Congrats to Beer (nice username, by the way) for beating all the Daily Fantasy Experts last week and taking home the entire $1,000 beat-the-experts bonus!
You too can take on the experts each week by playing in our FantasyPros Challenge, hosted by DraftStreet. Just pick the players you like for this weekend while staying within a salary cap. If you beat half the contestants (in other words, if you can do better than a coin flip), you’ll win double your entry fee of $5. If you beat the top expert’s score, you’ll win a share of our $1,000 bonus. Up to $2,500 is given away every week!
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To help out, we asked some of the top experts from last week’s competition to give us their recommendations for Week 3’s contest. Here are the players they think you need to start this week…
Name one player you will definitely have in your DraftStreet Salary Cap lineup this week. Why?
Joique Bell (RB, DET)
“I’m rather certain that I’ll have Joique Bell in one of my flex spots. If Reggie Bush can’t go, including Bell is a no-brainer. But even if Bush plays, Bell should get enough touches to more than justify his sub-$10K salary. Based on my projections with Reggie Bush at 80% capacity, Joique Bell is a top-fifteen fantasy running back this week in the DraftStreet scoring system. As Reggie Bush’s status goes down from there, Bell becomes an even stronger play.”
– Maurile Tremblay, FootballGuys
Danny Woodhead (RB, SD)
“As I’m putting together my DraftStreet lineup for Week 3, one player that will be on every one of my teams is Chargers’ RB Danny Woodhead. After a quiet Week 1, Woodhead was very involved in the San Diego offense against the Eagles – he had 9 carries and saw 9 targets, catching eight. While the production didn’t end up as high as you’d like, getting a flex player who will have 15-20 touch opportunities for a salary of under $7000 is amazing value this weekend.”
– Micah James, FF Magicman
A.J. Green (WR, CIN)
“I’m all in on A.J Green this week. I obviously have to take some shots on some other players giving Green is the second highest priced WR this week. The Green Bay defense has been absolutely horrid against #1 WR’s this year. Anquan Boldin 13/208/1 in week 1, and Pierre Garcon 8/143/1 in week 2. While I don’t expect this game to go over the 48.5 line, I do expect Green to have a monster 25 point type day.”
– Sean Beazley, EDS Football
Colin Kaepernick (QB, SF)
“This week I’m laying the chalk and spending on Colin Kaepernick ($16,394). Kaepernick has an ideal match-up against the Colts who struggled with a similarly athletic Terrelle Pryor on Week 1. I think Kapernick gets you 10-15 points with his feet alone this game and anything added through the air is just a bonus.”
– Dan Gaspar, Fantasy Insiders
Matthew Stafford (QB, DET)
“Heading into Week 3, there is simply no question that Lions QB Matthew Stafford will be in my lineup. For the week, he is the sixth highest priced quarterback, which represents a $3,000 discount from the No. 1 signal-caller, Aaron Rodgers. Speaking of Rodgers, if you happened to catch his Week 2 annihilation of the Washington secondary, you would realize that Stafford and the Detroit passing game has a very strong matchup this week and one that you should look to exploit wherever possible. Stafford has average 39.5 pass attempts for 317.5 yards and two touchdowns over his first two games this season and we should expect more of the same in Week 3 against a struggling Redskins’ defense.”
– Wayne Bretsky, BretskyBall
Thanks to our Featured Pros for contributing their advice this week… and good luck trying to beat them!
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