After a combined four teams play on Thursday and Saturday night, we are set up for another 14-game breakdown between Sunday and Monday. Thankfully, there is a nice split between matchups that should be tightly contested and those that are poised for a blowout. Of course, fantasy options present themselves in nearly every contest, but the large number of games through which we must sort makes the decisions a bit easier.
While we tend to leave our player breakdowns for the DFS picks column that will be released in the coming days, we could not avoid explaining our reasoning for-or-against a few of the biggest names in fantasy football. Specifically, since we will be avoiding many of them on Sunday, this column presented the only opportunity to explain why we felt as we did. Once again, it was a reasonable enough task to find another player worth considering, as well.
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Cleveland Browns at Buffalo Bills
Luke’s DFS Take: I’m not sure it is worth going too in depth with a game between the Browns and Bills in mid-December. Everyone from Buffalo is in play, but we should mainly be focusing on LeSean McCoy. He is coming off one of his worst rushing performances, has arguably the best possible matchup, and the game flow works in his favor. Expect McCoy to see a high number of touches and turn them into significant production. For the Browns, it is the same old story – game flow points to Robert Griffin III, Terrelle Pryor, Corey Coleman, and Gary Barnidge as good options. Unfortunately, with failed resumes over the past few months, it is difficult to get excited about using any of the aforementioned players, even as their prices drop. The Bills’ defense is worth a look by virtue of, well, playing against Cleveland’s offense.