 Hey everybody, what's going on? I am Greg Sussman joined today by Fan Duel's Jim Sonnis, who's going to continue the conversation in regards to DFS's weekend, finding some under-the-radar players to put on our lineups. What's happening, Jim? Yeah, it's a tough week to find some value, Greg, so some difficult recommendations here for sure, but we need all the value we can get. There are some injuries that could still break later in this week, so this could certainly change, but I think we have at least decent options, and we're going to need them if we want guys like Christian McCaffrey, say Guant Barkley, and Chris Carson, so let's start digging. How you doing? I'm feeling good, man. I was feeling good until I saw the quarterback that you were putting in your lineup, because it's the return of Eli Manning, man, under-the-radar, undervalued. Eli is back. He had a fantastic first half on Monday night against the Philadelphia Eagles. Can he do it for an entire game this week against the Dolphins, Jim? I don't know, but we can give it a shot, and I think the good thing for Eli Manning here is, I think the perception around Eli is that he doesn't take a lot of deep shots, and that's true, but he actually throws the ball further on a per attempt basis than Daniel Jones. His average depth of target this year is 7.6 yards, according to FantasyADHD.com, whereas Daniel Jones is at 7.5, so Eli Manning, gunslinger potentially? He is at home, he is facing the Dolphins, they rank dead last against the past based on Number Fire's metrics, and this is actually kind of a decently paced game as well, because both teams do operate at a decently fast pace. I would keep an eye on the wind here, because as of right now, the wind speeds are projected to be 14 miles per hour. It's a little bit higher than I would like, and I'm not overly eager to use Eli to begin with, but if you spend down at Eli for $6,800, it does give you the flexibility to get outside elsewhere in your lineup. I think that is a good thing to consider here as well. I want to get up to guys like Kyla Murray, Dak Prescott, Jared Goff when I can, but if you want to spend down $1,000 in savings, it's actually a pretty good amount to go down to Eli Manning. So yeah, the upside may not be that great, but he helps you get outside elsewhere. I think that is valuable on this slate. So he does throw it deep a little bit more than you would expect, and I think that the efficiency should be pretty good here too against his Dolphins team. So it's not fun, it's not something I want to do, but he's $6,800. You could do a lot worse at quarterback this week. Oh, he's a ringing endorsement, Jim. You could do a lot worse at quarterback. That's what brings Eli Manning into the fold. We'll see what he could do. Again, great first half against Philly. Could be a full game next week this week. Well, who knows? Maybe? That was your answer, Jim. Maybe. But I have a better one for Phillip Lindsey, because it's an affirmative, yes. He's facing off against Kansas City Chiefs defense. It does allow points to running max, and quite frankly, Lindsey's good and still undervalued and underpriced. Yeah, Phillip Lindsey is good, and his role has been very good recently too. They mentioned coming out of their bye week that they wanted to feature Phillip Lindsey more often, and they have been true to their word. The snap rate hasn't always been there, but the usage has been. In that four game sample, Lindsey is averaging 15.5 carries and 2.5 targets per game. You would like there to be more passing down work there, but I think the game plan against the Chiefs should be to try to keep things on the ground, try to keep Patrick Mahomes off the field, and that would lead to a lot of Phillip Lindsey, who is just $6,400. He is facing a team that wants to encourage you to run the ball against them because they understand that running or that passing is more efficient than rushing, so they do this on purpose. This is not a fluke that the Chiefs allow a lot of rushing yards. They want you to do that, and I think the Broncos will likely be happy to oblige them in that and use Lindsey, and I think that that makes him in play at $6,400. I think here that I think is a factor for Lindsey is that Drew Lock being competent in his first two starts means that they should be able to run the ball deeper in the game. I don't expect the Broncos to win this game and I don't expect them to keep within a score. The spread here is not in half points, but if Drew Lock can keep this game competitive deeper into the game, that means we could have Lindsey out there long enough to do enough to pay off for DFS. And I think that's kind of the thought process here. You are not expecting Lindsey to get a lot of volume deep in the game. You're kind of hoping he pays off before that, before Patrick Mahomes and Tyree Kill are able to pull away here. So I think that Drew Lock being what he has been so far, which is very competent, is a good thing for Lindsey. It's a good thing for this entire offense. I think that it makes Lindsey in play at $6,400 even as a pretty big road underdog. Despite being a road underdog and GameScript not being in his favor, Bill Lindsey's usage, as you mentioned, has been really strong as a Lee and the defense for the Kansas City Chiefs, not as strong against the run. I like Lindsey a lot this week, especially at this price. If you want to go