Tuttle's Take: Week 8

by Dan Gaspar (MrTuttle05) Last Updated 2018-10-26 18:48:46 Premium Content Part of the product Core4

Having qualified for countless live finals, Dan Gaspar (MrTuttle05) knows what it takes to win in DFS. In this space each week, he’ll guide you through the lineup building process for both cash games and tournaments by going in-depth and giving out his “Tuttle’s Take” for every game on the main slate.

Week 8

Cleveland Browns @ Pittsburgh Steelers (8) 51

Notes:

• Cleveland Browns target totals (market share air yards) through seven weeks: Jarvis Landry 82 (32.6%), David Njoku 52 (16.5%), Antonio Callaway
  41 (23.5%), Duke Johnson 26 (4.4%), Rashard Higgins 22 (10.3%), Damion Ratley 11 (4.7%)
• Pittsburgh Steelers target totals (market share air yards) through seven weeks: Antonio Brown 71 (34.8%), JuJu Smith-Schuster 62 (26.7%), James Conner 35 (-.2%), Vance McDonald 25 (5.9%), Jesse James 21 (9.2%)

Tuttle’s Take:

Big Ben. At home. By now we’re all familiar with the Roethlisberger home/away splits as Ben has performed significantly better at home throughout his career. Ben and the Steelers have the fourth highest implied total (28.5) on the slate which brings Roethlisberger into the discussion as a secondary option in Week 8. The Steelers offense, in general, is generating a lot less hype than some other teams around the league (cough, Rams, cough, cough) which could make the Steelers a strong stack to pivot to in GPPs. Cleveland has defended the pass well this season (first in pass DVOA) which could lead Ben and his primary weapons (Antonio Brown and JuJu) to single-digit ownership this weekend. While I’m likely avoiding the Steelers passing game in cash games, I do like them as a “sneaky” stack quite a bit.