4 DraftKings Studs to Target in Week 1

Tom Brady, QB, New England Patriots

DraftKings Price: $7,200

Projected Points: 26.9

The New England Patriots are 6.0-point favorites and have an implied team total of 28.25 points. The visiting Houston Texans have a potent offense with Deshaun Watson under center, which has resulted in this game having the highest total (50.5 points) on the main slate.

In 2017, the Texans defense allowed opposing quarterbacks to throw for 30 touchdown passes (tied for the second-most on the main slate). Their ineptitude on defense was evidenced by the fact that no team in the NFL gave up more points to opposing quarterbacks in 2017 based on DraftKings scoring (20.7 DK points per game).

Tom Brady is in a superb spot to pay off his $7,200 price tag in front of the Patriots' home crowd. Our models have him projected to score 26.9 fantasy points, which is a full 2.0 points more than any other player on the slate. We have him projected for 310.18 passing yards and 2.92 passing touchdowns.

He is a superb cash-game option and would be a great single-entry GPP quarterback if you stack him with one of his pass catchers (more on that later).