in a different direction than Lindsey, you still want to save money. We alluded to it on yesterday's program. It's Patrick Laird. He's a good spot against the Giants. His usage was very, very high. His snap percentage compared to Miles Gaskin, very, very high. I think Patrick Laird is certainly someone to consider here on Sunday. Yeah, he really is. And I think the one concern you could have about Patrick Laird is his ceiling, because this offense probably isn't going to score a bunch of touchdowns, and that does hurt his ceiling. But from a floor perspective, it's hard to do a whole lot better than Patrick Laird. He has $5,500. And what you get for that is a guy who was essentially a bellcat last week with Kailin Belage now being on injured reserve. In that game, 15 carries for Patrick Laird. He also had five targets. He had five targets a week before that too, but Belage was still at least a name the starter for this team. So we can probably expect about five targets out of this guy and probably about 15 carries. Once again, if you get 15 carries and five targets out of a guy who was $5,500, you don't really need that much efficiency for them to pay off. So I think that the floor here for Patrick Laird is very good. The Giants do great out well against the rush. They ranked 11th there, and that doesn't even include the full time they've had Leonard Williams. But you don't care about that that much for Laird. You're kind of just looking for the passing game points and the potential for a touchdown, which he did get last week. So I think that if you're playing a tournament, it makes sense to not go here because you do want guys who have better ceilings than tournaments, maybe a guy like Philip Lindsey. But if you need to spend down and you're looking for floor, Patrick Laird is that guy that you want to target at $5,500. He kind of has the same discussion we had with Eli Manny, where, yeah, he individually doesn't have the best upside, but he helps get you upside elsewhere, and that in itself is valuable. So I don't think Patrick Laird is a must use guy because the odds that he absolutely scorches you for not using him are not that high, but the floor is good. I think that is valuable. So Patrick Laird definitely imperfections in his profile and such a bad offense, but still someone I'm willing to use at $5,500. And everything is great with Patrick Laird. He's not the perfect player by any means, but at this price, he is pretty close to it. It's not sexy. It's not exciting. I will say it is fun, though, because Patrick Laird is the real deal. And he's someone that, well, you want to save some money? Get him in your lineup. On next, the wide receiver position. We go back to the Giants. We're going to stack Eli Manny and Sterling Shefford. What? Yeah, that's a fair response, Greg. I can't blame you, but we're recording this on Thursday. Don't have a lot of clarity on what the Tampa Bay Buccaneers wide receiver situation will be for shot pyramid is crazy expensive anyway. So we're looking for value here and we stumble upon a guy who I would expect to get eight to 10 targets at just $5,900 and against the Dolphins. That's pretty interesting. That's Sterling Shefford, who is $5,900. He is at home, as mentioned, against the league's worst pass defense. That's kind of interesting. I think that the concern with Shefford is similar to Manny, where you don't really know what the upside is here because he's topped 80 receiving yards just once this year. But you have to remember too that Shefford has dealt with a lot of injuries and has missed a lot of time as a result. The sample here has been quite small. They played one game this year would have an engromus healthy and golden Tate was healthy along with Shefford. And in that one game, Shefford had 10 total targets and he had three deep targets or four deep targets in that game. That was with Daniel Jones starting. And I think that's worth considering. But you know, again, like you said, Eli Manny didn't look bad in that first half against the Eagles and they're now back at home and Eli's had an additional week to get warmed up here. So I think that Sheppard's not that bad at $5,900. Again, I think the guys like Christian Kirk, who is not that much more expensive, Kirk is $6,100. I'd rather find the $200 to get up to him if I could. But if I need to save a little bit more, I think that Stirling Sheppard does make sense at $5,900, even though the ceiling is not as high as you would hope here. I think you have to ask the question after what we saw on Monday night, why Stirling Sheppard over Darius Slaton? Yeah, Darius Slaton's best games this year have come when they've been thinned out at wide receiver. Golden Tate not fully healthy for that game. Evan Ingram may now be back. And with Evan Ingram being back, it spreads out the targets more. Again, Slaton's biggest games this year have come when two of their other three guys have been limited. So I think that Slaton's in play, but he's also $6,300. Christian Kirk is $6,100, and I'm going to take Christian Kirk straight up because where Stirling Sheppard is cheaper than Christian Kirk. So I think that I can jump down here, take the $400 savings to go with Stirling Sheppard, but Darius Slaton is at least in play. I would just prefer Sheppard because of the savings. All right, there you go. Stirling Sheppard over Darius Slaton here this week. The Giants, the