As Nick and I discussed on this week’s Podcast, we’re jones-ing for a ticket into the huge Million Dollar Week 17 Finale DraftKings is hosting, where hopefully one of us can be crowned a millionaire. Â You’d think entry into a contest where you can win a million bucks would be expensive. Â You’d think you’d have to wear an expensive suede bathrobe and eat caviar whilst setting up your DraftKings lineup. Â But no! Â There’s all sorts of satellites you can enter, like the one Nick and I will be playing this Sunday that’s only $2 measly bucks! Â The winner of the $2 Qualifier gets an automatic entry into the Millionaire Grand Finale, a whopping $1,500 value! Â So I am pumped for this week at DraftKings and hoping to hippity-skippity like Charlie Bucket and get that Golden Ticket.
Using Ben Afleck’s time machine from Paycheck to look at last week’s picks:
QB – Cam Newton – 23-37  249 Yds  1 TD  2 INTs  (20.16 Pts)
RB – Matt Forte –  125 Rush Yds  TD  5 Rec  54 Yds  (31.9 Pts)
WR – Terrance Williams – 2 Rec  33 Yds  (5.3 Pts) Â
FLEX – Le’Veon Bell –  74 Rush Yds  4 Rec  65 Yds  (17.9 Pts)
TOTAL: 75.26  (previous weeks’ totals: 56.96, 51.34, 42.48, 49.3, 73.38, 24.4, 70.24)
Woooo!  Actually my best round of article picks yet.  I finished around the top third of last week’s contest, but still not enough to bring home any bacon.  Thanks a lot Terrance!  He still got a lot of targets, just didn’t come together.  If only I had gone Nick Foles instead of Cam last week!  Put up 48!  Let’s hope some of my picks do something like that this week and I can get into the Millionaire Finale… Here’s who I like for week 10 in DraftKings action:
QB – Peyton Manning ($11,000) – I’m a broken record with Peyton Manning picks.  He’s the surest thing in DraftKings football by a long shot, so I’ll spend the premium and lock down 30 points with 40-45 point upside any week.  A terrible Chargers defense is all that stands in Peyton’s way, if they even needed extra incentive look for the Broncos to play hungry for John Fox who is a players’ coach, and the extra bye will help Peyton heal up from some bumps and bruises.  Going to be a big game.
RB – Steven Jackson ($5,200) – This one might surprise you a little bit.  But the Seahawks D has been atrocious against the run in two straight weeks to terrible offenses and mediocre-at-best RBs.  OK, so Zac Stacy might be pretty good, but the rest of the Rams are awful, then to Mike James and the terrible Bucs.  The Falcons have a better QB, might have Roddy White back (helps overall offense and upfield blocking), and I think Jackson looked pretty good last week against a tough Panthers run D.  He’s a guy almost no one will pick which could be huge if he scores a couple TDs and comes at a slight discount.
WR – T.Y. Hilton ($6,500) – Totally buying him stepping into the #1 role, and on an offense that can’t run with any consistency, he’ll get a lot of work.  He certainly has a lot of home run potential and won’t cost you all that much.
FLEX – Jason Witten ($6,000) – All signs indicate this should be a shootout with the Cowboys heading into Nawleans.  He hasn’t lost too much of his game to father time, and should get a ton of work in a game where the Cowboys are theoretically down and chucking it.  Good price for a really solid TE option.
Shoot your DraftKings questions below or tweet me @jbgilpin.  Good luck this week!
