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WEEK 11 - FANTASYSCORE GPP OFFERINGS

FantasyScore is a USA Today Sports Media Group fantasy sports game that is powered by RealTime Fantasy Sports. It is a DFS site that can give you the excitement of playing fantasy football each week during the NFL season. FantasyScore offers Draft Leagues (Draft & Go) and Salary Cap leagues weekly during the NFL season. 

In this feature we are going to look at the GPP contests and offer the top stacks, fades, and ownership projections for each upcoming week. 

For Week 11 of the NFL season, FantasyScore is offering three big GPPs for buy-ins of $1, $5, and $10. The $1 GPP is limited to 1,000 total entries and pays the top 200 places, with $135 going to first place. The $5 and $10 GPPs are limited to 500 total entries, with both paying out the top 100 places. The top prize in the $5 contest is $450, while the top prize in the $10 contest is $1,700. 

FantasyScore will also be hosting a $25,000 Football Championship for Week 16 for which you can qualify during Weeks 1-15 via satellite tournaments. There will be a total of 105 "golden tickets" available to be won via satellite contests from Weeks 1 to 15 and the Championship pays the top 20 winners, with $10,000 going to first place. In Week 11, FantasyScore will run a $20 satellite with 50 total entries, where 4 golden tickets will be awarded, and a $5 satellite with 170 entries, where the top 3 finishers will receive a golden ticket. 

TOP STACKS

Oakland Raiders -- QB Derek Carr ($8,300) and WR Amari Cooper ($7,100)

Derek Carr has continued to have a fine season to date as he has 2,396 passing yards and 21 touchdowns through the teams first 9 games. He is coming off a hotstreak which has saw him pass for 11 touchdowns the past 4 weeks and the last 3 weeks has thrown for 300+ yards in each game. The matchup is once again a good one for Carr as the Raiders play a Lions team that hasn't been great against the pass and it looks to be a game that has some back and forth ability to it. Both Amari Cooper and Michael Crabtree have been solid targets for Carr all season long as he primarily looks in those two directions heavily each game. Cooper is having a very nice rookie season with 81 targets from Carr for 50 receptions, 732 yards and 4 touchdowns. Cooper has a bizare streak of one week not scoring a touchdown and the next week scoring a touchdown and if the patern was to stay true he is due for a touchdown this week.

New England Patriots -- QB Tom Brady ($8,900) and TE Rob Gronkowski ($8,200)

Tom Brady has already cracked the 3,000 passing yard mark on the season and has a remarkable 24:3 touchdown to interception ratio. Although Brady's price is the highest on the site he is also safe to score at least 2 touchdowns as he has done so in every game so far this season. Back in Week 2 against the Bills, Brady threw for 466 yards and 3 touchdowns and now he gets the Bills on Monday Night Football in Week 11. Rob Gronkowski remains the most dominant TE in the NFL and he is also Brady's top target as he has caught a third of Brady's touchdown passes. In Week 2 against the Bills Gronkowski was targeted 13 times for 7 receptions, 113 yards and a touchdown.

Carolina Panthers -- QB Cam Newton ($8,300) and TE Greg Olsen ($6,800)

The Panthers remain one of the best stories in all of football this season and it is Cam Newton who is leading his team to greatness. Newton remains a top play at QB every week as he has scored at least 2 touchdowns in each of the last 8 games. He has 15 passing touchdowns and 6 rushing touchdowns and is one of the safest plays at the QB position as he can get you points with both his arm and his legs. His main weapon in the offense is the steady Greg Olsen who he has targeted 77 times for 45 receptions, 664 yards and 5 touchdowns. Next to Rob Gronkowski, it has been Greg Olsen who has been the most consistant TE in the league.

VALUE STACKS

San Diego Chargers -- QB Philip Rivers ($7,700) and WR Steve Johnson ($5,800)

The Chargers continue to struggle as a team this year but you wouldn't know it with looking at Philip Rivers stats as he has 3,034 passing yards and 19 touchdowns on the year. He continues to throw the ball at a high volume as the Chargers running game is nearly non-existant to this point. The Chargers have been dealing with injuries all season and now it is time for Steve Johnson to step up and be the go to recieving option in the passing game. Johnson is coming off a 10 target game where he saw 7 catches for 68 yards. He has 2 touchdowns on the season but they came back in Week's 1 and 2 and for the Chargers to get back to winning they are going to need Rivers and Johnson to connect on at least one touchdown this week. 

Buffalo Bills -- QB Tyrod Taylor ($6,800) and WR Sammy Watkins ($6,400) 

Taylor's coming out party happened in Week 2 when the Bills played the Patriots as he passed for 242 yards with 3 touchdowns and added another touchdown on the ground with 43 rushing yards. Taylor is a nice option this week no matter what the game script brings. If the Bills can keep it close it will be because of the plays that Taylor is bringing to the table and if the Bills are getting blown out it will be Taylor trying to make plays in garbage time and padding his stats. The price on Taylor and Watkins makes for a great combo to target in GPPs and most of all the two are getting healthy and are on the same page with each other. Taylor and Watkins connected for 6 catches for 60 yards and a touchdown in Week 2 against the Patriots and it is a good bet the pair find the endzone again this week.

