Daily Fantasy Football Best Bargains 2021: Week 3 Top DFS Values on FanDuel and DraftKings

The best way to cash on weekly fantasy football sites is to load up on as many stars with good matchups as possible. Due to budget restraints, however, fantasy players must sacrifice other positions to nab the stars they want.

Here, you'll find the top bargains at each position on DraftKings that will let you splurge elsewhere. And remember, scoring is IMPORTANT. Here are Fanduel’s and DraftKings’ scoring systems.

Quarterbacks

Justin Fields, Bears ($6,500/$5,200): Fields didn’t do anything special in his first NFL regular season action when he filled in for Andy Dalton, but he did show exactly what we all want to see from a rookie QB…rushing volume. Fields absolutely has talent as a passer, but it’s his rushing capability that makes fantasy managers googly-eyed about him as a rookie. He only managed 31 yards on the ground in his debut, but he rushed 10 times. With his athleticism and speed, and with a full week to game plan, Chicago will be able to design running plays to get him going, as well as easy throws early to set his rhythm.

Trevor Lawrence, Jaguars ($6,600/$5,500): Nobody wants to touch Lawrence with a 10-foot pole right now because he’s been the most inaccurate starter in football through two games. Bollocks!!! I say. Lawrence is definitely going through some terrible growing pains, but even in Week 1 when he played terribly he needed to throw the ball more than 50 times, and finished with 332 yards and three touchdowns. We don’t get style points, just fantasy points, and Arizona is going to shred Jacksonville’s defense, forcing Lawrence to wing it to keep pace.

Running Backs

Ty’Son Williams, Ravens ($6,400/$5,800): Are you out on Williams after seeing Devonta Freeman and Latavius Murray’s involvement? Get back in! Yes, the old dogs are here to limit Williams’ ultimate ceiling, but Williams is clearly the best back, and the Ravens know it, because he’s led the RBs in attempts for two weeks. He also had a fluke fumble last week on the goal line; if he hadn’t coughed it up, he’d have rushing TDs in each of his first two weeks. With Detroit on the slate for Sunday, Williams is probably scoring a touchdown, and should have good yardage even if he maxes out at 15 rushing attempts.

Chase Edmonds, Cardinals ($6,600/$5,700): Edmonds hasn’t broken out yet like many hoped, but he’s been very solid, and involved to the point a blowup game is coming. Edmonds continues to be limited as a rusher – only 12 and eight attempts in the first two games – but his usage in the passing game more than makes up for it. Edmonds is the clear leader for RB touches, and vs. the Jaguars will have multiple opportunities for massive plays.

Saquon Barkley, Giants ($6,000/$6,500): We’re approaching a put up or shut up moment for Saquon. He’s been a dud for two weeks, but we had warning he’d start slow as he recovered from his torn ACL, and he also faced stout defenses in Denver and Washington. Now, Barkley gets a weak Falcons defense and he’ll be on 10 days rest after playing on Thursday night. He flashed his old flair on a 41-yard scamper on Thursday, and if the G-Men are ready to increase his workload he can provide value on this price tag in just two or three plays.

Wide Receivers

Odell Beckham Jr., Browns ($6,500/$5,300): We haven’t seen Beckham yet this season, but Cleveland’s dire WR corps makes me feel confident that OBJ will put in work even if they limit his snap count. 16 of Baker Mayfield’s 21 pass attempts last week went to TEs or RBs after Jarvis Landry exited early with a knee injury, and Beckham is miles and miles better than Donovan Peoples-Jones or Anthony Schwartz. Cleveland will still lean on the run, but make no mistake, they’ll try to hit Beckham for big gainers multiple times in this one.

Marvin Jones, Jaguars ($6,300/$4,900): Jones’ connection with Lawrence in the preseason was real. He currently leads the team with 20 targets, and has caught 11 of them for 132 yards and two touchdowns. Laviska Shenault has 17 targets, but they’re almost exclusively near the line of scrimmage, and D.J. Chark has only caught four of his 16 targets. When the Jags are behind, Lawrence is frequently finding Jones, and that will continue this week as Jacksonville flails to keep pace with Kyler Murray’s Cardinals.

Antonio Brown, Buccaneers ($6,000/$5,200): After giving us all flashbacks to his prime in Week 1, Brown was shockingly quiet in Week 2. That’s how it will be sometimes with this offense, as Tom Brady can’t feed everyone in every game. This week, however, look for Brown to glow up. They have the Rams on the schedule, which means CB Jalen Ramsey is probably going to be glued to Mike Evans, or possibly Chris Godwin. Either way, that means Brady will have to look elsewhere, and Brown’s gonna eat.

Tight Ends

T.J. Hockenson, Lions ($6,300/$5,200): Hockenson has been a revelation, and his price is only depressed because of the perceived matchup with the Ravens. Truthfully, Hockenson is matchup-proof because he’s the only receiving option worth a damn on this team outside of the RBs. Also, per Football Outsiders, the Rams rank just 15th in DVOA against TEs. That’s probably because it’s Week 3 and they had to deal with Darren Waller and Travis Kelce so far, but Hockenson is entering that class of TE. Hockenson has eight catches in each of his first two tilts, and touchdowns in both games. Fire him up.

George Kittle, 49ers ($6,000/$6,200): Stars litter this section in Week 3, as Kittle has been a massive letdown for fantasy owners who burned, on average, a third round pick on him. Kittle has caught four passes in each of the first two games, but saw the yardage fall from 78 yards in Week 1 to only 17 vs. the Eagles. Throw that game out, and look for a monstrous effort in Week 3 as he takes on Green Bay’s defense, which ranks 24th in DVOA vs. TEs and has allowed 8.5 points per game and 60 yards.

Kyle Pitts, Falcons ($6,200/$4,900): Billed as a generational TE prospect, the early returns on Pitts have been….eh. He’s been targeted a bunch, and last week he caught five passes for 73 yards. So he hasn’t been a total dud, but it’s not what many people hoped. The price is now dropping, and just in time to face a pliable Giants D with a top-flight CB, James Bradberry, to lock up Calvin Ridley. I expect Pitts to be fed double-digit targets and find the end zone for his first NFL TD.