FanDuel Salary Changes: Week 10
Le'Veon Bell, RB, Pittsburgh Steelers
FanDuel Price: $8,100
Salary Change: Down $600
You won’t find a situation very often where Le'Veon Bell’s salary drops $600 or more in a week, but that’s the case in Week 10. After a season-low 10.0 FanDuel points last Sunday combined with a tougher matchup this weekend, Bell’s price has fallen all the way to $8,100.
Bell is one of the most versatile running backs in the NFL, as evidenced by his 46 targets in just five games this season. He’s also heavily involved in the Steelers’ offense -- he’s averaging 23.8 touches per game this year. Yet despite that workload, we’ve have yet to see Bell hit pay dirt this season. There will be some positive touchdown regression very shortly, as someone with Bell’s workload and talent level can’t be held out of the end zone this frequently.
He’s playing the Dallas Cowboys this week, who’ve allowed the second fewest FanDuel points to running backs in 2016. But upon closer inspection, they haven’t faced many great running games: Cleveland, Philadelphia, Green Bay, Cincinnati, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, and the New York Giants.
None of these teams feature a running back close to the caliber of Le’Veon Bell. With David Johnson, Ezekiel Elliott, and Melvin Gordon all in great spots this weekend, Bell will see a suppressed ownership in tournaments -- that makes him an elite tournament play.