Giants Wide Receiving Corps, he's getting healthier. So Slaton should hopefully, if you put the Sheppard in your lineup, you get back seat there. Next up at Wide Receiver, I can't believe we're doing this. It's Greg Ward because why not Greg Ward when you are looking for value on this Fan Dual Slate? Phillies without Alshon Jeffrey, maybe without Nelson Aguilar, JJ Arthagel White side is banged up. We don't know. Mack Hollins is gone. Greg Ward, welcome to the squad. Yeah, if we're going to gush over a Wide Receiver turned quarterback in Ryan Tannehill, why not gush over a quarterback turned wide receiver in Greg Ward? And Ward is actually, you know, got called up from the practice squad just three weeks ago, but in that first game, he had seven targets there. And then on Sunday or Monday night, after Alshon Jeffrey got hurt, we saw Greg Ward get nine targets in that game as well. So if you look at the two games where Alshon Jeffrey has been out or limited, Greg Ward actually had 17% of the team's targets in those two games, which is second to the team behind Zacharitz. He actually has more than Dallas Goddard and more than JJ Arthagel White side in those two games, which is at least very interesting. And I believe Jordan Matthews played in that first game as well. He is no longer with the team. They did call up Robert Davis in the practice squad. And Robert Davis, if you look at his top combine comparables over on Number Fire from the combine, his top combine comp was Julio Jones, but he was also on the practice squad for a reason. So I'm going to prefer Greg Ward here at $4,900. I don't think Ward's going to be some deep threat. He has just one deep target in his two games where he's been featured here, but he does have three red zone targets in that time. And they're facing Washington. Washington secondary is very much nothing to write home about. So I can take savings here at Greg Ward at $4,900. I feel better about assuring that he will be on the field getting targets than I do with guys like Scotty Miller and Justin Watson on the buck in ears. And he has some athleticism. He did pop in that first game after he came up from the practice squad. So I like Ward a decent amount. I don't think you need to go here by any means. He's not a must have in tournaments, but if you need those savings and you will need those savings at times this week, I think that Greg Ward is actually a pretty palatable option. Basically, what Jim is saying is if you're absolutely desperate, you can do worse than Greg Ward. It's two o'clock, the bar is closing, you're looking around. There's Greg Ward. Okay. Let's move on to the tight end position, our final position here on today's show. And this one's an obvious one, right? That's Tyler Higby. Yesterday, Sean McVeigh says that Gerald Everett is not a hundred percent, which means Higby continues to start. And I assume Excel into this Rams offense. He is without question. You look at this list, the biggest no-brainer on it. Yeah, Tyler Higby has actually had a really fun role the past two weeks. It's not just the overall target. He is getting a lot of overall targets in the two games that Everett out. He has 26% of the team's targets, but he's also getting deep shots. Like this dude's not that athletic, but he actually has 45% of the Rams targets, at least 16 yards downfield over the past two games. They featured Robert Woods as like the short guy, but then Tyler Higby is their vertical threat. This is a very weird and very strange Rams offense, but it's working. So who are we to argue with what they're doing? Higby is $5,700. And yes, he has benefited from plus matchups each of the past two weeks, but Dallas is not a team that is prohibitive against tight ends. This is also a crazy fast game, as we discussed on yesterday's show, where I want to get access to it. And Higby gets me that at just $5,700. I think that's very attractive. I would also keep an eye here on the Panthers tight ends, because if Greg Olson can't go, Ian Thomas at $5,300 would be really attractive. Olson practiced on Wednesday, and if he goes, he's $4,900. So we could have other options at tight end in the value range with both the Panthers guys. I am willing to go there too, but Higby gets me access to a great game that has a lot of online. I'm not going to argue with that when he has such a great role at $5,700. Really reasonably priced. Tyler Higby is, and there are other tight ends. As you mentioned, the guys in Carolina, no matter who it is, they're out there. There's some other options too. It's a good week actually for cheap-ish tight ends. So take a look around. But to me, the best option definitely remains to be Tyler Higby, as long as there's no Gerald Everett. That's going to do it for us here in the Fandal Hurryup Gym. I appreciate the time and good luck this weekend. Yeah. Go Giants, I guess. I don't know. We'll see how this goes. It's kind of a scary week, for sure, but it should be a fun one, no matter how it goes. And hopefully we can talk to you again in a positive sense next week. Eli Manning, Starlink Shepherd, Patrick Laird. We know where Jim's TV will be turned to. A terrible Giants team. I guess the terrible Dolphins team. Fantasy football people. This is what it's all about. For Jim Sondis, I'm Greg Sussman. Have a great night. Enjoy Thursday Night Football, and we'll be back tomorrow with Gabe Lorenzi's Best Bet for Week 15.