FADES

Quarterback -- Andy Dalton, Cincinnati Bengals ($8,300)

Andy Dalton is coming off his worst performance of the season last week against the Texans as the Bengals suffered their first loss of the season. He finished the game completing 22 of 38 passes for 197 yards and an interception and just couldn't lead his team to the endzone. He takes on an Arizona team that has looked very good this season and he looks to be in line for another tough matchup and one that he might be lucky to find the endzone only once.

Running Back -- Frank Gore, Indianapolis Colts ($5,900) 

The past two games Gore has carried the ball 50 times for 153 yards and a touchdown. It is hard to see Gore getting over 15 carries this Week against the Falcons who are a tough matchup against the run. With Andrew Luck out of the picture the Falcons can stack the box even more so and take away any room that Gore might have had. 

Wide Receiver -- Jarvis Landry, Miami Dolphins ($7,300)

Landry is coming out at a very high price of $7,300 and playing the fade game with him might be best this week despite his 25 targets over the past two weeks. The Cowboys have Romo coming back and the Cowboys are going to come out swinging on offense and defense and there is a very good chance that Landry stays out of the endzone and has just a few short passes in this game. 

Tight End -- Richard Rodgers, Green Bay Packers ($5,000) 

Richard Rodgers has been a nice story this season with 5 touchdown catches and 33 catches. He has a nice connection with Aaron Rodgers as the two have 3 touchdowns together the past two games. Richard Rodgers still just remains a low end target on the Packers and both Cobb and Adams are going to start demanding more passes their way and take some of the chances away from Rodgers. 

Defense and Special Teams -- Kansas City Chiefs ($2,200) 

The Chiefs draw a decent matchup against the Chargers and they are priced right at just $2,200. The problem is that this is a Divisional game and one that often has a back and forth game flow to it. With the amount of yards Rivers has thrown for so far this season he will likely target the Chiefs secondary the entire game and for the Chargers to put up 20+ points is not out of the question. 

OWNERSHIP PERCENTAGE

FantasyScore just announced this week that they will share the percentage owned for all their contests going forward. Now we don't have to guess at which players will be highly owned or which players will be low owned as we will have the current percentage to go off of. I will list the top 3 players at each position below with their ownership percentages as of the time I write this article.

HIGHEST OWNERSHIP

Quarterback

Matthew Stafford, Detroit Lions ($6,500) = 12.90%
Matt Ryan, Atlanta Falcons ($7,500) = 10.27%
Derek Carr, Oakland Raiders ($8,300) = 9.59%

Running Back

Charcandrick West, Kansas City Chiefs ($7,200) = 35.44%
Jonathan Stewart, Carolina Panthers ($5,600) = 18.79%
Devonta Freeman, Atlanta Falcons ($8,600) = 17.96%

Wide Receiver 

Danny Amendola, New England Patroits (6,600) = 26.68%
Mike Evans, Tampa Bay Bucaneers ($6,700) = 25.75%
Steve Johnson, San Diego Chargers ($5,800) = 22.01%

Tight End

Eric Ebron, Detroit Lions ($4,400) = 15.38%
Jacob Tamme, Atlanta Falcons ($4,400) = 10.66%
Rob Gronkowski, New England Patriots ($8,200) = 10.56%

Defense and Special Teams

Chicago Bears ($1,400) = 17.62%
Seattle Seahawks ($3,400) = 8.86%
Kansas City Chiefs ($2,200) = 8.42%


 

LOW/VALUE OWNERSHIP 

Quarterback

Geno Smith, New York Jets ($4,500) = 0.10%
Jameis Winston, Tampa Bay Buccaneers ($6,100) = 1.02%
Teddy Bridgewater, Minnesota Vikings ($4,800) = 1.02%

Running Back

Chris Johnson, Arizona Cardinals ($7,300) = 0.44%
Giovani Bernard, Cincinnati Bengals ($6,700) = 0.54%
Doug Martin, Tampa Buccaneers ($6,900) = 1.27%

Wide Receiver

Pierre Garcon, Washington ($5,600) = 0.49%
Jeremy Maclin, Kansas City Chiefs ($6,800) = 1.17%
AJ Green, Cincinnati Bengals ($7,900) = 1.61%

Tight End

Tyler Eifert, Cincinnati Bengals ($7,300) = 0.83%
Charles Clay, Buffalo Bills ($5,500) = 1.31%
Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs ($6,700) = 3.07%

Defense and Special Teams

Buffalo Bills ($2,400) = 0.24%
Cincinnati Bengals ($3,000) = 0.29%
Washington ($1,800) = 0.39%

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