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Top DraftKings Week 6 Wide Receiver Value Plays
– Tyler Boyd ($6,000) vs. Steelers
– Corey Davis ($5,800) vs. Ravens
– Mohamed Sanu ($4,800) vs. Buccaneers
– Keke Coutee ($4,600) vs. Bills
– Chester Rogers ($4,500) vs. Jets
Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton sure does love throwing to Tyler Boyd. It's been great to see the young wideout finally begin to thrive, and he's stepped up in a big way. Prior to last week, Boyd rattled off at least 91 yards in three-straight games, catching two touchdowns over that span.
Now, Boyd will draw a very beatable Pittsburgh Steelers secondary who'll have to lock in on A.J. Green. On the season, the Steelers have allowed the second-most receiving yards to wideouts (1,081) along with eight touchdowns. Boyd should have no problem bouncing back in a big way after a mediocre Week 5 in an elite matchup at home.
There's good and bad news when it comes to Titans wideout Corey Davis. The bad news is that, on the surface, he fell off a bit last week, catching just four passes for 49 yards. The good news is that very few will realize he was in a brutal matchup with TreDavious White. Even better news? He and Marcus Mariota have built a strong connection and that mediocre game last week should bring his ownership down.
Just the week before his tough game against the Bills, Davis hauled in 9-of-15 targets for 161 yards and one touchdown. Mariota's return from injury will seemingly have a huge impact on Davis, who draws a mid-tier matchup against the Ravens.
I'll be honest here, I'm not going to spend a massive amount of time breaking down Mohamed Sanu, but it's only because the appeal is obvious.
1. He's very, very inexpensive.
2. Sanu has arguably the best matchup on the slate against a brutally bad Buccaneers secondary.
3. It's gone overlooked, but Sanu has at least 15.6 DraftKings points in each of the past three games, totaling 23 targets in that span.
Tier Two of Value of Wide Receivers
*I don't believe this second tier of wideouts is far off from the first. I also think Sanu could easily be placed here, but his matchup is too nice to not highlight. All value wideouts listed are in play this week.
I mentioned above the TreDavious White matchup with Corey Davis. White will likely see a ton of Texans star DeAndre Hopkins in Week 6, and it could result in quite a few looks for Keke Coutee and Will Fuller. Even with both Hopkins and Fuller in the lineup last week, the coaching staff showed an obvious focus on keeping Coutee involved, as he caught 6-of-7 targets for 51 yards and one touchdown.
White won't be able to completely shut down Hopkins, but at the very least, his presence could result in a few extra looks being funneled to Coutee and Fuller. And at $4,600 with the trust of Deshaun Watson, playing the rookie wideout makes a lot of sense.
The Colts once again find themselves in a bit of a bind with T.Y. Hilton and Jack Doyle being ruled out for Week 6. Enter Chester Rogers, who's been a highly-targeted option for Andrew Luck over the past two weeks due to injuries. Over that span, Rogers has caught 16-of-22 passes for 151 yards.
Best of all, after a solid performance in Week 5, DraftKings didn't raise Rogers' price from $4,500. He's an excellent value play against a Jets defense who's given up the second-most receptions to wideouts (82) along with 1,026 yards and five touchdowns. Stacking Luck with Rogers in DFS games this week could also be a solid approach.
*All stats for defense vs. position courtesy of ESPN.