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Whether you are looking for streaming options for your season-long league, potential prop bet targets, or are building DFS lineups, it’s all about the matchups. Here are our favorite matchups at every position in this Week 7 fantasy slate. Let me preface this section by saying I am not going to point out how favorable the matchups are for Frank Gore, Leonard Fournette, Dalvin Cook… hopefully can identify chalk spots and decide where to use them.

Tevin Coleman

How many fantasy owners that have had shares of Coleman, Breida, Mostert, or Wilson have said ‘if only he could get a little more volume in Shanahan’s offense’. Well, it looks like Coleman owners are having their wishes granted.

With 21 touches last week and 16 carries the week before, Coleman is clearly the lead back in this offense. While he only converted that usage into 15 DraftKings PPG, we think Coleman pops against the Redskins in week 7.

Washington is 20th in the NFL in YPC allowed, and 27th in rushing YPG allowed. Combine that with the fact that the 49ers are 2nd in the NFL with 180 rushing YPG and 8 rushing TD’s, and I think we could see a monster day from Coleman in Week 7!

Finding the chalk stud plays is the easy part of winning on FanDuel and DraftKings. We hear the names so often throughout the week that it’s etched in our minds by the time we start building our lineups. For week 7 that list includes guys like Watson, Fournette, Cook, Chark, Kupp, Engram… Where we separate the men from the boys is in identifying the best value plays to plug in around that core group of studs.

Our Favorite Value QB for Week 7 DFS

Matthew Stafford vs. Minnesota
Bargain plays are often determined by injury or role/depth chart changes, but occasionally there is simply just a player/price that simply does not make sense. Stafford falls into that category this week.

While he is coming off of his worse game of the season (265 yards against Packers), Stafford is averaging 20.8 DraftKings PPG at home this season. That number also happens to be exactly 4x his Week 7 salary.

I’m not worried in the least about Minnesota’s pass defense. Their secondary can easily be had, and the Lions offensive line has steadily improved over the course of this season. The Vikings gave up 300 yards and 2 touchdowns to both Carson Wentz and Matt Ryan, and Stafford is arguably playing better than both guys.

Week 6 came and went without any huge surprises. Road teams and underdogs continue to cover at levels we have not seen in over 5 seasons. Road teams are covering at a 12% higher clip than last season and 15% higher than the 2017 season. The league as a whole feels wide open. The NFL North and West are really good, and the other 4 conferences almost feel like 1 or 2 team races already. Bird’s the word. Share this poll. Hello Rookie NFL Insight Bet the House! – Our…

Bird’s the word. Share this poll. Hello Rookie NFL Insight The Matchup This game has been a shootout over the past few seasons. Prior to the Lions 31-0 shutout at the end of last season, this game went over 46 points in six straight games. So we must be expecting bunches of points in this one, right? Not so fast… When the Packers have the ball: We have said it every week this season, but this Detroit may just be the best in football. I know NE has looked good,…

The Kansas City Chiefs opened as a 4.5 point favorite over the Denver Broncos for the NFL Week 7 Thursday night game. In a complete reversal from what we have seen to date this season, the wise guy money has come in heavily on the Broncos and the under (50.5). Bird’s the word. Share this poll. Hello Rookie NFL Insight The Matchup On paper it looks like we may actually get an entertaining Thursday night game here. Fangio has his Broncos improving every week, but this week they find themselves…

The NFL Strength of Schedule table below has been updated to show you the rest of season rankings for each team and position. These position-by-position strength of schedule rankings are for the FanDuel and Yahoo half-point PPR scoring formats. The rankings were last updated for NFL Weeks 6-17, based solely off of this season’s defensive numbers. TEAM QB RB WR TE K DEF Carolina 1 27 2 16 22 4 San Francisco 2 7 4 8 2 6 Tampa Bay 3 30 3 13 28 24 Arizona 4 14 6…

Every year there are NFL Rookie Sleepers that we all kick ourselves for not being higher on. Drafting certain rookies makes sense & knowing their ADP is required. However, there is a distinct difference between being a fantasy value head hunter and simply throwing good draft picks after risky rookies. Navigate 2019 NFL Rookie Sleepers Rookie QB’s | Rookie RB’s | Rookie WR’s | Rookie TE’s With that being said, I believe the best and most practical approach to drafting rookies is to do so carefully. In other words, as…

You want deep sleepers… we got deep sleepers. All 12 players on this list of deep sleepers are available after pick 128, and 11 of 12 after pick 148. We feel like these 12 players not only hold the most value in the final rounds of drafts, but also have huge potential upside and could potentially crack your lineup more often than not. Even if you don’t find yourself in a spot where you feel like you need to reach on one of these guys, simply recognizing the upside with…

Introducing our favorite NFL QB Sleepers for the 2019 NFL season. Sleepers can be found anywhere in a draft and that fact tends to be especially true at the quarterback position. QB Sleepers Updated: July 9, 2019 Look at last season’s draft: Rodgers went in the 3rd, Brady in the 4th, Wilson in the 5th, Cam in the 6th, Wentz/Cousins in the 7th… None of these guys lived up to their draft slot, this happens almost every year and I think you have to adjust your draft strategy for this…