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7 NFL FanDuel Bargains for Week 9

Jason Schandl  —  @JasonSchandl Nov 2nd, 2017
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Damien Williams, RB, Miami Dolphins

Price: $4,500

Jay Ajayi is gone, leaving the Miami Dolphins with a pair of minimum-salary backs fighting for the top spot this week.

Their offense has not been good, but they do draw a solid matchup against an Oakland Raiders team that ranks 23rd in Adjusted Defensive Rushing NEP per play and has allowed top-10 fantasy production to opposing running backs.

Phins' head coach Adam Gase said a few weeks ago that Kenyan Drake was the team's number-two back (behind Ajayi at the time), but that simply hasn't been the case. In the four games since that comment, Damien Williams has seen significantly more work than Drake, averaging 2.3 carries and 1.8 targets in 14.5 snaps per game, while Drake has only averaged 3.8 snaps per game.

Both are interesting punts at minimum salary, but playing more snaps so far, Williams looks to have the higher floor of the two. Seeing a bigger workload would also give him the higher ceiling.

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