Once again, my rules for this weekly article: <\/p>\n
1) I will not recommend quarterbacks \u2014 you\u2019re on your own there.<\/p>\n
2) I will not recommend any running back who costs more than $5,000, wideout who costs more than $4,500, or tight end that costs more than $4,000 in DraftKings\u2019 DFS Slate<\/a> \u2014 I just figured this was an easy cutoff for what a FLEX really is. <\/p>\n 3) I consider any player who garners over 50 yards or scores a victory for the column \u2014 anything more you get out of that, well, great for you. Let\u2019s set expectations low because we are combing for outliers.<\/p>\n \ud83d\udca1 \ud83d\udee0\ufe0f Smarter Fantasy Tools: Running a team isn\u2019t easy, so FantasyLife<\/a> created cutting edge tools to help. From our Utilization Score feature to being able to sync your leagues and watch them all on a giant live scoreboard every weekend, FantasyLife+<\/a> takes a deep dive into your teams to deliver premium, personalized advice you can actually use. Try it today! Use promo code ROTO20 to save 20%<\/a><\/p>\n \u25b6 Running BacksTyler Allgeier, ATL, $4,800<\/p>\n OK, so last week\u2019s Allgeier roll went poorly. He missed a bit of his normal workload with a hip\/ankle injury that has haunted him on this week\u2019s injury report.<\/p>\n The Falcons have obscene home\/road splits in favor of being the home team, which they are this week. The Dolphins have allowed 140 or more rushing yards in five of seven games this year, and haven\u2019t allowed lower than 100 in a game yet. Bijan Robinson is going to get his, but there\u2019s room for Allgeier to roll here in what is the more bankable roll of \u201ckill that clock\u201d back against a bad run defense. <\/p>\n Tyjae Spears, TEN \u2014 $4,700<\/p>\n Is Tyjae Spears generating value for you, or is he just here to take value away from Tony Pollard? Yes. The answer is just yes. I need to believe this.<\/p>\n He did lose a small share of snaps with Mike McCoy as interim coach (weirdly Pollard was given clock-killing duties in a blowout loss), but my guess is that we\u2019ll keep seeing plenty of Spears. The Colts defense isn\u2019t impenetrable. In fact, the Titans scored 20 points against it in Week 3, which is the most they\u2019ve scored all season when not recovering a fumble on an intercepted pass for a touchdown. <\/p>\n Like I said, dire straits. Hope for 50 yards. It\u2019s a bad situation. Spears is one of the best of the lot. <\/p>\n Kyle Monangai, CHI, $4,900<\/p>\n New to the ranks, Monangai started getting more run after Chicago\u2019s Week 5 bye, surfacing with 34.4 percent of the snaps in Week 6 before besting that with a season-best 44.9 percent in Week 7. Meanwhile, Chicago\u2019s run game effectiveness has grown greatly, with D\u2019Andre Swift throwing up RB1 numbers the last two weeks. Swift has spent plenty of time on the injury report over the past few weeks and I think at this point we can say that he is being managed.<\/p>\n I do think the Ravens have a run in them, and they\u2019re a more physical defense than they\u2019ve shown at times this year. They\u2019ll be healthier with Roquan Smith back. But even when this team was healthy earlier this year, they were bleeding rushing yardage. They did allow a season-low 74 rushing yards to the Rams before their bye week, but that is very much an outlier. I like the idea of buying in on Chicago\u2019s upwards trend more than I like the idea of buying in on Baltimore\u2019s defense. <\/p>\n Brashard Smith, KC, $4,100<\/p>\n Most of Smith\u2019s season-best 14-carry workload came at the end of a blowout on Sunday, as the Raiders were non-competitive. I understand that. <\/p>\n Are the Commanders set up to be much more competitive on Monday night? With Marcus Mariota under center? I have my doubts. I don\u2019t get an injury report to look at filing on Wednesday night, but I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if we saw more missed time for Deebo Samuel or Terry McLaurin. I also think the Chiefs should be incentivized to continue messing around with Smith in the red zone and in designed packages \u2014 he has at least three targets in each of the last four games. I\u2019d rather that floor than beg on the Kareem Hunt touchdown steps. <\/p>\n