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3 Daily Fantasy Football Players to Avoid in the Wild Card Round
Which players are in a tough spot on the opening weekend of the NFL playoffs?

Zach Zenner, RB, Detroit Lions

FanDuel Salary: $6,200

You're using Le'Veon Bell this weekend, especially in cash games. Bell's ownership numbers are going to be pretty nuts. So the question becomes what to do at the other running-back spot.

Zach Zenner appears to be in line for a solid amount of touches, but that's about all he has going for him in the Detroit Lions' road matchup at the Seattle Seahawks.

The Lions are eight-point underdogs with an implied total of 18. Amazingly, that implied total is only the third-lowest of the weekend; that's what happens when 37.5% of the starting quarterback pool consists of Brock Osweiler, Connor Cook and Matt Moore.

Per our schedule-adjusted metrics, the Seahawks had the league's second-best run defense this season. Overall, Seattle allowed the third-fewest FanDuel points per game to running backs, and over the final four weeks of the regular season, they gave up a measly 16.4 FanDuel points per game to the position, which was a touch below their year-long average.

The only thing Zenner has in his corner is possibly a big workload. That gives him some cash-game appeal, but the upside isn't there for tournament use.

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