Two weeks in and Tony has proven why he shut down his DFS account a couple years ago after a big win — he doesn’t know what the hell he’s doing. He made it closer in Week 2, scoring 10 more points than week 1, but couldn’t quite catch up in the end thanks to disappointing performances from the bottom half of his lineup.

Hopefully he can right the ship before he has to reload his Fanball account.

Week two Season record Total points
Andy 131.36 2-0 291.34
Tony 118.06 0-2 226.12

 

Tony: This week … I sadly steal a page from Andy’s playbook, as I’ve been smoked the first two weeks—I basically punt on TE & DST (although both picks have decent matchups), and load up on some starts up top.

QB –  Gardner Minshew vs Miami ($6,100) – Minshew is middle of the pack in cost, and faces the 30th ranked defense in the Dolphins. Dak, Murray and Rodgers were in consideration (especially when I realized Chark is out), but I decided to save a few bucks here and ride the ‘stache’s hot start.

RB – Alvin Kamara vs Green Bay ($8,300) – I think the Packers will ultimately win the game, but I do think their defense gets a bit exposed in this one. Future Pro Bowl LB Kamal Martin might have been able to hang with Kamara, but he’ll be active in the run & passing game again.

RB – Chris Carson vs Dallas ($7,200) – Carson has been more involved in the passing game than at least I expected (all three of his scores so far), and last week he put up some decent yardage on the ground too. Dallas’ defense has been a bit soft so far, hopefully Carson can find paydirt again.

WR – DeAndre Hopkins vs Detroit ($8,300) – The real star of the lineup, Hopkins has 25 targets and 22 catches in two weeks, and should be in for more of the same against the Lions.

WR – Allen Robinson @ Atlanta ($6,900) – My first road player of the week, Arob hasn’t been on fire so far this season — but everyone who has played Atlanta so far has put up points.

WR/TE – DK Metcalf vs Dallas ($7,200) – I keep ending up with stacks on my teams … but there’s been plenty of offense to go around for Seattle so far, so not a terrible stack to have.

TE – Drew Sample @ Philadelphia ($3,600) – A cheap option at TE that had 9 targets and 7 catches last week, mostly after CJ Uzomah left with an injury—and after Uzomah hit paydirt. Sample steps into his spot as a young QB’s best friend.

Flex – Jerry Jeudy vs Tampa Bay ($5,200) – A mini-punt here, as I’m not super excited about Jeff Driskel starting at QB…but with Courtland Sutton gone too, someone’s gotta step up.

DST – Tampa Bay Buccaneers @ Denver ($2,200) – I’ll take a low cost defensive option from a team with a lot of playmakers that are ready to explode…especially against Driskel…all day long. I hope.

Andy: What I’ve been doing so far has worked pretty well, so … why move away from it.

QB – Ryan Tannehill @ Minnesota ($6,400) – The Vikings can’t rush the passer and they have three new starters in the corner and nickel spots, including on this week who has yet to see the field. Tannehill is no Hall of Famer, but he’s solid and he’ll have a good week.

RB – Derrick Henry @ Minnesota ($8,100) – The Vikings can’t stop the run either, which is going to be a big problem against this guy. Teams are controlling time of possession against Minnesota by a 2-to-1 margin so far. Henry might make that 3-to-1 this week.

RB – Aaron Jones @ New Orleans ($8,100) – The Packers are more balanced than they were early in Aaron Rodgers’ career and Jones just keeps scoring. Another big game seems likely.

WR – Corey Davis @ Minnesota ($5,100) – The line in Vegas on the Vikings game opened at “pick ’em,” so I’m probably missing something, but … on paper this should be a shellacking by the Titans. I love stacks. A.J. Brown is probably out this week. Corey Davis seems to be heating up a bit. And he fits one of my strategies — among the first things I do when I fill a lineup is go down to the cheap players and find one or two guys I’m confident plugging in. He’s a perfect fit this week.

WR – Chris Godwin @ Denver ($7,300) – This one is more hunch than anything. Denver is down a corner and a pass rusher. Brady likes his slot guys. And Godwin has yet to put up much for numbers this year. Coming off the game he missed due to a concussion, he’s due.

WR – DeAndre Hopkins vs Detroit ($8,300) – Kyler Murray is establishing a connection with Hopkins and Detroit is, well, Detroit. Solid production virtually guaranteed.

TE – Dallas Goedert vs Cincinnati ($5,400) – The Bengals’ defense is putrid. The Eagles are using Goedert nearly as much as Zach Ertz. Someone has to score for Philly. And he’s cheaper.

Flex – Michael Pittman vs New York Jets ($4,000) – The cheapest of the cheap this week. Parris Campbell is hurt and T.Y. Hilton seems a little less daunting than he has in the past. Someone has to catch the ball for Indy this week.

DST – Washington Football Team at Cleveland ($2,200) – Here’s the strategy with defense: Go down to the bottom. Scroll up. Find the cheapest one that doesn’t completely suck that appears to have a decent match-up. Click select.