Daily Fantasy Football Best Bargains 2021: Week 4 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 ($6,400/$5,200): Fields has had an absolutely disastrous start to his NFL career, completing just six passes in each of his first two games, failing to break 70 passing yards in both, and failing to throw for a touchdown pass to date. And yet, here I am, recommending him for your DFS lineup. I genuinely can’t point to anything on the field that he’s done to back this up. The offense should have an easier time this week vs. Detroit than they did against Myles Garrett and the Browns in Fields’ first start, and there will inevitably be more rushing opportunities in the wake of his catastrophic passing effort last week. Nobody will be on him here, so if he goes off it’ll be a big advantage. If he stumbles, hey, at least it was not even a $6,500 price tag on FanDuel.
Zach Wilson, Jets ($6,400/$5,000): In keeping with the struggling rookie theme, Wilson has entirely too much talent to be this abysmal. His line is atrocious, and his skill position help is subpar, but he’s also had a hard time with some pretty vicious defenses. Wilson’s first three NFL opponents have been the Panthers, Patriots and Broncos, who have a combined 7-2 record with above-average pass rushes. This week he gets a softer Titans D, and a Tennessee offense that could force the Jets into passing mode early. Like Fields, he’s so cheap that you’ll be loaded at other positions, and at some point he’s going to break out. Why not the Week 4 cupcake matchup?
Running Backs
Miles Sanders, Eagles ($6,500/$6,400): Week 3 was beyond weird for Sanders, who only got two carries for reasons that are unclear. He averaged 13.5 yards per carry though, looking explosive AF, and he gets the worst run defense in football (Chiefs) per Football Outsiders next. You’d love to see Sanders get more volume, but even if he doesn’t, he’s a home run hitter who is very efficient. With defenses also having to worry about Jalen Hurts, there will be wide open lanes for Sanders, and a breakout game will be had.
Michael Carter, Jets ($5,300/$4,500): Carter saw 12 carries/targets in Week 3, down slightly from 14 in Week 2, but still a bunch more than in his debut. Carter is in a 50/50 timeshare with Ty Johnson for now in the league’s lowest-scoring offense, but the Jets have thrown to him three times in each of the last two games. It’s clear the offensive coaches need to scheme up easier throws early in the game to get Wilson comfortable, and that will involve Carter, who showed a receiving skill set in college at UNC. I can see Carter finally getting in the end zone against the Titans, who likely will look past Gang Green here, and providing value on an extremely cheap price tag.
Wide Receivers
Odell Beckham Jr., Browns ($6,600/$5,800): Beckham was in this section last week in his season debut, and it went as planned. With Jarvis Landry on IR, Beckham was a sight for Baker Mayfield’s sore eyes, as he finally had a competent pass-catching option again that wasn’t a TE or RB. Beckham’s issue has been volume ever since coming to Cleveland, but with Landry out, not even a massively run-heavy game plan can keep him from seeing targets. Beckham still doesn’t have the elite target share he once enjoyed with the Giants, but for the time being he’ll see enough that it’s borderline impossible for him not to be fantasy relevant. With that temporarily high baseline, he’s essentially a must-play, because his ceiling is WR1 overall in any given week. And if you needed any more encouragement, the Vikings currently rank dead last in DVOA vs. WR1s.
Allen Robinson, Bears ($6,400/$5,800): If you do use Fields, double down and stack him with Robinson, another player who is just way too damn good to be this underwhelming. The Bears aren’t suddenly going to be prolific, but they hit rock bottom last week and can only go up. The production has been lacking, but Robinson has still seen six or more targets in two of three games, and has the Lions this week. If you buy a Fields bounce back, then Robinson must be a part of it.
Jaylen Waddle, Dolphins ($5,400/$4,900): Waddle has been a weird player so far. He’s currently one of the most targeted WRs in football, seeing 21 targets over the last two weeks, but his average depth of target is a paltry 4.2 yards. The Dolphins are currently getting him the ball on short passes and gambling on him to turn those into big plays. It hasn’t happened in the last two games, but his receptions and yardage alone suffice to make him worth this meager price. With the Colts struggling D up next, I like Waddle’s chances of making a wow play.
Tight Ends
Logan Thomas, Football Team ($5,800/$4,900): Thomas is heavily involved in this offense, so while it’s not high-octane by any means, he’s the No. 2 receiving option and has been on the field for 100% of Washington’s offensive plays through three weeks. Thomas has scored twice, and caught at least three passes in all three games, consistency that’s hard to find at the position. Couple that with a matchup vs. the Falcons, a.k.a. the NFL’s seventh-worst unit vs. TEs, and I think he becomes a very strong play at an excellent price.
Robert Tonyan, Packers ($5,500/$4,500): Tonyan’s been held to single digit yardage twice in three weeks, and it appears last year’s explosion was a bit of a mirage. Still, he went for 52 and a score in Week 2 vs. Detroit, the worst defense in the league against the position, so he can still capitalize on a favorable matchup. The Steelers are surprisingly one such matchup, so you can feel decent with him for Week 4.
Dawson Knox, Bills ($5,600/$3,600): Knox is similar to Tonyan, only Knox has seen a tick more volume than Tonyan, and has less red zone competition due to Buffalo’s untrustworthy RB rotation. Knox does have to deal with superior WRs, but he has found the end zone in back to back tilts, and gets Houston, who allows the seventh-most points per game to TEs. This play carries major risk, but he has unusually high TD upside for such a cheap option.