN Fantastic matchup for Cam. Just when you’re ready to write him off and never take him again he steps up big in games like these
- #10 – Eli Manning – NYG@CHI With David Wilson banged up it’s a wrap for the Giants running game. Lucky for them the Bears cannot defend the pass this year to save their lives. Nicks looked good last week and this will fall on Eli
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Chop’s Top-10 Running Backs on Fanduel This Week
| 1 | Jamaal Charles | $9400 | 2 | Adrian Peterson | $9600 | 3 | Doug Martin | $8400 |
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| 4 | Matt Forte | $8600 | 5 | Arian Foster | $8600 | 6 | LeSean McCoy | $9400 |
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| 7 | Ray Rice | $8000 | 8 | Alfred Morris | $8000 | 9 | Danny Woodhead | $6100 |
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| 10 | Darren Sproles | $6800 | ||||||
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Running Back Quick Hits
- #1 – Jamaal Charles – OAK@KC oh what a sweet matchup this is. The Raiders are just decent enough on offense to keep this competitive and just bad enough on defense for Jamaal to torch them
- #2 – Adrian Peterson – CAR@MIN The Panthers have a good front 7…but I thought the same thing about Pittsburgh, Cleveland and every other team he faces. He is matchup proof and a game changer
- #3 – Doug Martin – PHI@TB Yeah the worry is that teams will now stack up against Dougie with Glennon at QB, but the matchup still seems too good to pass up.
- #4 – Matt Forte – NYG@CHI The Bears are beat up on defense. Forte is a dual threat and I wouldn’t want to be without him on Thursday teams.
- #5 – Arian Foster – STL@HOU starting to finally look like the dominant runner he is. His price has dropped enough to make him roster worthy and the matchup is cupcake
- #6 – LeSean McCoy – PHI@TB Shady doesn’t usually fall this far down on my list but this is a tough matchup. Regardless of matchup though, you still need to treat him like an RB1 with tons of upside.
- #7 – Ray Rice – GB@BAL I expect a few more games this year for Rice with multiple TD’s. This matchup looks like it has big potential. GB will score and force a shootout and Rice could vulture some more red zone TD’s
- #8 – Alfred Morris – WAS@DAL He says he is healthy and ready to go and in a matchup this important for the Skins I would imagine they feed him. He has destroyed Dallas in his previous meetings
- #9 – Danny Woodhead – IND@SD Well that didn’t take long for Ryan Mathews to get injured. Now Woodhead gets those few extra carries a game along with a great passing game workload.
- #10 – Darren Sproles – NO@NE Sproles was awfully quite this past week against the Bears. This is going to be a shootout and Brees will find a way to get him the ball when the Pats try and take away Graham.
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Chop’s Top-10 Wide Receivers on Fanduel This Week
| 1 | Victor Cruz | $7400 | 2 | Dez Bryant | $9200 | 3 | A.J. Green | $8300 |
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| 4 | Pierre Garcon | $7000 | 5 | DeSean Jackson | $7900 | 6 | Alshon Jeffery | $6300 |
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| 7 | Randall Cobb | $7900 | 8 | Vincent Jackson | $7200 | 9 | Demaryius Thomas | $8500 |
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| 10 | T.Y. Hilton | $6000 | ||||||
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Wide Receiver Quick Hits
- #1 – Victor Cruz – NYG@CHI Cruz doesn’t have too many bad games in a row. This will be a pass heavy team with Wilson banged up. The matchup is prime as the Bears struggle to defend WR’s like Cruz
- #2 – Dez Bryant – WAS@DAL bad Redskins secondary and a great young WR. He would be #1 on the list of not for the significant salary increase over Cruz
- #3 – A.J. Green – CIN@BUF a good matchup for a good wr. Teams are starting to find ways to take him away due to the lack of a 2nd wr, but he is still a solid play
- #4 – Pierre Garcon – WAS@DAL Garcon is a big time play this week. Hopefully Shanny finds a way to get him matched up with Claiborne and let the shootout begin. For this price he is a must own this week
- #5 – DeSean Jackson – PHI@TB I think the play of Foles may actually do Jackson some good in fantasy. I’m not worried about the Revis treatment as Djax moves around enough and is way too quick for a CB with a busted knee.
- #6 – Alshon Jeffery – NYG@CHI The value is top notch here. He still sits in the lower $6K range on FD even after his coming out party. Marshall is banged up and Alshon is dominating and this is a bad secondary.
- #7 – Randall Cobb – GB@BAL Cobb is the security blanket for Arod. He also gets the ball in unique ways. He is just a solid option every week in this offense
- #8 – Vincent Jackson – PHI@TB My only concerns are that Glennon is the QB and will struggle to get him the ball. Hence the drop on the list despite a great matchup
- #9 – Demaryius Thomas – JAC@DEN extremely quite vs. the Cowboys even though the Broncos put up huge numbers again. This is the week they make it up to him and let him rip up Jax for a big 1st half before sitting on the ball the 2nd.
- #10 – T.Y. Hilton – IND@SD I now he doesn’t get enough snaps or targets usually. But I will stick with my original thought that he is the best WR they have. Great game last week and I would expect him to be able to beat this secondary this week. The price is still rock bottom on TY on FD.
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Chop’s Top-5 Tight Ends on Fanduel This Week
| 1 | Jimmy Graham | $8700 | 2 | Jordan Cameron | $7300 | 3 | Jason Witten | $7000 |
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| 4 | Vernon Davis | $6900 | 5 | Antonio Gates | $6700 | |||
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Tight End Quick Hits
- #1 – Jimmy Graham – NO@NE priced like a high end wr, but that is essentially what he is. It’s nice to lock up a tough spot like TE with big production every week
- #2 – Jordan Cameron – DET@CLE ‘lil Graham is becoming a monster. The interesting part will be how Weedan feeds him the ball. Hoyer was targeting him every snap
- #3 – Jason Witten – WAS@DAL Welcome back Witten. He exploded on Denver last week and now gets to feast on a bad secondary in a rivalry game
- #4 – Vernon Davis – ARI@SF he is a matchup nightmare and the best receiving option for this team. Peterson will be occupied and Vernon should run wild
- #5 – Antonio Gates – IND@SD Gates is looking great these days and I do not see an imposing matchup here for him. The Colts will struggle with his size and he could have a big game with no running game for SD
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