There appears to be a few more games driven by injury news — or news about players returning to game action — than usual in Week 10, and we have to strike a balance between how to handle this in DFS and overall game expectations that could become picks. At the same time, we also have to be careful not to overreact.
A Note from Mario: We had a breakeven record with a 2-2 record last week, and we’ll look to get some wins back here. I will continue to provide them as I see fit, but please do your research and play responsibly.
In the world of daily fantasy roster construction, ‘stacking’ players from the same team can often lead to big results. In this column of games to target in Week 10, Luke and Mario will give their thoughts on a few games that are worth watching for fantasy purposes, and whether they like the value or feel the game is getting too much attention.
Luke’s Top Games to Watch
Detroit Lions at Pittsburgh Steelers
It may be obvious, but since it is human nature to overthink things sometimes, I am here to tell you to not overthink this game. There is absolutely no reason to be buying into anything that this game has to offer. The Lions may have a promising offensive line and some talent, but they have just one game all season long in which they have exceeded 20 points. That game came way back in Week 1, and it was an impossible series of events that led them to reaching 33 points. Since then, they have shown borderline nothing, outside of a willingness to be aggressive with trick plays, to make us think a turnaround is coming. The Lions defense has struggled a lot this season as well, but that isn’t enough to give me significant expectations for the Steelers. Through 8 games, the Steelers offense is yet to break 30 points a single time, and has only exceeded the 20 point mark in half of their games. Sometimes we think an ugly game can be ugly enough to produce an exciting amount of offense, but this game doesn’t have that feel. Simply put, both of these offenses are bad, and that is a recipe worth avoiding at all costs.
Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Chargers
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