Are you all ready for Halloween? I am super excited about it, I love all the kids in costumes, the candy isn’t bad as well. Do you know how Halloween started? It was originally the Celtic tradition of Samhain, which was celebrated on October 31st to welcome in the harvest and the darker time of year. Celebrants would wear costumes to ward off ghosts. Later on, all Saints day was created to take place on November 1. All Saints Day took some of the traditions of Samhain. The evening prior to that was called All Hallows Eve, which later turned into Halloween.
I dropped a little historical knowledge on you. I hope you have a happy and safe Halloween. It is one of the best holidays of the year.
Here is a brief definition of each of my terms for anyone that might be new:
💰 Money Maker – This player will perform better than expectations
💔 Heart Breaker – This player will perform lower than expectations
💰 Money Makers
Quarterbacks
Teddy Bridgewater
Do you know who the worst defense is against quarterbacks in fantasy? It’s the Washington Football Team. The Broncos play the WFT in Week 8 and WFT gives up an average of 311 yards and 3 touchdowns per game to quarterbacks. Teddy is back and healthy with great receivers. He has multiple touchdowns in 3 straight games. I am looking at him to make it 4 straight games in Week 8. Just pick him up and give him a big hug like the Teddy Bear you had as a kid.
$5,400 on DraftKings
$7,000 on Fanduel
Carson Wentz
Wentz was really bad against the Titans in Week 1. But Wentz now has 4 games in a row with multiple touchdowns. The Titans are a bottom 10 defense against the pass. The over-under is 49 for this week with two offenses that are popping right now. I like Wentz to produce his best game of the season in a high-scoring affair against the Titans in Week 8.
$5,700 on DraftKings
$7,200 on Fanduel
Joe Burrow
The Bengals play the Jets this week and the Jets have been good against quarterbacks so far this season. Burrow is here because he has been hitting on all cylinders lately and in the past two games the Jets have been bad against QBs, giving up over 300 yards and multiple touchdowns in both games. Burrow has multiple touchdowns in every game this season.
$7,100 on DraftKings
$7,800 on Fanduel
Other Quarterbacks for Week 8
Jalen Hurts
$7,200 on DraftKings
$8,400 on Fanduel
Ben Roethlisberger
$5,400 on DraftKings
$6,600 on Fanduel
Josh Allen
$8,100 on DraftKings
$8,800 on Fanduel
Running Backs
Joe Mixon
The Jets give up a total of 195 yards in total to running backs a week. Mixon will be utilized both running and catching the ball and he should produce big-time this week against the Jets. Mixon has been a little up and down this season but this will be an up week.
$6,900 on DraftKings
$7,300 on Fanduel
Kenneth Gainwell
In DFS, this guy will be chalk this week. Miles Sanders is out with an ankle injury and the Eagles play the Lions who give up the 4th most points in fantasy to running backs. The Lions have given up a total of 12 touchdowns to running backs this season. This week Gainwell will up that total.
$5,000 on DraftKings
$5,900 on Fanduel
James Robinson
The Seahawks are the second friendliest defense to running backs. Robinson has been on a four-week tear in which he has scored 5 touchdowns and topped 17 or more points in each and every week. The stars are aligning for another big day from Robinson.
$6,600 on DraftKings
$8,200 on Fanduel
Other Running Backs for Week 8
Zach Moss
$5,200 on DraftKings
$6,100 on Fanduel
D’Andre Swift
$7,100 on DraftKings
$7,900 on Fanduel
Damien Harris
$6,100 on DraftKings
$6,900 on Fanduel
Wide Receivers
Michael Pittman
I believe I may have mentioned the Titans aren’t very good against the pass. Well, they are literally the BEST defense for your wide receivers to score fantasy points on right now. They give up an average of 226 yards and a touchdown to wide receivers every single week. The Colts have a nice day coming.
$5,300 on DraftKings
$6,600 on Fanduel
Stefon Diggs
The Bills are playing against the Miami Dolphins and their defense gives up the 3rd most fantasy points to wide receivers. Diggs had 60 yards and a touchdown against the Dolphins in Week 2. With Dawson Knox out, I like Diggs, Sanders, and Beasley to produce against Miami.
$8,100 on DraftKings
$7,300 on Fanduel
Antonio Brown
Antonio Brown and Brady have a special relationship. In his last 3 games played, Brown has had 23 receptions and scored 3 touchdowns. Lattimore will be giving the shadow treatment to Evans. Dome numbers for Tom Brady are insane so I expect a big day for the Brady to Brown connection.
