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The following offenses pose major trust questions. Do you find any more trustworthy for Week 7 than others? Are these tournament-only plays?
- Dolphins (Does Ryan Fitzpatrick move the needle for you to bet on any aspect of the passing game? Mark Walton moving up in running back pecking order, but more ambiguous than ever?)
- Bengals (Joe Mixon or bust? Is Mixon trustworthy on any level considering Giovani Bernard plays almost exclusively when the game script turns negative?)
- Titans (Is any part of the offense trustworthy? Does Ryan Tannehill starting move the needle upward for any DFS play?)
PHIL ALEXANDER
- Dolphins - A move back to Ryan Fitzpatrick would stabilize the Dolphins passing game a bit, particularly DeVante Parker whom he seems to prefer to Preston Williams. The problem is Miami is traveling to Buffalo, where they'll face off with one of the league's best pass defenses. Dolphins receivers belong nowhere near your lineups this week. Mark Walton is mildly interesting if you need a min-priced player for the last spot in your cash game lineup, but there's no ceiling there. He's on the short end of a timeshare with Kenyan Drake, plays on the worst offense in the league, and Kalen Ballage still looks like the Dolphins' primary goal-line option.
- Bengals - Mixon's price is down $1,700 from Week 1 (DraftKings), which makes him somewhat intriguing despite the uninspiring box scores. You would be hard-pressed to find a running back in Mixon's price tier who has handled 76% of his team's backfield touches over the last four weeks. If he can get off to a quick start at home against Jacksonville, and ride the wave of a positive game script for once, Mixon still has a path to appearing in first-place tournament lineups thanks to his bargain salary.
- Titans - Ryan Tannehill stinks. If a quarterback change is made in Tennessee, the best we can hope for is additional carries for Derrick Henry while the coaching staff attempts to hide Tannehill.
JUSTIN BONNEMA
Dolphins – I do like that Fitzpatrick and his YOLO streetball is back in the mix of DFS. However, against the Bills, on the road, this is a spot where Buffalo’s defense is going to be highly owned and for good reason. The backfield is now a total hands-off situation after Ballage stole the goal-line role and Drake losing work to Walton. Week 7 is a bad time to get cute and expose your lineups to the Dolphins.
JASON WOOD
Tyler Boyd is not only a trustworthy play, but he's also my favorite receiver on the slate this week given his price. The Bengals are awful, but they're going to keep throwing the ball whether they're winning or losing.
Ryan Tannehill and Marcus Mariota have been the same player (statistically) in their careers. It's hard to envision Tannehill meaningfully improving the Titans offensive output, outside of some intangible spark. I like A.J. Brown this week given his price and likely low ownership, but strictly in GPPs.
The Dolphins are the definition of a train wreck. How could we possibly feel confident in any player? Mark Walton got a lot of run in Week 6, which is what a few beat writers had hinted before the game. Had Kalen Ballage not gotten that short-yardage touchdown, I would be tempted to play Walton in GPPs as a lottery ticket.
JAMES BRIMACOMBE
Dolphins – The fact is clear that the Dolphins have no real desire to win football games this season but that doesn’t mean that we shouldn’t expect any fantasy production out of the offense. The game script always seems to have the Dolphins entering the second half of football games behind by a large amount and that is Ryan Fitzpatrick time as he should have plenty of game scripts to let it fly come the second half of games as the game will already likely be out of hand. The backfield is not one you want to mess with no matter if it is Drake, Ballage, or now Walton mixed in as there is no trust here in this running situation.
DAN HINDERY
The only plays that interest me here are the Bengals wide receivers. Cincinnati is a home underdog and isn’t likely to get much going on the ground against Jacksonville. The game script should set up well for both Tyler Boyd and Auden Tate and both are priced very favorably. Tate saw 12 targets last week and made a few spectacular grabs, yet is priced all the way down at $4,500 on DraftKings. Tyler Boyd at just $5,600 is priced way down compared to earlier in the season and has been a much better player at home this year.