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Fantasy Football: Week 1 NFL Daily Fantasy Picks

By Aaron Huizenga

Dec 3, 2015; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) throws the ball during the third quarter against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field. Packers win 27-23. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
Dec 3, 2015; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford (9) throws the ball during the third quarter against the Green Bay Packers at Ford Field. Packers win 27-23. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports /
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Aug 27, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) signals from the line against the Tennessee Titans during the first half at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Aug 27, 2016; Oakland, CA, USA; Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr (4) signals from the line against the Tennessee Titans during the first half at Oakland-Alameda Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports /

QUARTERBACK

Derek Carr ($7700) Raiders @ Saints – Carr enters year three as the starting QB of the Oakland Raiders after taking a big step up last season. The Raiders continue to build talent around this young arm and this season is setting up to be a 4,000 yard plus campaign. In week one, Carr gets one of the best match ups possible, visiting the Saints. Not only did the Saints defense surrender the most fantasy points to opposing quarterback’s last season, they did virtually nothing to improve their defense this off season. Carr had 9 games last season with at least 275 yards and 2 TD’s, he should get that easily in week one.

Dak Prescott ($5000) Cowboys vs. Giants – Since Fanduel put their NFL contests out about a month prior to the season starting, their pricing hasn’t been touched since. Prescott heads into week one at true minimum salary on FanDuel as he wasn’t scheduled to start when the pricing was set. Dak was setting the preseason world on fire before Tony Romo shockingly (sarcasm) got hurt and now gets a chance to make the Cowboys forget about him for good. Part of the daily game is just finding value with players salaries as using Dak opens up the ability to pretty much play what you want. The Giants were bottom five against the pass last season so this isn’t a defense to be feared. The Cowboys will admittedly be using a conservative game plan with their rookie in week one and will likely lean on Ezekiel Elliott.  However, for this price, Prescott really only needs to get about 15 fantasy points to have a monster day at this salary. Throw in his ability to gain yards on the ground with a great offensive line to protect him, he is a safe but unspectacular play this Sunday.

Andrew Luck ($8700) Colts vs. Lions – Luck had a season to forget last year ending after only 7 games due to injury. This season he comes in as a forgotten man and has also had some limited practices this week. This Colts vs. Lions game has the makings of a shootout with Detroit getting a ton of hype facing a banged up secondary in Indy. Although I get the hype on Detroit, there are two sides to a shootout and I think Luck will fly way under the radar this Sunday. The Detroit defense is stout up front, but still has some question marks in the secondary. Luck has two great weapons in Moncrief and T.Y. Hilton at his disposal and should fine plenty of success through the air in week 1. I love Stafford and the Lions as well, but Luck should be much lower owned and has a chance to put up some monster totals.

Others I Like – Matthew Stafford ($7400), Tyrod Taylor ($7200), Marcus Mariota ($7500)

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