DFS Fantasy Football: Favorite Pro Plays – Week 6

QUARTERBACKS

DESHAUN WATSON, HOU

$7,000 DRAFTKINGS, $8,200 FANDUEL

Coming off back-to-back 300-yard passing games and softer matchups than in previous weeks, it looks like Watson has found his way in 2020. The five interceptions through as many weeks keeps him slightly out of the elite category but still on my radar for DFS.

The matchup versus the Titans is good and the Texans run game hasn’t proven to be a focal point of this offense.  The Titans are coming in hot offensively and will put up points versus the mediocre at best Texans defense. Vegas has the Titans at -3 scoring 28 points with the Texans trailing and scoring 25. If the game script holds true we can see another late surge by Watson in the second half playing catch up and racking up fantasy points for you in Week 6.

BEN ROETHLISBERGER, PIT

$6,700 DRAFTKINGS, $7,600 FANDUEL

Big Ben could be in the early lead for comeback player of the year in the NFL. Both him and Cam Newton are competing for that spot and I was contemplating both of them for this write up. I like Cam as well, but I think the pace of that game will be slowed by the lack of fire power from the Denver side, so I chose to lock in Big Ben.

Through four games this season, he has thrown for 1,016 yards and 10 touchdowns, while only throwing one interception. He has the weapons around him to put up big games each week and it has led to a average of 21.2 DraftKings points per game. A home matchup versus Cleveland, who ranks 24th against opposing quarterbacks and allowing 297 yards passing per game, sets Ben up for his biggest game of the season. Cleveland has been involved in several shootout games to start the season and Vegas believes another one is coming by unveiling a 51 Over/Under for this game. If all holds true we can expect a 300-yard and 3-touchdown game coming in Week 6 for Big Ben.

RUNNING BACKS

DERRICK HENRY, TEN

ALEXANDER MATTISON, MIN

$7,000 DRAFTKINGS, $7,200 FANDUEL

The seas have parted for Alexander Mattison in Week 6. Not only is Dalvin Cook out but he gets one of the best running back matchups on the board in the Atlanta Falcons. The Falcons ranks 28th against opposing running backs and are allowing 110 yards per game on the ground and a bunch through the air.

Vegas agrees with the pick, predicting the Vikings to be in the lead in this game and tallying up over 29 points in this contest. Mike Davis and the Carolina Panthers took advantage of the Falcons last week and Mattison should garner similar results in Week 6. I try to keep it as simple as possible and target bad defenses as much as possible and continue to pick on them week after week. You can almost guarantee a write up every week from me displaying at least one player who will have a juicy matchup against a Falcons team that has already given up on the season.

WIDE RECEIVERS

ADAM THIELEN, MIN

$7,300 DRAFTKINGS, $7,400 FANDUEL

The trend continues and don’t feel bad about attacking the Falcons.

Last week my core included three players from the Panthers and they were locked into my main lineups on DraftKings. All three paid off and it lead to another profitable week in DFS. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it! These Falcons will get gashed all day Sunday and if Teddy Bridgewater can throw for 300+ yards, I have no fear that Kirk Cousins can connect to Adam Thielen for big plays up and down the field. Coming off monster back-to-back games where he scored 29 DraftKings points Adam now heads home to hopefully lock in another massive stat line. Numbers don’t lie and the Falcons rank 28th against opposing wide receivers and are allowing a whopping 335 passing yards per game. Thielen is your safe wide receiver play for Week 6 and feel free to start the rookie Justin Jefferson as well if you want to pivot in your tournament lineups.

BRANDIN COOKS, HOU

$5,000 DRAFTKINGS, $5,700 FANDUEL

Brandin Cooks has been the Jekyll & Hyde receiver to start the 2020 season. When everyone wanted to take advantage of his extremely low price tag in Week 4, he put up a goose egg versus the Vikings. Then he bounced back when nobody played him in Week 5 and caught 8 passes for 161 yards and a touchdown.

I wrote about this game being a shootout several times earlier and if that script holds we need a receiver to pair with Watson. I would like to stack this game and the choices are Deshaun Watson with Brandin Cooks or Will Fuller (maybe even both) and then running it back with Derrick Henry and/or AJ Brown.

My suggestion is stacking a couple different version of this game and don’t be afraid to throw some Ryan Tannehill and Jonnu Smith into the mix as well.

TIGHT ENDS

MARK ANDREWS, BAL

$6,500 DRAFTKINGS, $7,600 FANDUEL

Mark Andrews is the number one receiver in the Ravens offense. He is a red zone threat and Lamar Jackson’s favorite target in this offense. The Eagles are the 30th worst team at defending the tight end and have consistently allowed tight ends to score points at will. George Kittle caught 15 passes for 183 yards and a touchdown versus Philadelphia in Week 4 and Tyler Higbee had a three-touchdown game versus the Eagles in Week 2. Can the pattern hold true in Week 6?

Either way, Andrews provides a safe floor, and if we can see half the game Kittle had I would be happy locking him in during Week 6.

EVAN ENGRAM, NYG

$4,900 DRAFTKINGS, $5,600 FANDUEL

I don’t like suggesting New York Giants players, but Engram has the talent and a somewhat secure floor. He provides some value if you need to pay down at the position. The Washington Football Team is league’s worst at defending the tight end while having one of the best front four in the league.

I’m expecting QB Daniel Jones to be under a lot of pressure to get rid of the ball quickly, which should mean more looks for Engram over the middle and less plays down field for the receiving core. If you don’t feel confident in Engram, feel free to pivot to touchdown machine Robert Tonyan, who is only $200 more expensive on DraftKings.

DEFENSES

NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS

$4,100 DRAFTKINGS, $4,800 FANDUEL

How good is Bill Belichick? He is the best in the business and almost beat Patrick Mahomes with a combination of Brian Hoyer and some leftover scraps on offense. There hasn’t been a better coach in my lifetime and he is a defensive wizard who finds ways to disrupt the entire game plan of the opposing offense.

Give Belichick a young quarterback on the opposite side of the field and watch him dismantle their scheme and cause turnovers galore. If you have the cash to spend up at defense, roster Belichick and the Patriots.

HOUSTON TEXANS

$4,500 DRAFTKINGS, $4,900 FANDUEL

The Ravens defense might provide the safest floor of any team defense on the slate. If you rostered them in Week 5, you had a massive edge over the field who went cheap. They held the Bengals to only 3 points, caused 3 turnovers, had 7 sacks and scored a touchdown. This Defense is legit and if you take out the game against the Chiefs they held every other team under 17 points to start this season. The Eagles have a bad offensive line and very little explosiveness on offense besides Miles Sanders, which they should be able to bottle up with their front four. If you have the cash, spend up for safety in Week 6.

Jason Mezrahi has been a professional, top-ranked Daily Fantasy Player on FanDuel and DraftKings for more than eight years. He has won FanDuel’s $155,555 King of the Diamond competition and placed second in DraftKings’ Fantasy Basketball World Championship, earning him $300,000. He owns and operates WinDailySports.com, which supports the DFS and Sports Betting community with resources such as tools, projection models, expert chat, in-depth written analysis and podcasts, plus much more.

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