managers need to approach weekly lineup decisions as if they are an actuꦐal NFL coached.
When Andy Reid sits down and formulates his game plan 🅘for the week, he looks at everything from his own personnel’s strengths and weaknesses to the opposition’s schemes and coverages he expects to see.
When you look at your roster and decide which players to start, you need to d💦o the exa🧔ct same thing.
It is the same when playin🔴g DFS on DraftKings or FanDuel, and i🅺t is the same when you are betting NFL games.
Find the right mat༺chups to exploit and you ꧃will find yourself in the winner’s circle.
Though most people look at this week’s Giants-Seahawks game and assume Kenneth Walker is just going to rush for another thre🔥e touchdowns, your job is to know that Geno Smith is the guy you want in your lineups this week.
The Giants rank 24෴th in DVOA (Defense-adjusted value Over Average) against the pass, but more importaౠntly, Smith has averaged 46 pass attempts per game over the past three weeks.
New offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb knows how to run the football, but his offensive scheme is predicated on heavy passin🐟g, and they will continue to throw ๊regardless of what the scoreboard says.
Last week, Smith threw the ball 56 times in a losing effort, but he threw 34 times in a game Seattle wo🍷n 24-3 against the Dolphins the week before, and he threw 44 times in a Week 2 win over the Patriots.
Yes, the Seahawks will find a way to establish the run, but ꧂not at the expense of a heavy dose of passing.
Steelers 🌺running back Najee Harris also has a fan🌳tastic matchup.
Both Jaylen Warren and Cord♈arrelle Patterson have missed late-week practices with injuries, so we expect offensive coordinator Arthur Smith to unleash Harris against this soft Dallas defense.
The Cowboys rank dead-last in DVOA against the run, allowing the seventh-most rushing yards and already have allowed eigh🧸t rushing touchdowns.
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If you’ౠre debating whether or not to start him this week, you should, and you should load him up in a FanDuel contest this week.
Remember Amari Coo🌄per’s 82-yard touchdown that was negated last week becausꦐe of a holding penalty.
Well, line him𝔍 r🐟ight back up, because he is matched up with Benjamin St-Juste of the Commanders this week.
Cooper will be the fifth player to hang another touchdown o♏n the Commanders’ cornerback.
The beautiful tꦿhing about football being so popular in our culture is there are always opportunities to profit off matchups.
Be the person who finds and exploits those mat☂chups and you will find plenty of success in all your fantasy endeavors.
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