$6,100 on DraftKings
$7,300 on Fanduel
NOTE: Antonio Brown is out pivot to Chris Godwin and Rob Gronkowski here.
Other Wide Receivers for Week 8
Emmanuel Sanders
$5,400 on DraftKings
$6,700 on Fanduel
Cole Beasley
$4,900 on DraftKings
$6,100 on Fanduel
Jarvis Landry
$5,000 on DraftKings
$6,000 on Fanduel
Deebo Samuel
$7,400 on DraftKings
$7,800 on Fanduel
Courtland Sutton
$6,400 on DraftKings
$7,100 on Fanduel
Tight Ends
Tyler Higbee
Higbee is on the field for 100% of the snaps in almost every game. He is playing against a Texans team that has given up six touchdowns to tight ends in seven weeks. With his five or so targets and knowing that the Texans are pretty good against wide receivers, this looks like a Higbee and Henderson week for the Rams.
$4,500 on DraftKings
$5,300 on Fanduel
Hunter Henry
Henry has now scored a touchdown in 4 straight games. The Chargers have given up double-digit fantasy points to a tight end in 5 out of 6 games they have played this season. Which makes them the team that gives up the most points to tight ends in fantasy. You are picking up what I am putting down here right? Henry breaks into the endzone again.
$4,200 on DraftKings
$5,500 on Fanduel
Other Tight Ends for Week 8
T.J. Hockenson
$5,400 on DraftKings
$6,200 on Fanduel
C.J. Uzomah
$3,700 on DraftKings
$5,700 on Fanduel
Kyle Pitts
$6,300 on DraftKings
$6,800 on Fanduel
💔 Heart Breakers
Quarterbacks
Taylor Heinicke
Heinicke has been up and down so far this season. The Broncos are the third best defense against quarterbacks in fantasy. Only two quarterbacks have cracked 20 points against the Broncos this season. Looks like a down week for Taylor.
Tua Tagovailoa
I know, I know I just had him as an add the other day. In season-long, I am actually playing him myself, but I am avoiding him in DFS. The Bills are the toughest defense against quarterbacks in the NFL. They have only allowed two QBs to score more than 20 points. They have also put a QB in negative points already once this season.
Justin Herbert
This one is also for DFS purposes only. The Patriots are pretty good against quarterbacks in fantasy. Only two quarterbacks have scored more than 20 fantasy points against them this season. If anyone can it’s Herbert but for DFS at his price point, you can play a sure thing instead.
Running Backs
Miles Gaskin
Gaskin scored a whopping 6 points against the Bills in Week 2. The Bills give up the second least amount of fantasy points to running backs in fantasy. Only two have scored double-digit points against them and one was Derrick Henry. Sit him.
Leonard Fournette
The Saints’ defense is the fourth toughest on running backs. They have given up some big days and have completely shut other teams down. Fournette will explode with points or score less than 5. There are better DFS plays this week as Brady should be picking this defense apart with passing.
Derrick Henry
Essentially, I am just saying don’t pay up for him in DFS. Henry will still score between 15 and 20 points but look for Ryan Tannehill to pass a little more again this week. Obviously, I love Henry, but with his price point in DFS he is a big time heart breaker this week.
Wide Receivers
Jakobi Meyers
The Chargers give up the fewest points to wide receivers in fantasy. Even with his high target volume I don’t like Meyers this week, I am even sitting him in PPR. This is a week for Damien to show all his Halloween glory though as the Pats run and run some more.
Jaylen Waddle
The Bills’ defense is good, really good. The Bills give up the second fewest points to wide receivers. No wide receiver has scored more than 12.6 points against the Bills this season. The Bills have only given up 2 touchdowns to the wide receiver position on the season. Yuck. This is just too scary for me.
Cooper Kupp
The Texans suck. But the Texans give up the fifth fewest points to wide receivers. This may be game script related. I do think Kupp will produce in season long and I am certainly not sitting him there. But in DFS I am out at his price point.
Tight Ends
Jared Cook
Patriots give up the third fewest points to tight ends. They have given up only two touchdowns to tight ends this season and only one tight end has scored more than 10 fantasy points against them.
Mo Alie-Cox
Mo has been someone people are gettign excited about. His red zone usage has been nice, but the Titans give up the 6th fewest points to tight ends after 7 weeks. I don’t like him this week as the Colts passing game will go through the wide receivers all over the place.
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