FanDuel NFL picks, Week 2: Best DFS fantasy football lineup
FanDuel Week 2 picks and lineup advice: Wide Receiver
Wide receiver is an incredibly interesting position this week, as some of the usual suspects for most expensive receivers are unavailable. As per usual, you want to base your wide receiver around who your quarterback is, as these two players are heavily correlated. However, you must fill three wide receivers and a flex spot, so it is still incredibly important to analyze the rest of the receiver field. The algorithm that made the pricing this week clearly has some faults, and they show themselves in the wide receiver pricing.
The most egregious example of this is CeeDee Lamb ($6,800) coming off a strong performance in a game that projects to be the highest scoring of the week. Not to mention Dallas lost their third wide receiver, Michael Gallup, in the second half of Week 1.
Another mispriced receiver is Justin Jefferson ($7,300) who is for some reason $300 cheaper than Adam Thielen ($7,600) based on one week of production. Both of these players could make for fine plays, but Jefferson is almost a lock in cash formats due to his price.
Both of Seattle’s receivers are incredibly disrespected in their pricing as well, with Tyler Lockett coming in at $7,200 and D.K Metcalf coming in at $7,000. There is really no explanation for this pricing, as both are coming off solid Week 1 performances and have a dream matchup against a Titans defense that was torn apart by Kyler Murray last week.
Additionally, Mike Evans ($6,700) is a huge misprice simply due to his Week 1 dud and should be played as often as possible against a weak Atlanta defense. Finally, the biggest misprice is Cooper Kupp ($6,200). He is so cheap that I would highly recommend playing him in every lineup regardless of format and just building your lineup after that.
If you still need some cheaper receivers after plugging in some of these mispriced options, I like Chase Claypool ($5,900) as a guy with big play upside against a Raiders defense that I suspect outperformed their actual ability on Monday night. Finally give me Mike Williams ($5,600) as another big play option in a game that projects to be a shootout.