Week 2: Daily Fantasy Outlook
Going into week 2, the Rams offer a lot of exciting opportunities in daily fantasy as they host the New Orleans Saints in the Coliseum. This article will be taking values from Fanduel. There are some dynamic, Ram-centric lineups you can put together. A weekly lineup can include Goff, Gurley, and Cooks while being well within budget to fill out your lineup with other studs like Zeke Elliot and Austin Ekeler. I’m looking for the Rams to put up some big numbers in front of thousands of fans at the Coliseum in their home opener. Let’s get into it!
Jared Goff ($7,600) has a high ceiling this week after a lackluster fantasy performance on the road against Carolina in week 1. Goff is historically better at home and will be facing a familiar Saints secondary that gave up 3 TDs through the air, plus one on the ground, to Deshaun Watson in their opener.
Just in case you did not believe me with the whole “historically better at home” thing
Goff had four TDs himself last year against the Saints in their week 9 defeat. At only $7,600, Goff should have shaken off the week 1 rust and should continue to reap the benefits of a full-strength WR group. Goff will enjoy spreading the ball around to Robert Woods ($7,300), Brandin Cooks ($7,000), and Cooper Kupp ($6,800) who were targeted a whopping 29 times as a unit (13 to Woods, 10 to Kupp, 6 to Cooks) in week 1. They are one of the best receiving trios in the league. The difficultly in approaching them on a week to week basis in daily fantasy is figuring out who is going to have the big game. I could see any, or all, of these guys putting up big numbers. Which one of them breaks out is anyone’s guess. I, personally, love putting players up against their former teams — Cooks was drafted by New Orleans with the 20th overall pick in 2014 – so I’m going with The Archer in my WR slot.
Todd Gurley ($7,000) is looking like a great value pick. Anytime you can get a guy coming off of a TWENTY-ONE Touchdown season for $7,000, you are looking at a lot of value. Gurley is a threat from anywhere and could see more targets out of the backfield this week. The Rams and Saints is sure to be a barn burner with two of the best offenses in the NFL, the teams scored 80 combined points in their last regular season meeting. If Gurley can find space in a spread out game, look for him to have several chunk plays. The obvious downside of Gurley in daily fantasy is that he will be sharing carries with Malcolm Brown. To me, the caliber of player you can get for $7,000 in Gurley is something I will not be passing up.
The Texans ran with ease last week in New Orleans, averaging 7.82 yds/carry
Other Rams on the board with value include Malcolm Brown ($5,500) who is coming off a two TD performance. He could very well see a few more redzone touches like last week. Last year, Brown had a tip toe-ing TD reception against the Saints in the regular season matchup. How many $5,500 running back are doing this? Do not be surprised to see Brown’s touchdown dance again in week 2! The last notable Rams on the board include Everett ($4,700) and Higbee ($4,500) at TE as value options if you are looking to stack the rest of your team. Higbee had 5 targets and found the endzone last week in Carolina. Both TEs could be finding themselves in favorable matchups this week and have always showed sure hands near the endzone. Good luck this week, may the odds be in your favor, and go Rams!
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