DraftKings Week 4 Lineup: Best Player Picks In DFS Fantasy Football
Fantasy football season is four weeks in, but it’s never too late to start playing and winning prizes with one-week fantasy games on DraftKings.
Here’s our Week 4 DraftKings lineup.
Quarterback: Kirk Cousins, Washington Redskins ($6,500)
Cousins has thrown for 296 or more yards in all three games this season, and he’s coming off a Week 3 win over the New York Giants in which he threw two touchdown passes and no interceptions. He also has a favorable Week 4 matchup against a Cleveland Browns defense that has allowed seven total passing touchdowns and 294 passing yards per game this season.
Running Backs: Theo Riddick, Detroit Lions ($5,200); Isaiah Crowell, Cleveland Browns ($4,400)
Riddick is pretty cheap this week and has a tremendous matchup against a struggling Chicago Bears defense that has given up four yards per carry and a total of five rushing touchdowns through three games.
Crowell ranks second in the league in rushing yards, and he has a great opportunity to add to that total against a Redskins defense that has allowed 4.6 yards per rushing attempt and the most rushing touchdowns (seven) of any team so far.
Wide Receivers: Marvin Jones Jr., Detroit Lions ($7,300); Travis Benjamin, San Diego Chargers ($5,900); Jamison Crowder, Washington Redskins ($4,200)
Jones is coming off a career day in which he tallied 205 receiving yards and two touchdowns in a Week 3 loss. He clearly has established himself as the No. 1 receiver in a high-powered passing attack led by Lions quarterback Matthew Stafford.
Benjamin had a decent 82-yard performance in Week 3, and his matchup against the New Orleans Saints in Week 4 is too good to ignore. New Orleans is giving up 8.5 yards per pass attempt and 299 passing yards per game. The Saints probably have the worst secondary in the league, so we should expect a nice bounce-back for Benjamin.
Crowder has averaged eight targets per game and scored a touchdown in back-to-back weeks. He’s a solid value play at his Week 4 price.
Tight End: Martellus Bennett, New England Patriots ($3,500)
Bennett has been used in a receiving role once this season, and that was in Week 2 against the Miami Dolphins when he went over 100 yards with one touchdown. He has been used primarily as a blocker in the league’s best rushing attack, but against a Buffalo Bills defense with good cornerbacks, the Patriots might look to Bennett in the middle of the field more often.
Flex: A.J. Green, WR, Cincinnati Bengals ($8,500)
Green is averaging almost 11 targets per game, with a total of 295 yards through three contests. Miami has an average pass defense and lacks a shutdown corner to prevent Green from having another productive fantasy day.
Defense: Minnesota Vikings ($3,600)
The Vikings completely shut down one of the league’s better offenses in a Week 3 win over the Carolina Panthers, and they should have similar success against the New York Giants. Quarterback Eli Manning threw two costly interceptions last week, and the Giants’ offense as a whole has struggled mightily in the red zone. Going on the road in a raucous environment against an elite Vikings defense will be an enormous challenge.
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