Weekly Contest Tips - Week 9

By Travis Spieth of FantasyPicks


The winner of the 2013 FanDuel Fantasy Football Championship — and its $1 million purse — Spieth is now CEO of Rogers-based Fantasy Picks LLC. The consultancy offers up expert personnel recommendations for fantasy sports enthusiasts who don’t have time to dig through a trove of Byzantine statistics to assemble a decent team.

Quarterback Picks

Rank	Player	Game	FanDuel Value
1	Russell Wilson	OAK@SEA	$8,600
2	Peyton Manning	DEN@NE	$10,000
3	Andrew Luck	IND@NYG	$10,100
4	Brian Hoyer	TB@CLE	$6,200
5	Colin Kaepernick	STL@SF	$7,800
6	Andy Dalton	JAC@CIN	$8,500
7	Tom Brady	DEN@NE	$9,000
8	Nick Foles	PHI@HOU	$8,400
9	Ryan Fitzpatrick	PHI@HOU	$6,400
10	Carson Palmer	ARI@DAL	$7,800

Running Back Picks

Rank	Player	Game	FanDuel Value
1	Jeremy Hill	JAC@CIN	$5,200
2	DeMarco Murray	ARI@DAL	$9,600
3	Marshawn Lynch	OAK@SEA	$8,200
4	Arian Foster	PHI@HOU	$9,400
5	Alfred Morris	WAS@MIN	$6,800
6	LeSean McCoy	PHI@HOU	$7,800
7	Ahmad Bradshaw	IND@NYG	$7,500
8	Ronnie Hillman	DEN@NE	$7,200
9	Frank Gore	STL@SF	$7,200
10	Andre Ellington	ARI@DAL	$7,700

Wide Receiver Picks

Rank	Player	Game	FanDuel Value
1	Rueben Randle	IND@NYG	$6,400
2	T.Y. Hilton	IND@NYG	$8,100
3	Jeremy Maclin	PHI@HOU	$8,400
4	Antonio Brown	BAL@PIT	$9,000
5	Malcom Floyd	SD@MIA	$5,600
6	Mohamed Sanu	JAC@CIN	$7,200
7	Dez Bryant	ARI@DAL	$8,800
8	Demaryius Thomas	DEN@NE	$9,200
9	Andre Johnson	PHI@HOU	$6,900
10	Andrew Hawkins	TB@CLE	$6,400

Tight End Picks

Rank	Player	Game	FanDuel Value
1	Julius Thomas	DEN@NE	$7,800
2	Rob Gronkowski	DEN@NE	$7,900
3	Zach Ertz	PHI@HOU	$5,400
4	Travis Kelce	NYJ@KC	$5,400
5	Vernon Davis	STL@SF	$5,700
6	Larry Donnell	IND@NYG	$5,400
7	Dwayne Allen	IND@NYG	$6,200
8	Jordan Reed	WAS@MIN	$5,500
9	Antonio Gates	SD@MIA	$7,100
10	Jason Witten	ARI@DAL	$5,700

Place Kicker Picks

Rank	Player	Game	FanDuel Value
1	Brandon McManus	DEN@NE	$4,600
2	Billy Cundiff	TB@CLE	$4,600
3	Cody Parkey	PHI@HOU	$5,000
4	Stephen Gostkowski	DEN@NE	$5,400
5	Nick Novak	SD@MIA	$4,700
6	Chandler Catanzaro	ARI@DAL	$4,900
7	Steven Hauschka	OAK@SEA	$5,000
8	Phil Dawson	STL@SF	$5,100
9	Randy Bullock	PHI@HOU	$4,800
10	Mike Nugent	JAC@CIN	$5,100

Defensive Team Picks

Rank	Player	Game	FanDuel Value
1	Seattle Seahawks	OAK@SEA	$5,500
2	Cincinnati Bengals	JAC@CIN	$5,600
3	San Francisco 49ers	STL@SF	$5,200
4	Cleveland Browns	TB@CLE	$4,800
5	Kansas City Chiefs	NYJ@KC	$5,300
6	Washington Redskins	WAS@MIN	$4,800
7	Carolina Panthers	NO@CAR	$4,600
8	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	TB@CLE	$4,800
9	Dallas Cowboys	ARI@DAL	$4,700
10	Pittsburgh Steelers	BAL@PIT	$4,800