The Kansas City Chiefs opened the 2020 NFL season Thursday night with a 34-20 win over the Houston Texans. The game featured many forged performances by fantasy veterans such as Patrick Mahomes and Travis Kelce, but it was also a farewell party for Chiefs runner Clyde Edwards. -Helaire. La former LSU star has scolded for 138 yards and a landing on 25 hauls.
Although Edwards-Helaire won many fantastic reviews before Week 1, he provided managers with the price in everyday fantasy sports (DFS) formats.
If you missed the Edwards-Helaire game in Week 1, don’t worry. We are here to help you with some possible pricing options for the rest of the opening week.
Matt Ryan, QB, Atlanta Falcons: $6,700 DraftKings, $7,800 FanDuel
While young quarterbacks like Mahomes, Deshaun Watson and Lamar Jackson have the fantasy headliners, some older veterans still use a lot of DFS backwards. 35-year-old Matt Ryan, for example, remains one of the most prolific passers-by in the league. he has at least 4,000 yards and 20 touchdowns in each of the more than nine seasons.
This is partly due to the fact that the Atlanta Falcons have star Julio Jones at the head of their receiver corps, and Jones is healthy, Ryan is a fantasy game. With the Seattle Seahawks coming to town, it’s a wonderful game this week.
Although the Seahawks added Jamal Adams to the best school the off-season, they still have an above-average pass defense. Seattle ranked 27th in opposition to the pass and 22 problems allowed last season, while spawning only 28 catches.
Matt Schaub in Ryan’s position when the two groups faced off last season, and caught 460 yards with a landing and an interception. Ryan is expected to have similar numbers in the footage branch with an additional score or two. At its price, it can be a massive DFS deal.
Josh Jacobs, RB, Las Vegas Raiders: $ 6,800 DraftKings, $ 8,200 FanDuel
The Las Vegas Raiders made notable additions to their receiver corps during the off-season, writing to characters such as Henry Ruggs III and Bryan Edwards and signing Nelson Agholor and Jason Witten. However, his offense will probably still pass through Josh Jacobs and the floor game.
Head coach Jon Gruden may even be very motivated to introduce Jacobs at the start of the season.
“When he wasn’t rookie of the year, I think Jon [Gruden] took it personally. Jon was disappointed. I think he needs other people to perceive that they made a big mistake,” Vic Tafur of Athletic told CBS Sports.
Jacobs has a chance to shine in Week 1 against a Carolina Panthers defensive that ranked 29th in opposing the race and 31st in trouble last season. -Matos, and the defensive version of Kawann Short returns after missing each and every two games last season, but don’t expect them to suddenly have a unit in the top five.
Jacobs is expected to enjoy this week, and will make many fantasy managers happy to have enrolled him.
Keenan Allen, WR, Los Angeles Chargers: $6400 DraftKings, $7,000 FanDuel
The great thing about DFS is that coaches can play games. Los Angeles Chargers open receiver Keenan Allen would probably not be a game every week now that Tyrod Taylor is in the middle instead of Philip Rivers. However, it remains the number 1. receiver of the team and will be assessed from the moment the clashes are favorable.
The Chargers are touring in Week 1, but the Cincinnati Bengals will, a team that finished 21st opposite the pass and 25th in issues awarded last season.
With rookie quarterback Joe Burrow leading an underrated Bengal offensive, Cincinnati deserves to accumulate enough trouble to keep L. A. from. enter closing mode with early ground play. This deserves to give Allen opportunities in the game.
Coupled with the likelihood that Allen will see a heavy workload, the fact that compatriot Mike Williams is suffering a subsequent injury and is a resolution in a timely way.
Hayden Hurst, TE, Atlanta Falcons: $4,300 Draftkings, $5,300 FanDuel
We’ve already talked about the game between the Falcons and Seattle’s mediocre defense. In addition to Ryan, the DFS price of pass receivers such as Jones, Calvin Ridley and the tight end Hayden Hurst also increases. a sneaky sleeping game because it’s priceless.
Hurst did not do much in his NFL career, however, he was also stuck with Mark Andrews on the Baltimore Ravens intensity chart. Now that he’s in Atlanta, he deserves to be the tight number one winger and one of Ryan’s favorite targets.
Hurst is expected to produce similar numbers to former Falcons starter Austin Hooper. Hooper had 75 receptions for 787 yards and six touchdowns last season, hitting him firmly in position for now after Travis Kelce and George Kittle.
This is where Hurst will probably also settle, not valued in the run-up to Week 1.