5 Daily Fantasy Football Matchups to Exploit in Week 7
Dallas Cowboys' Passing Offense
Unfortunately, as painful as it may be, we can't get all of our assets from that one game this weekend. We will at some point have to look elsewhere. Thankfully, it's not a totally barren wasteland with the Dallas Cowboys coming off their bye to face the San Francisco 49ers.
This is a game that sets up well for Ezekiel Elliott now that he is eligible to play in Week 7, and you should absolutely snag shares of him. But this passing game is pretty spicy, too, against the 49ers' secondary.
The 49ers enter this game ranked 26th against the pass, according to numberFire's metrics. They started the year off decently well by keeping Russell Wilson and Cam Newton in check, but the wheels have fallen off since then.
Over the past four games, every quarterback to face them has thrown for at least 290 yards, the lowest being Jared Goff, who got there on just 28 attempts and threw 3 touchdowns. Carson Palmer threw for 357 yards, and both Jacoby Brissett and Kirk Cousins topped 310 yards while adding a rushing touchdown. That's always in the range of outcomes for Dak Prescott.
Prescott has logged at least 17 points on FanDuel in each game, and this will be his first time facing a defense outside the top 25 in Adjusted Defensive Passing NEP per play. Add in his rushing upside, and Prescott becomes fully worth his $8,400 price tag.
And if you're rolling Prescott, you'll want to stack him with Dez Bryant. Not only is Bryant leading the Cowboys with a 26.86% target market share, but he also has 46.43% of their targets 16-plus yards downfield and 39.13% of their targets in the red zone. Of Prescott's 13 targeted throws inside the 10, seven have gone Dez's way. You'll take that every time.
Just to sweeten the deal a bit, the 49ers have been well short of restrictive against opposing wide receivers. T.Y. Hilton's a big name, so it's not a shock he went for 177 yards against them, but the murderer's row of Robert Woods, Sammy Watkins, and Jaron Brown also topped the century mark while facing this team. Bryant's not cheap at $8,200, but he's still worth your ownership this week.
