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Cheaper players are key to creating better lineups in DFS. Jermaine Kearse and others have rock-bottom salaries with tremendous upside that will allow you to turn a profit in Week 7 on FanDuel. Kearse saw a season-high 10 targets from Sam Darnold last week, which equates to a 33 percent target share. He is the ideal value play this week on FanDuel.

David Njoku is hot off of a 12-target game where he posted a 7-55-1 stat line.  Somehow there are nine tight ends priced higher than he is.  Njoku has now seen 30 targets over QB Baker Mayfield’s three starts and faces the Buccaneers who cede a league-high 16.9 FanDuel points to opposing tight ends.

Now is the perfect time to trade Patrick Mahomes in dynasty leagues. Would Kareem Hunt be good on the Cowboys?

Can Kerryon Johnson save the 2018 running back class? Phillip Lindsay is the lone bright spot rookie RB other than Saquon Barkley.

Marlon Mack averaged 6.0 yards per carry and commanded an equally impressive 10.9-percent target share at the college level, indicating an all-purpose skill set. Beyond his college résumé, Mack’s upper percentile Speed Score and Burst Score at 5-11, 213-pounds demonstrates the requisite size-adjusted athleticism to be an NFL bell cow back. 

Taylor Gabriel is faster than Allen Robinson and gets crazy separation: Gabriel’s 2.18 Target Separation is head and shoulders above Robinson’s (1.05). Yet Robinson is owned in every league and Gabriel is widely available.

A key to winning consistently in fantasy football is identifying potential breakouts before they happen. Stashing players that would become hot adds with a big game before any of your competitors have a chance to acquire them is a winning strategy in any format.

Niles Paul represents the kind of tight end that has become a favorite of the Underworld. A converted receiver who has gradually put on weight and gained experience since switching positions. He has the look, experience and opportunity to become a late-career tight end breakout.

Eagles are implying running back doesn’t matter. Is Wendell Smallwood or Corey Clement a better pickup?

NFL is in the midst of an analytics Renaissance. How much better would the Browns be with Sashi?

Value picks offer the flexibility in lineup creation that wins money. Ito Smith is one of six players priced around $5K or less that will help you afford the bigger names and take down the top prizes.

Smith was an effective college producer, as evidenced by his 33.9-percent (75th-percentile) College Dominator Rating.  He was also an all-purpose back, seeing a 13.4-percent (87th-percentile) College Target Share.  Smith will be effective against a Buccaneers defense that has given up the sixth-most FanDuel points to opposing running backs.

Adam Thielen is the Vikings WR to play this week. Todd Gurley is on another plane of existence.

Mohamed Sanu was the ultimate lineup maker. Marquez Valdes-Scantling defines cheap upside.

A key to winning consistently in fantasy football is identifying potential breakouts before they happen. Stashing players that would become hot adds with a big game before any of your competitors have a chance to acquire them is a winning strategy in any format.

Marquez Valdes-Scantling combines elite speed with an above-average Catch Radius. In other words, he’s the Robby Anderson of the NFC North. Don’t think that Aaron Rodgers won’t want to take advantage of that in a likely shootout against Detroit.

What will happen to Alvin Kamara when Mark Ingram returns? Christian McCaffery has the highest ceiling among NFL running backs.

Leonard Fournette was a trap this year, and this was the perfect season to implement Zero RB.

With more NFL teams deploying three and four-receiver sets on any given play, the pool of fantasy-viable wide receivers is significantly deeper than other skill positions. In this context, solving the WR start/sit dilemma requires more analytical firepower.

Looking beyond subjective grades, the Xavien Howard perfectly illustrates the value of an evidence-based approach to the cornerback evaluation and WR-CB match-up analysis.