4 daily fantasy players from the Saints and Browns matchup If you’re a daily fantasy player Authentic Archie Manning Jersey , before each game I will look at three/four players from the New Orleans Saints and their opponent’s rosters that I would target in daily fantasy (based off their value and potential results). Obviously, Saints QB Drew Brees is a safe QB for daily fantasy leagues, but spending your money on a top-tier starting QB leaves you scraping the barrel to fill out the rest of your roster. So here are three Saints and one Brown that provide the most bang for your buck. (Values from Fanduel.)QB Drew Brees (NO) - $8,800Brees is actually the most expensive QB in daily fantasy in Week 2’s Sunday games, coming in $100 more expensive than Aaron Rodgers of the Green Bay Packers. Regardless, he’s still a solid play for daily fantasy, even against a Cleveland Browns that turned Ben Roethlisberger over multiple times in Week 1. Start Brees with confidence.WR Josh Gordon (CLE) - $6,300This is an incredible value play here. Gordon is $2,600 cheaper than the most expensive WR available, and we saw the Saints struggle against opposing wide receivers last week. In fact, the Saints struggled against big and fast receivers like Mike Evans, and that is just what Josh Gordon is. On top of that, Gordon is one of the top red zone threats on the Browns, so whether its in yards or sniffing the end zone Bobby Hebert Jersey Salute to Service , Gordon should put up respectable numbers this week.TE Benjamin Watson (NO) - $5,100Watson showed in Week 1 that while he’s not going to get near the amount of targets per game he saw in his first stint in New Orleans, he’s still one of Drew’s favorite and most trusted targets when the Saints need a key conversion. At $1,700 cheaper than the most expensive tight end available, Watson is only a few hundred dollars more expensive than the cheapest starting tight ends in the NFL. Saints DST (vs CLE) - $4,000I’m banking on a solid bounce-back campaign for the Saints in Week 2. After an abysmal performance the Buccaneers in Week 1, the price of the Saints DST in daily fantasy couldn’t get much lower. It’s a risky play absolutely, but one that could pay dividends.My full daily fantasy lineup this week: DQB QB Drew Brees (NO) - $8,800JRB RB James Conner (PIT) - $7,000RB Melvin Gordon (LAC) - $8,200WR Josh Gordon (CLE) - $6,300WR Nelson Agholor (PHI) - $6,100WR Mike Evans (TB) - $7,900TE Benjamin Watson (NO) - $5 Morten Andersen Jersey ,100FLEX Kenyan Drake (MIA) - $6,600KFLEX ,600DST Saints (@ GB) - $4,000 NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Coach Sean Payton the New Orleans Saints are anything but risk averse.After all, Payton's Saints won a Super Bowl with the help of a surprise onside kick nine years ago, and now New Orleans is one home victory away from its first Super Bowl since then — thanks to a pair of aggressive and pivotal fourth-down play calls when the Saints were trying to come back from a two-touchdown deficit."We needed to shift momentum and we were able to, fortunately, and take advantage of it," said Payton, who's bound to carry that approach into the NFC title game against the Los Angeles Rams next weekend. Facing fourth-and-short on their own 30, Payton called for a fake punt on which third-string quarterback and special teams virtuoso Taysom Hill took a direct snap as the up back.So when the Saints faced another fourth down on the Eagles 2 later that same drive, it only seemed fitting that they dialed up a touchdown pass from Drew Brees to rookie receiver Keith Kirkwood instead of settling for a field goal.That marked the beginning of 20 unanswered points scored by New Orleans in a 20-14 triumph in the divisional round of the NFC playoffs on Sunday."It's that play-to-win mentality," Brees said. "I've been with Sean long enough now to say that he's always been like that. From '06 until now, I think it's something that he knows the offense and the team feeds off of."When you get that in guys' minds that we are going to be aggressive Authentic Sam Mills Jersey , we are going to play to win, it allows guys to relax and cut loose," Brees added.Payton's gambles often occur with Hill on the field, perhaps because they seem to think alike. Hill had the option to check out of the fake and let the snap sail to punter Thomas Morstead if the defensive alignment looked unfavorable. But Hill was in no mind to wait for a better opportunity. He had seemingly nowhere to go when he got the ball, and powered through anyway."At the end of the day I'm going to error on being aggressive. I'm going to error on taking the opportunity to create some momentum and have a game-changing play for sure," Hill said. "It's all about taking calculated risks. It's finding that balance and that was a look that I felt like we could get it. That was a look that the coaches felt like we could get it, and I think at the end of the day it shows how much trust coach has in us."Eagles coach Doug Pederson said the Saints' risk-reward propositions had less to do with the element of surprise than simply New Orleans ability to call a good play situationally and execute."You kind of expect it in that situation," Pederson said. "You've just got to be prepared for that. We had our defense stay on the field. It was a great play by them."Some other story lines surrounding the Saints' first divisional round playoff victory since their last Super Bowl title in the 2009-10 season OST LEADER: The Saints stopped short of confirming that top defensive tackle Sheldon Rankins would miss the rest of the postseason with a low leg injury in the area of his Achilles, but when he punched the turf before being carted off the field, it looked serious. Afterward, Payton and players insinuated that Rankins' injury was season-ending."It's gut wrenching," Payton said. "He's played so well for us."Rankins was a first-round draft choice in 2016 and his eight sacks this season ranked second on the team ."To see him go down really hurt," fellow Saints defensive lineman Tyeler Davison said. "But I think it's going to give us some fuel as well to play for him and pull this thing out for him."ALSHON'S ABBERATION: Normally reliable Eagles receiver Alshon Jeffery might have been the least likely candidate to have an accurate Nick Foles pass bounce off his hands and into the waiting arms of cornerback Marshon Lattimore in the final minutes, sealing the result right when Philadelphia was threatening to take a lead in the final minutes.Jeffery dropped to the turf Limited Rickey Jackson Jersey , face down, after the turnover, but the Eagles tried to console him. Before that fateful play, Jeffery had five catches for a team-high 63 yards."He's so down, but for me it's about staying positive," Pederson said. "He's made many, many big catches for us throughout the season … I told him to keep his head up and don't let one play define him."GROUND GAINS: The Saints outgained the Eagles 137-49 on the ground, with the elusive Alvin Kamara rushing for 71 yards, including a 12-yard, first-down run that let the Saints run out the clock. The hard-charging Mark Ingram added 53 yards. The running back tandem also combined for six catches for 44 yards.WORN DOWN: If it wasn't tough enough for the Eagles to have three defensive starters — end Michael Bennett, tackle Fletcher Cox and cornerback Rasul Douglas — leave the game intermittently with minor injuries, Philadelphia's defense also spent far more time on the field than the Eagles would have liked. During the last three quarters, the Saints possessed the ball for more than 32 minutes and had one 92-yard drive that took 18 plays — or more than 20 plays when counting plays wiped out by penalties.Brees pointed to that possession as "the turning point in the game." Custom Buffalo Bills Jerseys |
