DraftKings NFL picks, Week 10: Best DFS fantasy football values
By Drew DeLuca
The best DraftKings NFL value picks in Week 10, from premium picks to budget players.
We jump head-first into the leaf pile known as the Week 10 DraftKings NFL main slate faster than a kid who’s been cooped up inside for days. Just as leaves come in many colors and varieties, so do DFS fantasy football bargains and values.
With that in mind, we break down each position and identify our favorite picks based on talent, matchups and injury opportunities. We highlight a “best buy” at each position, then rake up a pile of “bargain bin” finds for good measure.
We start, as always, with the quarterback position. Week 10 offers a breather to the Kansas City Chiefs, New York Jets, Atlanta Falcons and Dallas Cowboys, meaning Patrick Mahomes and Matt Ryan are off the table, along with Lamar Jackson, due to his primetime matchup.
We explore the remaining options available on the DraftKings NFL Week 10 main slate.
DraftKings NFL Week 10 values: Quarterbacks
Four quarterbacks are priced at $7,000 or above this week, and none are bad buys. Kyler Murray (ARI vs. BUF, $8,000) is the most expensive and arguably offers the best odds in terms of floor-to-ceiling production. Russell Wilson (SEA at LAR, $7,700) has the worst matchup of the group but is having the best season.
Aaron Rodgers (GB vs. JAX, $7,900) draws a Jacksonville Jaguars defense that ranks in the bottom three in average fantasy points allowed per game to quarterbacks over the last four weeks, but our favorite top-shelf signal-caller this week is Josh Allen (BUF at ARI, $7,500). Allen offers a high rushing floor and is well-positioned to pick apart a pass defense that ranks in the bottom third in recent weeks in terms of average fantasy points allowed to quarterbacks.
Among moderately priced quarterbacks ($6,000 to $6,900), we like Justin Herbert (LAC at MIA, $6,600), but sign us up for Deshaun Watson (HOU at CLE, $6,900) in a great matchup. The former Clemson star pairs well with Will Fuller or Brandin Cooks in GPP tournaments; more on those two to come.
As mediocre as he’s been this year, it’s hard to pass on Jared Goff (LAR vs. SEA, $6,500) against a dreadful Seattle Seahawks secondary, who has allowed more points per game to opposing fantasy quarterbacks over the last four weeks than any other team in the league. Goff pairs nicely with Robert Woods or Cooper Kupp; we’ll do a better job covering them later than Seattle will.
Best Buy: As poorly as Carson Wentz (PHI at NYG, $5,900) has played this season at times, he has posted 22 or more DraftKings points in four of his last six contests, thrown multiple touchdown passes in four straight, and logged five rushing touchdowns as the Eagles’ primary goal-line rushing threat. He also threw for 359 yards against this same New York Giants defense three weeks ago, without the benefit of Miles Sanders, Jalen Reagor, Dallas Goedert, or Alshon Jeffrey in the fold, all of whom will be in the fold for this Week 10 contest.
Bargain Bin: Among quarterbacks priced $5,500 or lower, we absolutely love the value presented by the matchup between Drew Lock (DEN at LV, $5,500) and Derek Carr (LV vs. DEN $5,400). Lock’s fantasy production is on the rise in recent weeks after returning from injury, and Carr has quietly thrown 16 touchdowns and only two picks to date; both face vulnerable pass defenses ranked in the bottom third in average points allowed to fantasy quarterbacks over the last four weeks.